Jung Jae-sung

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Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; Korean정재성; Hanja鄭在成; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌŋ.dʑɛ̝.sʌŋ]; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles.

Jung Jae-sung
Jung at the 2011 German Open
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born(1982-08-25)25 August 1982
Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Died9 March 2018(2018-03-09) (aged 35)
Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
HandednessRight
CoachHa Tae-kwon
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Lee Yong-dae January 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Men's doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hyderabad Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 London Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qingdao Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2008 Jakarta Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Men's doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Johor Bahru Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2005 Hyderabad Men's doubles
Asia Cup
Silver medal – second place 2001 Singapore Men's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Guangzhou Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Kyoto Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Yangon Boys' team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Kyoto Boys' team
BWF profile

Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in the men's doubles discipline between 2009 and 2012, winning eighteen BWF World Superseries tournaments and placing second at the BWF World Championships on two occasions in 2007 and 2009. He was a two-time winner of the All-England Open, gold medalist at the 2008 Badminton Asian Championships, and won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in the final tournament of his professional career.

Career

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Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. He started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001.[citation needed]

In 2000, Jung was part of the Korean national junior team competed at the World Junior Championships in Guangzhou, China, and Asian Junior Championships in Kyoto, Japan. In Guangzhou, he won the mixed team bronze after his team lost 2–3 to China,[1] and in Kyoto, he won the boys' doubles silver and boys' team bronze.[2]

In 2003, Jung, who represented Wonkwang University, won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in Gyeonggi partnered with Lee Jae-jin.[3] In 2004, he and Lee Jae-jin retained their title, and in 2006, Jung repeated his success partnered with Lee Yong-dae.[4]

In 2005, Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the Danes Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in the finals. In 2006, Jung won the Thailand Open together with Lee Yong-dae; they had a walkover in the final against compatriots Lee Jae-jin, with whom Jung won the last Thailand Open, and Hwang Ji-man. At the Asian Games, Jung and Lee became bronze medalists after losing the semi-finals to Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia in the individual men's doubles event. In the team event, South Korea lost to China in the final 2–3, thus gaining Jung a silver medal.[citation needed]

In 2007, Jung and Lee Yong-dae participated in the Malaysia Open, the first ever BWF Super Series event. There they got through the first round but had to resign due to injury. However a week later they blew away competition to take the first prize at the Korea Open. Jung and Lee lost to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the final of the German Open. Jung participated to the 2007 Sudirman Cup with the South Korea team. The team lost to China in the semi-finals with a score of 0–3. In July, after a period of disappointing results in men's doubles, Lee became runner-up with Jung at the Thailand Open, losing to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man. Not much later, the pair went on to take the silver medal in the 2007 BWF World Championships. They were defeated in the final by Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia, 19–21, 19–21. The rest of the year also resulted in quite disappointing achievements, not getting past quarterfinals in any major events, except in the French Open. Jung and Lee there lost to the eventual winners, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China.[citation needed]

To start 2008, Jung, together with Lee, disappointingly lost to the unseeded pair of Simon Mollyhus and Anders Kristiansen in the second round of the Malaysia Open. In South Korea, things went a bit better, achieving a quarterfinal. There they lost to eventual runners-up Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia. More than a month later, Jung and Lee came back with a bang to win the All England Open, beating Malaysians Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in a thrilling semi-final (coming back from a 16–20 deficit in the third game) and compatriots Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the finals. A week later, the pair were victorious in the Swiss Open too. At the Asian Championships Jung and Lee gained the gold medal, beating Candra Wijaya and Nova Widianto of Indonesia in the final. He competed at the Thomas Cup, helped his team reach the final round, where Jung and Lee were the only ones to score a point for South Korea against China in the final, which ended in a 3–1 win for China. In November, Jung also won the 2008 China Open Super Series.[citation needed]

2008 Olympic Games

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Not having participated in the two following Superseries events, supposedly because of their preparations for the Summer Olympics, Jung and Lee were disappointingly knocked out in the first round in Beijing. His partner went on to get the gold medal in mixed doubles.[citation needed]

2012 Olympic Games

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At the London Olympics, Jung, together with Lee, won the men's doubles bronze medal. The pair who were seeded two, advanced to the knock-out stage after placing first, won three matches in group D stage. They lost the match in the semi-final match against Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark, and in the bronze medal match, they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong in straight games. This was Jung's final tournament.[citation needed]

Death

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On 9 March 2018, at the age of 35, Jung died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Hwaseong after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.[5][6] His funeral was held on 11 March at Ajou University Hospital, with his longtime doubles partner Lee Yong-dae acting as a pallbearer.[7]

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain   Lee Yong-dae   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
23–21, 21–10   Bronze

