Jung Jae-sung


Jung Jae-sung was a South Korean professional badminton player.
Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do. He started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001.

Career

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 lose 2–3 to China, and in Kyoto, he won the boys'doubles silver and boys' team bronze.
In 2003, Jung who represented Wonkwang University won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in Gyeonggi partnered with Lee Jae-jin. In 2004, he and Lee Jae-jin retained their title, and in 2006, Jung repeated his success partnered with Lee Yong-dae.
In 2005, Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the Danes Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in the final. 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.
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.
To start 2008, Jung, together with Lee, disappointingly lost to an unseeded pair in the second round of the Malaysia Open. In South Korea, things went a bit better, achieving a quarterfinal. There they lost to 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 Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in a thrilling semi-final 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.

2008 Olympic Games

Not having participated in the two following Super Series 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.

2012 Olympic Games

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. That was Jung's final tournament.

Death

On 9 March 2018, Jung died of a heart attack at the age of 35.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Wembley Arena,
London, England		 Lee Yong-dae Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		23–21, 21–10 Bronze

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Wembley Arena,
London, England		 Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		18–21, 14–21 Bronze
2009Gachibowli Indoor Stadium,
Hyderabad, India		 Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		18–21, 21–16, 26–28 Silver
2007Putra Indoor Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Lee Yong-dae Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		19–21, 19–21 Silver

Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Tianhe Gymnasium,
Guangzhou, China		 Lee Yong-dae Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze
2006Aspire Hall 3,
Doha, Qatar		 Lee Yong-dae Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto		25–23, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Bandaraya Stadium,
Johor Bahru, Malaysia		 Lee Yong-dae Nova Widianto
Candra Wijaya		21–16, 21–18 Gold
2005Gachibowli Indoor Stadium,
Hyderabad, India		 Lee Jae-jin Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		11–15, 7–15 Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Nishiyama Park Gymnasium,
Kyoto, Japan		 Lee Jae-jin Sang Yang
Zheng Bo		16–17, 15–11, 12–15 Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. 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, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		23–21, 19–21, 21–11 Winner
2012All England Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–23, 21–9, 21–14 Winner
2012Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–18, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2011Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–14, 22–24, 19–21 Runner-up
2011French Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		14–21, 21–15, 21–11 Winner
2011Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–16, 21–17 Winner
2011China Masters Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–17, 21–10 Winner
2011Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		21–6, 21–13 Winner
2010World Superseries Finals Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2010China Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao
Zhang Nan		21–15, 21–12 Winner
2010Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–11, 14–21, 21–18 Winner
2009Superseries Masters Finals Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		21–15, 21–15 Winner
2009China Open Lee Yong-dae Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		21–13, 19–21, 21–18 Winner
2009Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen		13–21, 21–15, 21–8 Winner
2009Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		21–15, 21–18 Winner
2009Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		12–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2009Malaysia Open Lee Yong-dae Alvent Yulianto Chandra
Hendra Aprida Gunawan		18–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2008Superseries Masters Finals Lee Yong-dae Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2008Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari		25–23, 19–21, 22–20 Winner
2008China Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		17–21, 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2008Swiss Open Lee Yong-dae Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		17–21, 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2008All England Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		20–22, 21–19, 21–18 Winner
2007Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		21–16, 21–15 Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012German Open Lee Yong-dae Hong Wei
Shen Ye		19–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up
2011Korea Masters Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong		15–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2011Chinese Taipei Open Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong		21–23, 17–21 Runner-up
2011Thailand Open Lee Yong-dae Alvent Yulianto Chandra
Hendra Aprida Gunawan		24–22, 21–14 Winner
2011Swiss Open Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong		17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011German Open Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang		21–19, 18–21, 21–11 Winner
2010Korea Masters Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong		18–21, 21–18, 27–27 Winner
2010Chinese Taipei Open Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo
Kwon Yi-goo		21–10, 21–16 Winner
2008German Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		13–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2007Thailand Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		19–21, 21–19, 9–21 Runner-up
2007German Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		18–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2006Thailand Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Jae-jin
Hwang Ji-man		Walkover Winner
2006Chinese Taipei Open Lee Yong-dae Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2006German Open Lee Yong-dae Robert Blair
Anthony Clark		15–11, 15–6 Winner
2005Thailand Open Lee Jae-jin Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen		15–11, 15–5 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Korea International Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong		21–19, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
2008Korea International Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo
Yoo Yeon-seong		21–16, 26–24 Winner
2004Vietnam Satellite Hwang Ji-man Rian Sukmawan
Yoga Ukikasah		15–17, 7–15 Runner-up