Kim Ga-eun (badminton)

Kim Ga-eun
Personal information
Country  South Korea
Born (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998
Ulsan, South Korea
Residence Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active 2015
Handedness Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking 77 (24 August 2017)
Current ranking 111 (6 September 2018)
BWF profile
Kim Ga-eun
Hangul 김가은
Hanja 金佳恩
Revised Romanization Gim Ga-eun
McCune–Reischauer Kim Ka-ǔn

Kim Ga-eun (Hangul: 김가은; born 7 February 1998) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] She competed and at the Summer Youth Olympics in 2014, in Nanjing, China[2] and in 2016, Kim was selected to join the Korean national team.[3]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain China Chen Yufei 12–21, 17–21 Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Bilbao Arena,
Bilbao, Spain
South Korea Kim Hyang-im China Du Yue
China Xu Ya
15–21, 8–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand China Chen Yufei Walkover Bronze

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Hong Kong Joy Xuan Deng 21–9, 18–21, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 China Li Xuerui 21–16, 16–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

  1. "Players: Ga Eun Kim". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. "한국, 하계청소년올림픽 펜싱 은메달-사격 동메달 획득" (in Korean). SBS Sports. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. "범서고 김가은, 여자 배드민턴 국가대표에" (in Korean). Gyeongsang Daily. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  5. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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