Jang Hye-ock (; born 9 February 1977) is a

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 from

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who affiliate with Chungnam Provincial office team. She won the gold medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, playing with Gil Young-ah. At 18 years, 3 months, and 19 days, she was the youngest player ever to win a World Championship title, in any discipline. The same year she won the

1995 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1995 Yonex All England Open was the 85th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 14 to 18 March 1995, in Birmingham, England. It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$125,000. Venue *Natio ...

. She reached a career high as women's doubles world number 1 with Gil in August 1995. Jang competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, and she won the silver medal in the women's doubles together with Gil Young-ah.

Career

Jang Hye-ock entered the national team in 1993 when she was in the second grade of Seongshim Girls' High School. Although she has a small physique, Jang was excellent as a play-maker, supporting her power and spirit to compete. In February 1996, she undergo surgery for an enlarged rib and after recovered her injury, she competed at the

, won a silver medal in the women's doubles with Gil Young-ah. In 1998, after playing two tournaments in Europe, she suffered a hip injury, and then she decided to leave the national team and the international tournaments. After her retirement, she keeps playing domestically for her local team and later for Jeonbuk Bank. She is now coaching in her alma mater, Seongshim Girls' High School. She did also coach the national junior team for about 3 years, back when

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (Hangul: 이용대; Hanja: 李龍大; ; born 11 September 1988) is a professional badminton player from South Korea who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, ...

was on the team.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

World Championships

''Women's doubles''

Asian Games

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

Asian Championships

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

Asian Cup

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

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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