Kim Jae-hwan (; born 13 August 1996) is a South Korean
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player. He graduated from the Jeonju Life Science High School, and now educated at the
Wonkwang University
Wonkwang University () is a university located in Iksan, South Korea. Founded as Youilhakrim () in 1946, it is one of the few academies affiliated with Won Buddhism. Yuilhakrim was succeeded by Wonkwang Junior College () on 5 November 1951, and ...
. In his junior career, he had collected a gold and two bronzes at the
World Junior Championships, and also three silvers and a bronze at the
Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, he won the men's doubles title with his partnered
Choi Sol-gyu
Choi Sol-gyu (; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.
Career
Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at th ...
at the World University Championships in Russia. At the same year, he won the
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament at the
Korea Masters
The Korea Masters () is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an ...
in the men's doubles event 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 2017, he competed at the
Taipei Summer Universiade and won the men's doubles gold together with
Seo Seung-jae
Seo Seung-jae (; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles e ...
.
Achievements
Summer Universiade
''Men's doubles''
World University Championships
''Men's doubles''
BWF World Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Boys' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF Grand Prix (1 title)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
''Men's doubles''
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BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
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BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
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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.
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tournament
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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.
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tournament
References
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1996 births
Living people
People from Jeongeup
South Korean male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games badminton players for South Korea
FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea
Summer World University Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Badminton players from North Jeolla Province
21st-century South Korean sportsmen