Hwang Yu-mi (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The l ...

: 황유미; born 18 March 1983) is a South Korean former

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player. She competed at the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

and

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Career

In 2003, she won the silver medal at the Asian Championships in the women's doubles event. Hwang competed for South Korea in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

in women's doubles with partner Lee Hyo-jung. They had a bye in the first round and defeated

Cheng Wen-Hsing Cheng Wen-hsing (; born 24 February 1982) is a Taiwanese former badminton player. She is now works as German national team coach. Career Cheng competed for Chinese Taipei in the 2004 Olympics in the women's doubles with partner Chien Yu-chin ...

and Chien Yu Chin of

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Hwang and Lee lost to Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili of

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8–15, 15–6, 15–13.

Achievements

Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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 The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine membe ...

(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : IBF/BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hwang, Yu-mi 1983 births Living people Badminton players from Seoul South Korean female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for South Korea Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games