Park Sung-woo (badminton)

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Park Sung-woo (badminton) - Wikipedia

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Park Sung-woo
박성우

Personal information

Country

South Korea

Born

22 August 1971 (age 53)

Height

1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

74 kg (163 lb)

Handedness

Right

Men's singles

Highest ranking

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing South Korea
World Championships
	1995 Lausanne	Men's singles
World Cup
	1996 Jakarta	Men's singles
Sudirman Cup
	1993 Birmingham	Mixed team
	1997 Glasgow	Mixed team
	1995 Lausanne	Mixed team
Thomas Cup
	1992 Kuala Lumpur	Men's team
	1994 Jakarta	Men's team
	1996 Hong Kong	Men's team
Asian Games
	1994 Hiroshima	Men's team
	1998 Bangkok	Men's team
Asian Championships
	1995 Beijing	Men's singles
	1994 Shanghai	Men's singles
Asian Cup
	1995 Qingdao	Men's singles

BWF profile

Park Sung-woo
Hangul	박성우
Revised Romanization	Bak Seong-u
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Sŏng'u

Park Sung-woo (born 22 August 1971) is a former badminton player from South Korea who later became a national team coach.

Career

Park won the men's singles title at the 1995 Asian Championships. He also won the 1995 Swedish Open. That same year, he made history in Korean badminton as the first ever South Korean to win a silver medal in the men's singles event at the World Championships.^[1]

In 1996, he finished as a semifinalist at the All England Open. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarterfinals. He reached a career high of world number 2 in World Ranking.^[1]

At the national level, Park who played for Dangjin, won the men's singles title at the 1996 Korean National Sports Festival.^[2]

After retiring from international tournaments, Park started a career as a Japanese national coach in 2006, and later moved back to his country, also as a national coach.^[1]^[3]

Personal life

Park married Lim O-kyeong, a former South Korean Olympian handball player, in 1998, and the duo have a daughter. In 2007, Park and Lim then divorced after ten years of marriage.^[1]^[4]^{[unreliable source?]}

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland	Heryanto Arbi	11–15, 8–15	Silver

World Cup

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Dong Jiong	14–17, 2–15	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China	Liu Jun	5–15, 15–4, 12–15	Bronze
1995	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Sun Jun	15–8, 15–8	Gold

Asian Cup

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China	Joko Suprianto	15–9, 14–17, 1–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Swedish Open	Kim Hak-kyun	17–18, 15–3, 15–4	Winner
1997	Japan Open	Peter Rasmussen	3–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1997	Korea Open	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	12–15, 10–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	USSR International	Mikhail Korshuk	15–3, 15–12	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Canadian Open	Yoo Dae-yun	Mike Bitten Bryan Blanshard	15–4, 7–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1991	USSR International	Kim Hyung-jin	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	4–15, 5–15	Runner-up