Choi Sol-gyu (; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean

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player. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup. 2019 Chinese Taipei Open 14

Career

Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup, and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013. Choi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the

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partnering Seo Seung-jae. His pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage.

Achievements

East Asian Games

''Mixed doubles''

World University Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

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tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Men'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 The Badminton ...

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Sol-gyu 1995 births Living people Badminton players from Seoul South Korean male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of South Korea Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea