Seo Yoon-hee

Seo Yoon-hee
Personal information
Country  South Korea
Born (1984-11-10) 10 November 1984
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Event Women's singles
BWF profile
Seo Yoon-hee
Hangul 서윤희
Hanja 徐潤熙
Revised Romanization Seo Yun-hui
McCune–Reischauer Sŏ Yun-hŭi

Seo Yoon-hee (Hangul: 서윤희; born 10 November 1984) is a badminton player from South Korea. She graduated from the SacredHeart Girl's High School, and later joined the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.[1][2]

Seo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Korea, defeating Pi Hongyan of France in the first round[3][4] but losing to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in the round of 16.[5]

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2002 Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa China Jiang Yanjiao 0–11, 11–8, 3–11 Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2001 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan South Korea Jun Jae-youn 8–11, 11–8, 6–11 Silver

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2010 Australian Open Japan Minatsu Mitani 22–20, 14–21, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Chinese Taipei Open England Tracey Hallam 9–11, 7–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Australian Open South Korea Kang Hae-won South Korea Kim Min-seo
South Korea Lee Kyung-won
17–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. "네덜란드Jr.배드민턴-서윤희 여단 2위...기대주 부상" (in Korean). 전북도민일보. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. "삼성전기 서윤희 선수" (in Korean). 배드민턴코리아. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. Cheng Xiangfeng (June 27, 2008). "Overseas Chinese still main threats". China Daily. Retrieved June 7, 2010. ("Pi played badminton for France at the 2004 Athens Olympics, losing to Seo Yoon-hee of South Korea in the round of 32.")
  4. "China's Gong makes rivals sweat". Daily Times (Pakistan). August 15, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2010. ("South Korea’s Seo Yoon-Hee provided the tournament’s first upset, defeating China-born French number eight seed Pi Hongyan in a gripping three-setter. Ranked 28th in the world, Seo showed plenty of guts and determination and will fancy her chances when she meets Petya Nedelcheva in the next round.")
  5. Getty Images Photo ("Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva celebrates after beating South Korea's Seo Yoon Hee in the women's singles round of 16 of the Olympic Games badminton competition, at the Goudi Olympic Hall in Athens 15 August 2004. Nedelcheva beat Seo 7-11, 11-5, 11-8")
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