Bang Soo-hyun

Bang Soo-hyun (Hangul: 방수현, Hanja: 方銖賢, born September 13, 1972 in Seoul) is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying and recorded wins over both in major badminton tournaments. Noted for a style that combined impressive power and movement, she retired from competition after her victory in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, shortly before her 24th birthday. She was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2019.[1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Bang.
Bang Soo-Hyun
Personal information
Country South Korea
Born (1972-09-13) September 13, 1972
Seoul, South Korea
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking1
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Singles
1992 Barcelona Singles
World Championships
1993 BirminghamSingles
1995 LausanneSingles
Asian Games
1994 HiroshimaSingles
1994 HiroshimaTeam
Sudirman Cup
1991 Copenhagen Team
1993 Birmingham Team
BWF profile

Career

Summer Olympics

Barcelona 1992

Bang competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She had a bye in the first round, defeated Catrine Bengtsson of Sweden in the second and Hisuko Mizui of Japan in the third. In quarterfinals Bang Soo-hyun edged Sarwendah Kusumawardhani of Indonesia 11-2, 3-11, 12-11 to advance to the semifinals. There, she beat the reigning world champion Tang Jiuhong of China 11-3, 11-2. In the final, she lost to Indonesia's Susi Susanti 11-5, 5-11, 3-11 to finish with the silver medal.

Atlanta 1996

Bang also competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She won the gold medal in women's singles without dropping a game in any match, defeating Susi Susanti in semifinals 11-9, 11-8, and Mia Audina in the final, 11-6, 11-7.

World Championships

She won two medals in the IBF World Championships, in 1993 a silver medal as runner-up to Susanti, and in 1995 a bronze medal.

Other championships

Bang won the quadrennial Asian Games in 1994, and the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships over Ye Zhaoying in 1996, having been a runner-up in close matches in both 1992 and 1993. Her other titles included the Welsh (1989), Hong Kong (1992), South Korea (1993, 1994, 1996), Swedish (1993, 1994), and Canadian (1995) Opens.

Titles

Singles
Outcome Event Year Venue Opponent in the final Score in the final
Olympics
1 Singles 1996 Atlanta, United States Mia Audina 11-6, 11-7
2 Singles 1992 Barcelona, Spain Susi Susanti 11-5, 5-11, 3-11
World Championships
2 Singles 1993 Birmingham, England Susi Susanti 11-7, 9-11, 3-11
3 Singles 1995 Lausanne, Switzerland
Asian Games
1 Singles 1994 Hiroshima, Japan Hisako Mizui 11-4, 11-6
All England Open
1 Singles 1996 Birmingham, England Ye Zhaoying 11-1, 11-1
2 Singles 1993 London, England Susi Susanti 11-4, 4-11, 1-11
2 Singles 1992 London, England Tang Jiuhong 12-9, 10-12, 1-11
Other Open Tournaments
1 Singles 1996 Korea Open Yao Yan 11-3, 11-0
1 Singles 1995 Canadian Open Ra Kyung-min 11-0, 11-7
1 Singles 1994 Hong Kong Open Lim Xiaoqing 11-7, 11-6
1 Singles 1994 Swedish Open Kim Ji-hyun 6-11, 11-5, 11-3
1 Singles 1994 Korea Open Kim Ji-hyun 11-5, 11-5
1 Singles 1993 Swedish Open Lee Heung-soon 11-2, 11-6
1 Singles 1993 Korea Open Susi Susanti 12-9, 11-5
1 Singles 1992 Hong Kong Open Susi Susanti 5-11, 11-6, 11-7

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

References
  1. "Korea's singles queen to be named to Hall of Fame". Don Hearn. Badzine.net. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.