Bang Soo-hyun
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Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-09-13) 13 September 1972 (age 51) Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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BWF profile |
Bang Soo-hyun (Korean: 방수현; Hanja: 方銖賢; born 13 September 1972) 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. 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]
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.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1992 | Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain | ![]() | 11–5, 5–11, 3–11 | ![]() |
1996 | GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States | ![]() | 11–6, 11–7 | ![]() |
World Championships
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1993 | National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England | ![]() | 11–7, 9–11, 3–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland | ![]() | 6–11, 4–11 | ![]() |
World Cup
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1992 | Guangdong Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China | ![]() | 12–10, 9–11, 9–11 | ![]() |
1994 | Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() | 9–12, 6–11 | ![]() |
Asian Games
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1994 | Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan | ![]() | 11–4, 11–6 | ![]() |
Asian Championships
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1995 | Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China | ![]() | 11–5, 7–11, 3–11 | ![]() |
Asian Cup
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1991 | Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia | ![]() | 7–11, 11–6, 4–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China | ![]() | 1–11, 11–2, 13–12 | ![]() |
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1992 | Korea Open | ![]() | 6–11, 3–11 | ![]() |
1992 | All England Open | ![]() | 12–9, 10–12, 1–11 | ![]() |
1992 | Hong Kong Open | ![]() | 5–11, 11–6, 11–7 | ![]() |
1992 | Thailand Open | ![]() | 7–11, 4–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Japan Open | ![]() | 6–11, 5–11 | ![]() |
1993 | Korea Open | ![]() | 12–9, 11–5 | ![]() |
1993 | Swedish Open | ![]() | 11–2, 11–6 | ![]() |
1993 | All England Open | ![]() | 11–4, 4–11, 1–11 | ![]() |
1994 | Korea Open | ![]() | 11–5, 11–5 | ![]() |
1994 | Swedish Open | ![]() | 6–11, 11–5, 11–3 | ![]() |
1994 | Indonesia Open | ![]() | 11–2, 0–11, 1–11 | ![]() |
1994 | Hong Kong Open | ![]() | 11–7, 11–6 | ![]() |
1994 | China Open | ![]() | 11–8, 11–8 | ![]() |
1995 | Korea Open | ![]() | 11–3, 7–11, 9–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Japan Open | ![]() | 7–11, 11–12 | ![]() |
1995 | Malaysia Open | ![]() | 1–11, 6–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Indonesia Open | ![]() | 6–11, 7–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Singapore Open | ![]() | 7–11, 11–6, 8–11 | ![]() |
1995 | USA Open | ![]() | 10–12, 11–3, 8–11 | ![]() |
1995 | Canada Open | ![]() | 11–0, 11–7 | ![]() |
1995 | Hong Kong Open | ![]() | 5–11, 11–4, 11–5 | ![]() |
1996 | All England Open | ![]() | 11–1, 11–1 | ![]() |
1996 | Korea Open | ![]() | 11–3, 11–0 | ![]() |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1994 | China Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 8–15, 2–15 | ![]() |
IBF International
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1988 | Welsh Open | ![]() | 5–11, 11–0, 11–8 | ![]() |
Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
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References
- ^ Hearn, Don (8 March 2019). "Korea's singles queen to be named to Hall of Fame". Badzine.net. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
External links
- BANG Soo Hyun at InternationalBadminton.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-29)
- BANG Soo Hyun at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- BANG Soo Hyun at BWFbadminton.com
- v
- t
- e
- 1992:
Susi Susanti (INA)
- 1996:
Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)
- 2000:
Gong Zhichao (CHN)
- 2004:
Zhang Ning (CHN)
- 2008:
Zhang Ning (CHN)
- 2012:
Li Xuerui (CHN)
- 2016:
Carolina Marín (ESP)
- 2020:
Chen Yufei (CHN)
- 2024:
An Se-young (KOR)