Yoo Hyun-young (badminton)

Yoo Hyun-young (Korean: 유현영; Hanja: 柳晛榮; born 3 January 1990) is a badminton player from South Korea. Her first big result internationally came when, at the age of 16, she partnered Lee Yong-dae to win the mixed doubles title at the 2006 BWF World Junior Championships, as well as the mixed team title. She was a team-mate of both Bae Yeon-ju and Jung Kyung-eun at Masan's Sungji Girls' High School and in 2007, all three girls were runners-up at the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships.[1]

Yoo Hyun-young
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	21 (WD 22 July 2010) 19 (XD 29 July 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Women's team East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Women's team World Junior Championships 2006 Incheon Mixed doubles 2006 Incheon Mixed team 2007 Waitakere City Girls' doubles 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team 2007 Waitakere City Mixed doubles Asia Junior Championships 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2006 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2005 Jakarta Girls' team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

After graduating to the senior ranks, Yoo continued to play with both Jung and Shin Baek-cheol, her partner in her last year of junior play. She and Shin were mixed doubles runners-up at the 2010 Swiss Open Super Series. Later that year, she and Jung won their first Grand Prix title, the Korea Grand Prix. However, shortly afterward, both pairings were split up.

Yoo, Bae Yeon-ju, Jung Kyung-eun, and Bae Seung-hee, among others, were coached by Yoo's father Yoo Gap-soo both at Sungji Girls' High School and later at Korea Ginseng Corporation.[2]