Lee Yun-hwa

Lee Yun-hwa (Korean: 이연화; born 14 November 1985) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] Born in Wonju, Gangwon province, Lee started playing badminton at aged nine.[2] She educated at the Bukwon girls' middle school, after that in Yubong girls' high school.[3] Lee joined the national team when she was 15 and trained at the Taeneung national training center.[2] In the junior event, she competed at the Asian Junior Championships, winning a gold medal in the girls' team event in 2001, girls team silver and girls' doubles bronze medal in 2002.[4][5] She also part of the national junior team that won the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.[6] She made a debut at the Uber Cup in 2004, and captured the attention by her outstanding performance winning the singles and doubles event in the semi finals against Denmark.[2] In the Sudirman Cup, she helped the team reaching in to the semi finals round in 2005 and 2007, clinched the bronze medal for the team.[7][8] Lee who was affiliated with the Daekyo Noonoppi, helped the Korean team won the world women's team championships at the 2010 Uber Cup.[3]

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

Lee Yun-hwa
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 Wonju, Gangwon, South Korea
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 2005 Beijing Mixed team Uber Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2008 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team World Junior Championships 2002 Pretoria Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2001 Taipei Girls' team 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Yim Ah-young	Soratja Chansrisukot Salakjit Ponsana		Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	U.S. Open	Jun Jae-youn	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Korea International	Bae Yeon-ju	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Korea International	Jang Soo-young	23–21, 21–15	Winner
2007	Canadian International	Jun Jae-youn	23–21, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2005	Canadian International	Kim Young-mi	11–5, 11–7	Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Lee Yun Hwa". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
2. "Lee Yun-hwa works a miracle for Korean squad". Badminton Central. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
3. "한국 사상 첫 우버컵 우승!! 한국 여자 배드민턴대표팀" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
4. "2001 아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2001년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
5. "2002 아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2002년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
6. "세계주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2002년)" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
7. "China face Indonesia in Beijing". BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
8. "BWF Sudirman Cup". websites.sportstg.com. SportsTG. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

External links

• Lee Yun-hwa at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com