Shon Seung-mo
Medal record | ||
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Men's badminton | ||
Representing South Korea | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Singles | |
World Championships | ||
2003 Birmingham | Singles |
Shon Seung-mo | |
Hangul | 손승모 |
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Hanja | 孫升模 |
Revised Romanization | Son Seung-mo |
McCune–Reischauer | Son Sŭng-mo |
Shon Seung-mo (born July 1, 1980 in Milyang, Gyeongsangnam-do) is a male badminton player from South Korea.
Shon played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Antti Viitikko of Finland and Richard Vaughan of Great Britain in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Shon defeated Chen Hong of People's Republic of China 10-15, 15-4, 15-10. Shon advanced to the semifinals, in which he beat Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-6, 9-15, 15-9. Playing in the gold medal match, he lost to Indonesian Taufik Hidayat by a score of 15-8, 15-7 to finish with the silver medal.
Shon's right eye is almost blind, after being hit in the eye by a shuttlecock when he was 15 years of age.
Record Against Selected Opponents
Includes results against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.
- Bao Chunlai 1-3
- Chen Hong 3-2
- Chen Yu 0-3
- Lin Dan 1-6
- Xia Xuanze 0-2
- Hsieh Yu-hsing 2-0
- Peter Gade 0-2
- Jan Ø. Jørgensen 1-0
- Joachim Persson 1-1
- Antti Viitikko 1-0
- Hendrawan 0-1
- Taufik Hidayat 1-4
- Sony Dwi Kuncoro 2-3
- Simon Santoso 0-1
- Ardy Wiranata 0-1
- Lee Hyun-il 1-2
- Park Sung-hwan 2-0
- Park Tae-sang 1-1
- Lee Chong Wei 0-2
- Rashid Sidek 0-2
- Wong Choong Hann 2-3
- Ronald Susilo 4-3
- Boonsak Ponsana 3-1
- Richard Vaughan 2-0