Kim Sa-rang (badminton)

Kim Sa-rang (Hangul: 김사랑; Korean pronunciation: [kim.sa.ɾaŋ]; born 22 August 1989) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Sa-rang
Kim Sa-rang at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 Incheon, South Korea
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	76 (MS 8 April 2010) 2 (MD 22 September 2016) 41 (XD 28 February 2013)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Men's doubles 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Thomas Cup 2012 Wuhan Men's team 2016 Kunshan Men's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's team 2014 Incheon Men's doubles Asian Championships 2012 Qingdao Men's doubles 2013 Taipei Men's doubles 2012 Qingdao Mixed doubles 2015 Wuhan Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju Men's doubles 2015 Gwangju Mixed team 2015 Gwangju Mixed doubles World Junior Championships 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Kim Sa-rang started playing badminton when he was in elementary school, and his international debut on the Osaka International tournament. He joined the Korea national badminton team in 2008.[1] At that year, he won the Australia International Challenge tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Choi Sang-won.[3] In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Gi-jung.[4]

In 2012, he and Kim Gi-jung won their first Superseries title at the Japan Open tournament. In the final round they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong.[5] At the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships in Qingdao, China, they won a gold medal after defeat Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the final round.[6] In September 2012, they also won the men's doubles title at the Indonesian Masters tournament.[7]

In 2013, he became the champion at the Chinese Taipei and South Korea Grand Prix Gold tournament. At the Chinese Taipei, he and Kim Gi-jung beat the host partner Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin in the straight set. At the Korea, they won the title after beat their compatriots Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 2–1.[8][9] He also won a silver medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei.[10] At the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, he and his partner were seeded fifth in that tournament. They beat the second seeded of Malaysia in the quarterfinal round, and in the semifinal round they were defeated by Boe and Mogensen in three sets, and settle for the bronze medal.[11] At the end of the 2013 BWF Season, he qualified to compete at the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finally, he became the runner-up in the men's doubles event after defeated by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.[12] In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in the men's doubles event.[13]

In 2015, he and Kim Gi-jung won the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event. In the final round they beat Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 16–21, 21–18, 21–19.[14] They also won the China Open Super Series Premier tournament, after beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei in the straight games.[15] In 2016, they also won the Superseries Premier tournament in Malaysia. He and his partner beat the third seeded from China in the quarterfinal round, and the world No.1 pair, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in the semifinal. In the final round they beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei with the score 21–19, 21–15.[16] He and Kim Sa-rang also competed at the Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. They lost in the quarterfinal round, defeated by Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China with the score 21–11, 18-21 and 22–24.[17] After the Rio Olympics, he decided to retire from the national team, and on 31 October 2016, BWF sites officially announced his retirement.[18][19] However, in 2018 he has since played as an independent player separate from the BKA with the Malaysian former world number one, Tan Boon Heong, in the Macau Open and Korea Masters.[20]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Kim Gi-jung	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Walkover	Bronze
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Kim Gi-jung	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	23–21, 18–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim Gi-jung	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	18–21, 9–21	Bronze
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Kim Gi-jung	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	13–21, 20–22	Silver
2012	Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China	Kim Gi-jung	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21–12, 21–16	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China	Choi Hye-in	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	13–21, 21–12, 13–21	Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center, Hwasun, South Korea	Kim Gi-jung	Wang Yilu Zhang Wen	21–16, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center, Hwasun, South Korea	Go Ah-ra	Kim Gi-jung Shin Seung-chan	10–21, 17–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[21] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[22]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Kim Ha-na	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	15–21, 21–11, 21–10	Winner

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[23] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,[24] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Malaysia Open	Kim Gi-jung	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2015	China Open	Kim Gi-jung	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2015	Korea Open	Kim Gi-jung	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Super Series Masters Finals	Kim Gi-jung	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Hong Kong Open	Kim Gi-jung	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	21–12, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Japan Open	Kim Gi-jung	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–16, 21–19	Winner

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Masters	Kim Gi-jung	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Masters	Kim Gi-jung	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–12, 15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Masters	Kim Gi-jung	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	16–21, 21–18, 21–19	Winner
2013	Korea Masters	Kim Gi-jung	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	21–15, 18–21, 25–23	Winner
2013	Chinese Taipei Open	Kim Gi-jung	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2012	Korea Masters	Kim Gi-jung	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	Indonesian Masters	Kim Gi-jung	Angga Pratama Ryan Agung Saputra	13–21, 9–21	Winner
2011	German Open	Kim Gi-jung	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	19–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Hungarian International	Kim Duk-young	Peter Briggs Joshua Hurlburt-Yu	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2019	South Australia International	Kim Duk-young	Shia Chun Kang Tan Boon Heong	21–14, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2011	Turkey International	Kim Gi-jung	Cho Gun-woo Shin Baek-choel	21–17, 16–21, 21–15	Winner
2008	Australia International	Choi Sang-won	Chien Yu-hsun Lin Yu-lang	21–17, 16–21, 21–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Italian International	Eom Hye-won	Vladimir Ivanov Ekaterina Bolotova	12–21, 21–18, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Nepal International	Kim Ha-na	Supak Jomkoh Supissara Paewsampran	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Hungarian International	Kim Ha-na	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2019	Dubai International	Kim Ha-na	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Turkey International	Lee So-hee	Cho Gun-woo Yoo Hyun-young	25–23, 9–21, 19–21	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

References

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21. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
22. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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External links

• Kim Sa-rang at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com