Kang Kyung-jin (; born 24 March 1973) is a former

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player and coach from

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. He was the men's doubles champion at the 1997 All England Open and 1998

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. He competed at the

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Early life

The left-handler Kang Kyung-jin, began to play badminton when he was in the third grade of Dongdaegu Elementary School, recognized by his teacher who is also a badminton coach in a club. In the beginning, he wanted to be a baseball player, following his father, who was also a baseball player.

Career

As a player, Kang was best known for winning the 1997 All England Open men's doubles title with

Ha Tae-kwon Ha Tae-kwon (; born 30 April 1975) is a badminton player from South Korea. Born in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Ha started his career in badminton with the recommendation of Kim Dong-moon in elementary school. He made his international debut ...

. In the same year, Kang and Ha also won major titles at the

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and the Korea Open and the following year, they won the

Badminton Asia Championships The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia. The tournament started in 1962 The year saw the C ...

. In the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games (), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games () or simply Hiroshima 1994 (), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first Asian Games in history to be hosted in a non-capital city. Th ...

, he won two silver medals, in mixed doubles and in the men's team event.

Coach

Kang graduated from

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, and after that he started his career as a coach in Gangnam-gu office team. He later was selected to join the national team as men's doubles coach in 2003, and took part at the

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from 2004–2016, with his best achievements was managed to lead

and

Kim Dong-moon Kim Dong-moon (; born 22 September 1975) is a retired South Korean badminton player who won major titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s (decade), and widely regarded as one of finest men's doubles and mixed doubles players in badminton h ...

to win a gold medal in 2004. He spent one year as the head coach of the national junior team, and then Kang was named as the head coach of the senior national team in December 2016, with his term to run from 1 January 2017 to 30 October 2018. Following the Korean team's disappointing results at the

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, Kang with some of Korean coaching staff were fired by the Badminton Korea Association (BKA). In September 2019, he was hired to join Chinese national team coaching staff, and made history in China badminton as the first foreign coach on their team.

Personal life

Kang wife, Park Soo-yun, is also a former badminton player.

Achievements

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Games

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Cup

''Mixed doubles''

East Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

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

IBF International

''Men's doubles'' ''Men's doubles''

References

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