Choi Sol-gyu
Choi Sol-gyu 최솔규 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 5 August 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 7 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 19 November 2019) 11 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung, 21 September 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 40 (MD with Kim Won-ho 16 April 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Choi Sol-gyu | |
Hangul | 최솔규 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Choi Sol-gyu |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Sol-kyu |
Choi Sol-gyu (Korean: 최솔규; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.[2]
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Career
[edit]Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup,[3] and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013.[4]
Choi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Seo Seung-jae. His pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage.[5]
Achievements
[edit]Asian Games
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China | ![]() |
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18–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
East Asian Games
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China |
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10–21, 15–21 | ![]() |
World University Championships
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy", Ramenskoe, Russia |
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19–21, 21–14, 21–17 | ![]() |
World Junior Championships
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2011 | Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan |
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18–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2013 | Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |
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13–21, 11–21 | ![]() |
Asian Junior Championships
[edit]Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea |
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21–11, 19–21, 21–13 | ![]() |
2013 | Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
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17–21, 25–23, 23–21 | ![]() |
BWF World Tour (4 titles, 4 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–12, 17–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2019 | Chinese Taipei Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–15, 21–23 | ![]() |
2019 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–16, 21–14 | ![]() |
2019 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | ![]() |
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13–21, 21–12, 21–13 | ![]() |
2019 | Syed Modi International | Super 300 | ![]() |
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18–21, 19–21 | ![]() |
2022 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | ![]() |
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17–21, 21–23 | ![]() |
2023 | German Open | Super 300 | ![]() |
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21–19, 18–21, 21–19 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | ![]() |
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12–21, 21–15, 18–21 | ![]() |
BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)
[edit]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 (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Macau Open | ![]() |
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21–17, 18–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
2013 | Vietnam Open | ![]() |
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22–20, 19–21, 21–14 | ![]() |
2014 | Korea Grand Prix | ![]() |
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Walkover | ![]() |
2015 | Vietnam Open | ![]() |
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19–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Thailand Open | ![]() |
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21–19, 17–21, 21–16 | ![]() |
2015 | Macau Open | ![]() |
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18–21, 13–21 | ![]() |
2015 | U.S. Grand Prix | ![]() |
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21–12, 21–14 | ![]() |
2015 | Mexico City Grand Prix | ![]() |
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14–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
2017 | Canada Open | ![]() |
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19–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
2017 | Korea Masters | ![]() |
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21–17, 13–21, 18–21 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Norwegian International | ![]() |
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21–12, 21–13 | ![]() |
2018 | Irish Open | ![]() |
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21–17, 21–12 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Romanian International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–13 | ![]() |
2014 | Osaka International | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–17, 18–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Thailand International | ![]() |
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18–21, 21–19, 21–12 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: SolGyu Choi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "2011 Surabaya Cup Results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Malaysia International Youth - Choi Sol-gyu results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Badminton - CHOI Solgyu". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- CHoi Solgyu at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com (alternate link)
- Choi Solgyu at BWFbadminton.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Badminton players from Seoul
- South Korean male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for South Korea
- Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games