BWF World Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Lee Yong-dae   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
19–21, 19–21   Silver
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
18–21, 21–16, 26–28   Silver
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
18–21, 14–21   Bronze

Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar   Lee Yong-dae   Luluk Hadiyanto
  Alvent Yulianto
25–23, 18–21, 19–21   Bronze
2010 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China   Lee Yong-dae   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
15–21, 21–13, 18–21   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India   Lee Jae-jin   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
11–15, 7–15   Silver
2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia   Lee Yong-dae   Nova Widianto
  Candra Wijaya
21–16, 21–18   Gold

Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan   Lee Jae-jin   Sang Yang
  Zheng Bo
16–17, 15–11, 12–15   Silver

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (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,[9] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Korea Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hwang Ji-man
  Lee Jae-jin
21–16, 21–15   Winner
2008 All England Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hwang Ji-man
  Lee Jae-jin
20–22, 21–19, 21–18   Winner
2008 Swiss Open   Lee Yong-dae   Markis Kido
  Hendra Setiawan
17–21, 21–16, 21–13   Winner
2008 China Open   Lee Yong-dae   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 21–17, 21–13   Winner
2008 Hong Kong Open   Lee Yong-dae   Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
  Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
25–23, 19–21, 22–20   Winner
2008 World Superseries Masters Finals   Lee Yong-dae   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2009 Malaysia Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hendra Aprida Gunawan
  Alvent Yulianto
18–21, 21–14, 21–14   Winner
2009 Korea Open   Lee Yong-dae   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
12–21, 22–24   Runner-up
2009 Indonesia Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–15, 21–18   Winner
2009 Hong Kong Open   Lee Yong-dae   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
13–21, 21–15, 21–8   Winner
2009 China Open   Lee Yong-dae   Koo Kien Keat
  Tan Boon Heong
21–13, 19–21, 21–18   Winner
2009 World Superseries Masters Finals   Lee Yong-dae   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
21–15, 21–15   Winner
2010 Korea Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–11, 14–21, 21–18   Winner
2010 China Open   Lee Yong-dae   Chai Biao
  Zhang Nan
21–15, 21–12   Winner
2010 World Superseries Finals   Lee Yong-dae   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2011 Korea Open   Lee Yong-dae   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
21–6, 21–13   Winner
2011 China Masters   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–17, 21–10   Winner
2011 Denmark Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–16, 21–17   Winner
2011 French Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
14–21, 21–15, 21–11   Winner
2011 Hong Kong Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–14, 22–24, 19–21   Runner-up
2012 Korea Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–18, 17–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2012 All England Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
21–23, 21–9, 21–14   Winner
2012 Indonesia Open   Lee Yong-dae   Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
23–21, 19–21, 21–11   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Thailand Open   Lee Jae-jin   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
15–11, 15–5   Winner
2006 German Open   Lee Yong-dae   Robert Blair
  Anthony Clark
15–11, 15–6   Winner
2006 Chinese Taipei Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
14–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2006 Thailand Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hwang Ji-man
  Lee Jae-jin
Walkover   Winner
2007 German Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hwang Ji-man
  Lee Jae-jin
18–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2007 Thailand Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hwang Ji-man
  Lee Jae-jin
19–21, 21–19, 9–21   Runner-up
2008 German Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hwang Ji-man
  Lee Jae-jin
13–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2010 Chinese Taipei Open   Lee Yong-dae   Cho Gun-woo
  Kwon Yi-goo
21–10, 21–16   Winner
2010 Korea Grand Prix   Lee Yong-dae   Ko Sung-hyun
  Yoo Yeon-seong
18–21, 21–18, 27–27   Winner
2011 German Open   Lee Yong-dae   Kim Gi-jung
  Kim Sa-rang
21–19, 18–21, 21–11   Winner
2011 Swiss Open   Lee Yong-dae   Ko Sung-hyun
  Yoo Yeon-seong
17–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2011 Thailand Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hendra Aprida Gunawan
  Alvent Yulianto
24–22, 21–14   Winner
2011 Chinese Taipei Open   Lee Yong-dae   Ko Sung-hyun
  Yoo Yeon-seong
21–23, 17–21   Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold   Lee Yong-dae   Ko Sung-hyun
  Yoo Yeon-seong
15–21, 22–24   Runner-up
2012 German Open   Lee Yong-dae   Hong Wei
  Shen Ye
19–21, 21–18, 19–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Vietnam Satellite   Hwang Ji-man   Rian Sukmawan
  Yoga Ukikasah
15–17, 7–15   Runner-up
2008 Korea International   Lee Yong-dae   Cho Gun-woo
  Yoo Yeon-seong
21–16, 26–24   Winner
2009 Korea International   Lee Yong-dae   Ko Sung-hyun
  Yoo Yeon-seong
21–19, 15–21, 21–15   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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