Kim Hye-jeong
Kim Hye-jeong is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol-dong, Masan, and was part of the school team that won the junior national championships in 2008. She won two times German Junior Open in 2014 and 2015 in the girls' doubles event, and clinched two titles at the 2015 Thailand Open in the girls' and mixed doubles event. Kim was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team silver medal at the 2014 and 2015 Asian Junior Championships, and in the individual event, she claim the mixed doubles bronze in 2014, and 2015 silver and bronze medals in the girls' and mixed doubles event respectively. At the 2016 World Junior Championships, she finished in the semifinals, and settled for the bronze medal. Kim joined the MG Saemaeul team in 2016, and selected to join the national team in 2018. She was born in the badminton family. Her mother Chung So-young, was the former 1992 Olympic gold medalist, and her father Kim Bum-shik, is a badminton coach.
Achievements
BWF World Junior Championships
Mixed doublesYear | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2016 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain | Park Kyung-hoon | Zhou Haodong Hu Yuxiang | 17–21, 18–21 | Bronze |
Asian Junior Championships
Girls' doublesYear | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Park Keun-hye | Du Yue Li Yinhui | 21–18, 10–21, 19–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Choi Jong-woo | Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen | 8–21, 12–21 | Silver |
2014 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Kim Jae-hwan | Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen | 9–21, 19–21 | Bronze |
BWF World Tour
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
2019 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | Kong Hee-yong | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 17–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
2018 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Kim So-yeong | Tang Jinhua Yu Xiaohan | 21–18, 13–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |