Kim Won-ho

Kim Won-ho
Kim Won-ho
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	June 2, 1999 (age 25); Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	9 (MD with Choi Sol-gyu, January 3, 2023); 19 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, June 7, 2018); 5 (XD with Jeong Na-eun, June 20, 2023)
Current ranking	8 (XD with Jeong Na-eun, August 27, 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asia Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Kim Won-ho (Korean: 김원호; born June 2, 1999) is a South Korean badminton player.^[1] He was the silver medalists in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and in the men's doubles at the 2022 Asian Games.^[2]^[3] He was part of Korea winning team at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Kim reached a career high as world number 5 in the mixed doubles with Jeong Na-eun and world number 9 in the men's doubles with Choi Sol-gyu.

Kim is the son of the Olympic gold medalist Gil Young-ah.^[4] When he was educated in the Maewon High School, he competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event.^[5] He was also a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and team event.^[6] He was the youngest player from the Korean national team who competed at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. He played one match, in the opening tie with Russia in the round robin stage.^[7] In the final round, Korea won the title after beating China by the score of 3–2.^[8]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Jeong Na-eun	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	8–21, 11–21	Silver

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Choi Sol-gyu	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	18–21, 16–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kang Min-hyuk	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	17–21, 22–20, 25–27	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Kang Min-hyuk	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	21–19, 17–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Lee Yu-rim	He Jiting Du Yue	12–21, 21–19, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on March 19, 2017, and implemented in 2018,^[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[10]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kang Min-hyuk	Ou Xuanyi Ren Xiangyu	21–16, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Seo Seung-jae	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	8–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Choi Sol-gyu	Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi	17–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	German Open	Super 300	Choi Sol-gyu	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–19, 18–21, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Australian Open	Super 300	Jeong Na-eun	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	German Open	Super 300	Jeong Na-eun	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	4–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Thailand Open	Super 500	Jeong Na-eun	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	11–21, 21–19, 22–20	Winner
2024	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Jeong Na-eun	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2024	German Open	Super 300	Jeong Na-eun	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Canada Open	Seo Seung-jae	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	20–22, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Macau Open	Seo Seung-jae	Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Korea Masters	Seo Seung-jae	Jung Jae-wook Kim Gi-jung	21–15, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Canada Open	Shin Seung-chan	Choi Sol-gyu Chae Yoo-jung	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2017	U.S. Open	Shin Seung-chan	Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na	21–16, 14–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Mongolia International	Park Kyung-hoon	Kang Min-hyuk Kim Jae-hwan	14–21, 29–27, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Osaka International	Lee Yu-rim	Yunosuke Kubota Chiharu Shida	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2019	Osaka International	Jeong Na-eun	Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian	21–17, 21–15	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Kim Won Ho". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
^ Yoo, Jee-ho (August 2, 2024). "(Olympics) Kim Won-ho, Jeong Na-eun win silver in badminton mixed doubles". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
^ Kim, Boram (October 7, 2023). "(Asiad) S. Korea wins silver in men's doubles badminton". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
^ "Kim Won-ho wants to be better than his mum". Badminton Asia. July 16, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
^ "주니어배드민턴 혼합복식 아시아선수권 3년연속 준우승" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
^ "2017 BWF 세계주니어배드민턴선수권대회" (in Korean). 배드민턴데일리. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
^ "Second generation Sudirman". Badzine. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (March 19, 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (January 10, 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.

External links

Kim Won-ho at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
Kim Won-ho at BWFBadminton.com
Kim Won-ho at Olympics.com
Kim Won-ho at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

[1] "Players: Kim Won Ho". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[og24-2] Yoo, Jee-ho (August 2, 2024). "(Olympics) Kim Won-ho, Jeong Na-eun win silver in badminton mixed doubles". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

[ag22-3] Kim, Boram (October 7, 2023). "(Asiad) S. Korea wins silver in men's doubles badminton". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

[4] "Kim Won-ho wants to be better than his mum". Badminton Asia. July 16, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

[5] "주니어배드민턴 혼합복식 아시아선수권 3년연속 준우승" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

[6] "2017 BWF 세계주니어배드민턴선수권대회" (in Korean). 배드민턴데일리. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

[7] "Second generation Sudirman". Badzine. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[8] "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved May 29, 2017.

[9] Alleyne, Gayle (March 19, 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

[10] Sukumar, Dev (January 10, 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.

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