Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung (Korean김기정; RRKim Gi-jeong; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɡi.dʑʌŋ] or [kim] [ki.dʑʌŋ]; born 14 August 1990) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event.[2]

Kim Gi-jung
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34)
Dangjin, South Chungcheong, South Korea
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (MD with Kim Sa-rang 22 September 2016)
19 (XD with Shin Seung-chan 26 January 2017)
Current ranking54 (MD with Kim Sa-rang) (13 June 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Guangzhou Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Men's doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Qingdao Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Taipei Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Men's doubles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Incheon Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Pune Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Incheon Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Pune Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

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In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Eom Hye-Won.[3] In 2009, he competed at the Hong Kong East Asian Games and won a silver medal in the men's team event and a bronze medal in the men's doubles event partnered with Kwon Yi-goo.[4] In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Sa-rang.[5]

In 2012, he and Kim Sa-rang won their first Superseries title at the Japan Open tournament. In the final round they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.[6] At the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships in Qingdao, China, they won a gold medal after defeat Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the final round.[7] In September 2012, they also won men's doubles title at the Indonesian Masters tournament.[8]

In 2013, he became the champion at the Chinese Taipei and South Korea Grand Prix Gold tournament. At the Chinese Taipei, he and Kim Sa-rang beat the host partner Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin in the straight set. At the Korea, they won the title after beat their compatriots Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 2–1.[9][10] He also won a silver medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei.[11] At the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, he and his partner were seeded fifth in that tournament. They beat the second seeded of Malaysia in the quarterfinal round, and in the semifinal round they were defeated by Boe and Mogensen in three sets, and settle for the bronze medal.[12] At the end of the 2013 BWF Season, he qualified to compete at the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finally, he became the runner-up in the men's doubles event after defeated by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.[13]

In 2014, he and Lee Yong-dae have been handed one year suspensions for missing doping tests under the BWF Anti-Doping Regulations. He and Lee were required to provide whereabouts information for the BWF to conduct out-of-competition testing. In 2013, both athletes accumulated three whereabouts failures in connection with this administrative process.[14] The Korea Badminton Association imposed $41,170 penalty for administrative failures. The panels that manage the doping tests reconsidered the case and decided to lift the punishment. The information and evidence presented at the January hearing was insufficient and ambiguous and there was no proof beyond reasonable doubt that the players were not at fault. In April 2014, after reviewing its original decision, the BWF panel wiped out the players missed tests and filing failures and expunged their records.[15][16]

In 2015, he and Kim Sa-rang won the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event. In the final round they beat Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 16–21, 21–18, 21–19.[17] They also won the China Open Super Series Premier tournament, after beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei in the straight games.[18] In 2016, they also won the Superseries Premier tournament in Malaysia. He and Kim Sa-rang beat the third seeded from China in the quarterfinal round, and the world No.1 pair, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in the semifinal. In the final round they beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei with the score 21–19, 21–15.[19] He and Kim Sa-rang competed at the Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. They lost in the quarterfinal round, defeated by Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China with the score 21–11, 18-21 and 22–24.[20]

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China
  Kim Sa-rang   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
23–21, 18–21, 18–21   Bronze
2014 Ballerup Super Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark
  Kim Sa-rang   Ko Sung-hyun
  Shin Baek-cheol
Walkover   Bronze

Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
  Kim Sa-rang   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
21–19, 16–21, 18–21   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China
  Kim Sa-rang   Hiroyuki Endo
  Kenichi Hayakawa
21–12, 21–16   Gold
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Taiwan
  Kim Sa-rang   Ko Sung-hyun
  Lee Yong-dae
13–21, 20–22   Silver
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Kim Sa-rang   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
18–21, 9–21   Bronze

Summer Universiade

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia
  Hong Ji-hoon   Vladimir Ivanov
  Ivan Sozonov
21–17, 11–21, 15–21   Bronze
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
  Kim Sa-rang   Wang Yilyu
  Zhang Wen
21–16, 22–20   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia
  Kim So-yeong   Liu Cheng
  Tian Qing
22–20, 21–14   Gold
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
  Shin Seung-chan   Lu Ching-yao
  Chiang Kai-hsin
21–14, 21–11   Gold

East Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong   Kwon Yi-goo   Hu Chung-hsien
  Tsai Chia-hsin
13–21, 23–21, 10–21   Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Samsan World Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
  Lee Jung-hwan   Li Tian
  Liu Xiaolong
20–22, 21–19, 19–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall,
Pune, India
  Eom Hye-won   Chai Biao
  Xie Jing
13–21, 19–21   Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Choi Young-woo   Mak Hee Chun
  Teo Kok Siang
13–21, 18–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Eom Hye-won   Zhang Nan
  Lu Lu
21–14, 15–21, 22–24   Silver

BWF World Tour (4 titles)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] 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.[22]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Spain Masters Super 300   Lee Yong-dae   Bodin Isara
  Maneepong Jongjit
21–13, 21–17   Winner
2018 Macau Open Super 300   Lee Yong-dae   Ko Sung-hyun
  Shin Baek-cheol
17–21, 21–13, 21–19   Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Lee Yong-dae   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
21–14, 21–16   Winner
2022 Korea Masters Super 300   Kim Sa-rang   Liu Yuchen
  Ou Xuanyi
21–14, 21–16   Winner

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[23] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[24] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Japan Open   Kim Sa-rang   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
21–16, 21–19   Winner
2013 Hong Kong Open   Kim Sa-rang   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
21–12, 15–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2013 World Superseries Finals   Kim Sa-rang   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
14–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2015 Korea Open   Kim Sa-rang   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2015 China Open   Kim Sa-rang   Chai Biao
  Hong Wei
21–13, 21–19   Winner
2016 Malaysia Open   Kim Sa-rang   Chai Biao
  Hong Wei
21–19, 21–15   Winner
2016 Japan Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
12–21, 12–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

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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
2011 German Open   Kim Sa-rang   Jung Jae-sung
  Lee Yong-dae
19–21, 21–18, 11–21   Runner-up
2012 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold   Kim Sa-rang   Angga Pratama
  Ryan Agung Saputra
21–13, 21–9   Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold   Kim Sa-rang   Ko Sung-hyun
  Lee Yong-dae
12–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2013 Chinese Taipei Open   Kim Sa-rang   Lee Sheng-mu
  Tsai Chia-hsin
21–11, 21–11   Winner
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold   Kim Sa-rang   Ko Sung-hyun
  Shin Baek-cheol
21–15, 18–21, 25–23   Winner
2015 Korea Masters   Kim Sa-rang   Ko Sung-hyun
  Shin Baek-cheol
16–21, 21–18, 21–19   Winner
2016 Thailand Masters   Kim Sa-rang   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 15–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2016 China Masters   Kim Sa-rang   Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Yeon-seong
17–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters   Jung Jae-wook   Kim Won-ho
  Seo Seung-jae
15–21, 16–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold   Jung Kyung-eun   Yoo Yeon-seong
  Jang Ye-na
17–21, 19–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Mongolian Satellite   Lee Jung-hwan   Jeon Jun-bum
  Yoo Yeon-seong
14–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2010 Vietnam International   Shin Baek-choel   Goh V Shem
  Teo Kok Siang
23–21, 17–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2011 Turkey International   Kim Sa-rang   Cho Gun-woo
  Shin Baek-choel
21–17, 16–21, 21–15   Winner
2021 Welsh International   Kim Sa-rang   Man Wei Chong
  Tee Kai Wun
21–18, 18–21, 21–15   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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