Kim Jae-hwan (badminton)

Kim Jae-hwan
Personal information
Country  South Korea
Born (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996
Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking 48 (MD) 15 September 2016
46 (XD) 16 November 2017
BWF profile
Kim Jae-hwan
Hangul 김재환
Hanja 金宰煥
Revised Romanization Kim Jae-hwan
McCune–Reischauer Kim Chae-hwan

Kim Jae-hwan (Hangul: 김재환; born 13 August 1996) is a South Korean male badminton player.[1] He graduated from the Jeonju Life Science High School, and now educated at the Wonkwang University.[2] In his junior career, he had collected a gold and two bronzes at the World Junior Championships, and also three silvers and a bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, he won the men's doubles title with his partnered Choi Sol-gyu at the World University Championships in Russia.[3] At the same year, he won the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament at the Korea Masters in the men's doubles event with Ko Sung-hyun.[4] In 2017, he competed at the Taipei Summer Universiade and won the men's doubles gold together with Seo Seung-jae.[5]

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan
South Korea Seo Seung-jae Japan Katsuki Tamate
Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi
21–12, 21–19 Gold

World University Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Palace of sports "Borisoglebsky",
Ramenskoe, Russia
South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
19–21, 21–14, 21–17 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia
South Korea Kim Jung-ho Thailand Kittinupong Ketlen
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
14–21, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
South Korea Kim Jung-ho China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei
16–21, 14–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
South Korea Kim Hye-jeong China Huang Kaixiang
China Chen Qingchen
9–21, 19–21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Korea Masters South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
21–19, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. "Players: Jae Hwan Kim". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "한국 남자복식의 차세대 에이스 국가대표 전봉찬, 김재환" (in Korean). 배드민턴데일리. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "[세계대학선수권] 남자복식 '최솔규-김재환' 우승" (in Korean). 배드민턴타임즈. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "배드민턴 신구조화 고성현-김재환 우승 스매싱" (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "배드민턴 금메달 안은 김재환 서승재" (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


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