Ha Jung-eun (; born 26 April 1987) is a women's and mixed doubles

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player from

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. Ha was competed at the

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and

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. Together with the Korean national women's team, they won the

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. At the same year, she won the bronze medal at the

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in the mixed doubles event.

Career

Ha was competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships in

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, Canada, reached the semi-finals round in the girs' singles and doubles event. At the

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and 2005 Asian Junior Championships, she achieved the best result by winning the 2005 mixed doubles title partnered with

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (; ; born 11 September 1988) is a South Korean professional badminton player who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Ye ...

. Ha junior was selected to join at the Korean national women's team, compete at the 2004 Uber Cup in

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Indonesia. The team finished as the runner-up losing to China with the score 3–1. In 2010, Ha with her women's doubles partner, Lee Kyung-won, became the semi-finalists in Korea Open Super Series, and with

Ko Sung-hyun Ko Sung-hyun (; ; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall. He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Championships, BWF World Champion, two time Badminto ...

in the mixed event, they only reached the quarter-finals. In All England, Ha and Ko suffered a first-round defeat to Zheng Bo and Ma Jin of China 17–21 and 12–21. Meanwhile, Ha and Lee, seeded seventh, vanquished

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Shendy Puspa Irawati Shendy Puspa Irawati (born 20 May 1987) is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum club. She won the bronze medals at the 2009 SEA Games, 2011 Summer Universiade, and at the 2013 Asian Championships. Career Irawati competed women's ...

and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari in straight sets, 21–18 and 21–18, before bowing out to Chinese third seeds, Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the semi-finals. The next week's tournament in

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brought unsatisfying result for Ha and Ko as they lost to the eventual finalists and their countrymen, Shin Baek-cheol and Yoo Hyun-young, in a tough three-setter, 21–19, 9–21, 19–21. However, in the women's event, Ha and Lee succeeded to their third semi-final of 2010, edging fourth-seeded Petya Nedeltcheva and Anastasia Russkikh out with a 21–17 and 21–11 win. Ha and Lee fought hard in the semi-final but finally lost 21–13, 19–21, and 20–22 to Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna of

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. Ha played for the Korean

team on May 9–16. She and Lee Kyung-won defeated Yu Yang and Du Jing of China in the final 19–21, 21–14, and 21–19, giving the first

for Korea. In 2011, Ha paired up with

again and they won the U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold title in July. In the women's doubles event, she also won the Grand Prix Gold title in

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, and

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partnered with Kim Min-jung. She and Kim was qualified at the Superseries Finals, and finished in the second place after losing a match to Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang. At the

, Ha and her partner Kim Min-jung, along with Jung Kyung-eun and

Kim Ha-na Kim Ha-na ( or ; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim won her first Supers ...

, Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of

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, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of

were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following matches the previous evening during which they were accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw. Ha and her partner Kim Min-jung played against Indonesia's Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii. It is suspected that the Koreans emulated China so to avoid playing against another Korean team in the semi-finals; the Korean head coach Sung Han-kook said "Because they don't want to play the semi-final against each other, so we did the same. We didn't want to play the South Korean team again".Reports: Eight Badminton Players Tossed Out Of Olympics
/ref> South Korea filed an appeal to the case, but it was rejected by the

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Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Women's doubles''

Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

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

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in

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, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

(BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, S ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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

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

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

''Women's singles'' ''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

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