Ko Sung-hyun

고성현
Ko Sung-hyun
Personal information
Country  South Korea
Born (1987-05-21) 21 May 1987[1]
Chungbuk, South Korea
Handedness Right
Highest ranking 1 (14 November 2013[1])
Current ranking 5 MD 1 XD (22 September 2016[1])
Medal record
Men's badminton
World Championships
2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles
2011 London Men's doubles
2010 Paris Mixed doubles
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Men's team
2010 Guangzhou Men's team
Sudirman Cup
2011 Qingdao Team
2013 Kuala Lumpur Team
2015 Dongguan Team
Thomas Cup
2012 Wuhan Team
BWF profile
Ko Sung-hyun
Hangul 고성현
Hanja 高成炫
Revised Romanization Go Seong-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Ko Sŏng-hyŏn
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ko.

Ko Sung-hyun (고성현; born May 21, 1987[2]) is an internationally elite badminton player from South Korea.

Ko Sung-hyun is a right-handed player who specializes in doubles events. His current partner in the men's doubles is Shin Baek-cheol. In the mixed doubles he is currently paired with Kim Ha-Na.

His best performances to date were at the 2010 Hong Kong Super Series where he won the men's doubles tournament with Yoo Yeong-seong[3] and at the 2010 Paris World Championships where they reached the round of sixteen.

In mixed doubles Ko Sung-hyun and Ha Jung-eun reached the semifinals at the 2010 World Championships where they claimed the bronze medal.[4]

In 2014, Ko won his first Superseries title in mixed doubles with Kim Ha-na at the 2014 Australian Super Series.[5] Ko and Shin Baek-cheol won gold in 2014 BWF World Championships by defeating the first seed and also their own teammates, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong. [6]

Men's Doubles

With Kim Gi-jung

With Shin Baek-cheol

With Lee Yong-dae

With Yoo Yeon-seong

With Kwon Yi-goo

Mixed Doubles

With Kim Ha-na

With Eom Hye-won

Record Against Selected Opponents

Mixed Doubles results with Ha Jung-eun against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "KO Sung Hyun Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "VICTOR│The Official Site – Players". Victorsport.com. August 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ "YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open Super Series 2010 – Organization". tournamentsoftware.com.
  4. ↑ "YONEX BWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 – Organization". tournamentsoftware.com.
  5. ↑ "The Star Australian Badminton Open 2014 – Day 6: Superseries Hat-trick for Lee/Yoo". bwfbadminton.org. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Li-Ning BWF World Championships 2014 – Review: Epic Battles in Ballerup". bwfbadminton.org. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "tournamentsoftware.com". tournamentsoftware.com.
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