Jung Kyung-eun (; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

bronze medalist in the women's doubles event.

Career

Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in singles, but now concentrates on doubles. She has attained the most success with her women's doubles partner

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 ...

. In April 2012, they won their first major title at the 2012 India Open. In the mixed doubles she has recently partnered with

Kim Ki-jung Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung (; or ; born 14 August 1990) is a South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. Career In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships ...

; however, they have not achieved the same level of results as they have had in doubles with their respective genders. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Jung and her partner

, along with

Ha Jung-eun Ha Jung-eun (; born 26 April 1987) is a women's and mixed doubles badminton player from South Korea. Ha was competed at the 2006, 2010 Asian Games, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Together with the Korean national women's team, they won the Ube ...

and Kim Min-jung of

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, Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of

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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. Jung and her partner Kim Ha-na played against China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang. South Korea filed an appeal to the

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at the Olympics, but it was rejected. Jung competed at the 2014 Asian Games, and won the bronze medal together with the national women's team. At the 2016 Olympics she and doubles partner Shin Seung-chan won the bronze medal. In 2017, she helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the

Sudirman Cup The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural tourn ...

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 2 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

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

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was run from 2007 to 2017. Features Prize money A Grand Prix Gold tournament offered minimum prize money of US$ ...

. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

''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

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with

against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. *

Leanne Choo Leanne Choo (born 5 June 1991) is a badminton player from Australia. She is the reigning Oceania Champion in women's and mixed doubles. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, alongside former women's doubles partner, Renuga Veer ...

Renuga Veeran Renuga Vithi Veeran (born 20 June 1986) is a Malaysian-born Australian badminton player. She has represented both Malaysia and Australia internationally as a badminton player. As part of the Australian Olympic Team,Alex Bruce &

Michelle Li Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in bo ...

1–0 * Xia Huan & Tang Jinhua 0–2 * Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 0–5 * Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 0–5 * Bao Yixin & Zhong Qianxin 1–3 * Bao Yixin & Tian Qing 1–0 * Bao Yixin & Cheng Shu 0–1 * Ma Jin & Tang Jinhua 1–1 * Luo Ying & Luo Yu 3–4 * Tang Yuanting & Yu Yang 0–1 * Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 1–2 *

Christinna Pedersen Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player. Career Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist. From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two Euro ...

& Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2–3 * Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet 2–0 * Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa 2–1 *

Vita Marissa Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Career Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert ...

& Nadya Melati 1–0 * Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 3–1 * Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 3–0 * Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito 3–2 *

Misaki Matsutomo is a Japanese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympic women's doubles alongside Ayaka Takahashi. Despite playing doubles, she was also a finalist in girls' singles at the 2010 BWF World ...

Ayaka Takahashi is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist. Playing for the ...

6–3 * Reika Kakiiwa & Miyuki Maeda 2–2 *

& Kim Min-jung 1–3 * Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 2–0 * Shinta Mulia Sari & Yao Lei 1–0 * Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 2–0

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