Kim Sa-rang (badminton)

Kim Sa-rang
Kim Sa-rang at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country  South Korea
Born (1989-08-22) 22 August 1989
Incheon, South Korea
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's
Highest ranking 76 (MS) 8 April 2010
2 (MD) 22 September 2016
41 (XD) 28 February 2013
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2013 GuangzhouMen's doubles
2014 CopenhagenMen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 DongguanMixed team
Thomas Cup
2012 WuhanMen's team
2016 KunshanMen's team
Asian Games
2014 IncheonMen's team
2010 GuangzhouMen's team
2014 IncheonMen's doubles
Asia Championships
2012 QingdaoMen's doubles
2013 TaipeiMen's doubles
2015 WuhanMen's doubles
2012 QingdaoMixed doubles
Asia Team Championships
2016 HyderabadMen's team
Summer Universiade
2015 GwangjuMen's doubles
2015 GwangjuMixed team
2015 GwangjuMixed doubles
BWF profile

Kim Sa-rang (Hangul: 김사랑; Korean pronunciation: [kim.sa.ɾaŋ]; born 22 August 1989) is a male South Korean badminton player.[1] He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Kim Sa-rang started playing badminton when he was in elementary school, and his international debut on the Osaka International tournament. He joined the Korea national badminton team in 2008.[1] At that year, he won the Australia International Challenge tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Choi Sang-won.[3] In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Gi-jung.[4]

In 2012, he and Kim Gi-jung 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.[5] 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.[6] In September 2012, they also won the men's doubles title at the Indonesian Masters tournament.[7]

In 2013, he became the champion at the Chinese Taipei and Korea Grand Prix Gold tournament. At the Chinese Taipei, he and Kim Gi-jung 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.[8][9] He also won a silver medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12] In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in the men's doubles event.[13]

In 2015, he and Kim Gi-jung 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.[14] They also won the China Open Super Series Premier tournament, after beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei in the straight games.[15] In 2016, they also won the Superseries Premier tournament in Malaysia. He and his partner 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.[16] He and Kim Sa-rang also 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.[17] After the Rio Olympics, he decided to retire from the national team, and on 31 October 2016, BWF sites officially announced his retirement.[18][19]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup Super Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark		 South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong		 Walkover Bronze
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China		 South Korea Kim Gi-jung Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen		 23-21, 18-21, 18-21 Bronze

Asia Championships

Men's Doubles

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

Mixed Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 South Korea Choi Hye-in China Zhang Nan
China Zhao Yunlei		 13-21, 21-12, 13-21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 South Korea Kim Gi-jung China Wang Yilu
China Zhang Wen		 21–16, 22–20 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 South Korea Go Ah-ra South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Shin Seung-chan		 10–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007,[20] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,[21] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Malaysia Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung China Chai Biao
China Hong Wei		 21-19, 21-15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 China Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung China Chai Biao
China Hong Wei		 21-13, 21-19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Korea Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong		 16-21, 12-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Super Series Masters Finals South Korea Kim Gi-jung Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 14-21, 16-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Hong Kong Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong		 21-12, 15-21, 18-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Japan Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong		 21-16, 21-19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

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 China Masters South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong		 17-21, 14-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Thailand Masters South Korea Kim Gi-jung Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 21-12, 15-21, 12-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol		 16-21, 21-18, 21-19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol		 21-15, 18-21, 25-23 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu
Chinese Taipei Tsai Chia-hsin		 21-11, 21-11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Lee Yong-dae		 12-21, 11-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Indonesian Masters South Korea Kim Gi-jung Indonesia Angga Pratama
Indonesia Ryan Agung Saputra		 13-21, 9-21 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 German Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae		 19-21, 21-18, 11-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Turkey International South Korea Kim Gi-jung South Korea Cho Gun-woo
South Korea Shin Baek-choel		 21–17, 16–21, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Australia International South Korea Choi Sang-won Chinese Taipei Chien Yu-hsun
Chinese Taipei Lin Yu-lang		 21–17, 16–21, 21–11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Turkey International South Korea Lee So-hee South Korea Cho Gun-woo
South Korea Yoo Hyun-young		 25–23, 9–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "Players: Kim Sa Rang". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "[리우올림픽]배드민턴 男복식 김사랑-김기정, 조별리그 첫패". news.khan.co.kr (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "인하대 호주첼린지 국제 배드민턴 男복식 우승". www.kgnews.co.kr (in Korean). Kyonggi Newspaper. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Turkiye Int'l - Koreans take 3". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lee & Next Generation Players Capture the Crowns". www.yonex.co.uk. Yonex. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "김기정-김사랑, 亞 배드민턴선수권 男복식 '우승'". sbssports.sbs.co.kr (in Korean). SBS. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "배드민턴 김기정 선수, 인도네시아 남자복식 우승". www.wknews.net (in Korean). 원대신문. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Victor Stars Taje the Chinese Taipei Open Taking Five Gold and Four Silver". my.victorsport.com. Victor Badminton. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "2013 전주빅터 코리아그랑프리골드 결승전". www.badmintondaily.co.kr (in Korean). 배드민턴데일리. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "China win three golds at Taipei championship". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "鲍伊/摩根森艰难逆转取胜 决赛对阵印尼强手". sports.21cn.com (in Chinese). 21CN体育. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Lee Chong Wei, Li Xuerui crowned at badminton superseries finals". news.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "배연주, 유연성-이용대, 김사랑-김기정 동메달 확보[아시안게임 배드민턴]". www.badmintonkorea.co.kr (in Korean). Badminton Korea. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "2015 빅터코리아마스터즈 결승전". www.badmintondaily.co.kr (in Korean). 배드민턴데일리. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "[중국오픈] 남복 김기정/김사랑 우승". www.badmintonnews.or.kr (in Korean). 전국배드민턴연합회. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Gi Jung Sa Rang Lift Men's Doubles Crown". badmintonasia.org. Badminton Asia Confederation. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Fu/Zhang Ride Out Storm – Day 5 Session 1: Rio 2016". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "(LEAD) (Olympics) Badminton star hints at retirement from national team". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  19. ↑ "Shin and Kim Bid Adieu". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006.
  21. ↑ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". Badmintonstore.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.