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Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; KoreanScript error: No such module "Lang".; HanjaScript error: No such module "Lang".Script error: No such module "Category handler".; Script error: No such module "IPA".; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles.

Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in the men's doubles discipline between 2009 and 2012, winning eighteen BWF World Superseries tournaments and placing second at the BWF World Championships on two occasions in 2007 and 2009. He was a two-time winner of the All-England Open, gold medalist at the 2008 Badminton Asian Championships, and won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in the final tournament of his professional career.

Career

Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. He started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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 lost 2–3 to China,[1] and in Kyoto, he won the boys' doubles silver and boys' team bronze.[2]

In 2003, Jung, who represented Wonkwang University, won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in Gyeonggi partnered with Lee Jae-jin.[3] In 2004, he and Lee Jae-jin retained their title, and in 2006, Jung repeated his success partnered with Lee Yong-dae.[4]

In 2005, Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the Danes Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in the finals. 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

To start 2008, Jung, together with Lee, disappointingly lost to the unseeded pair of Simon Mollyhus and Anders Kristiansen in the second round of the Malaysia Open. In South Korea, things went a bit better, achieving a quarterfinal. There they lost to eventual 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 Malaysians Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in a thrilling semi-final (coming back from a 16–20 deficit in the third game) 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

2008 Olympic Games

Not having participated in the two following Superseries 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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. This was Jung's final tournament.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Death

On 9 March 2018, at the age of 35, Jung died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Hwaseong after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.[5][6] His funeral was held on 11 March at Ajou University Hospital, with his longtime doubles partner Lee Yong-dae acting as a pallbearer.[7]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat
Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong
23–21, 21–10 File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Markis Kido
Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan
19–21, 19–21 Silver Silver
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
18–21, 21–16, 26–28 Silver Silver
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
18–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Luluk Hadiyanto
Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto
25–23, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2010 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Markis Kido
Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan
15–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin Template:Flagicon Markis Kido
Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan
11–15, 7–15 Silver Silver
2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto
Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya
21–16, 21–18 Gold Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin Template:Flagicon Sang Yang
Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo
16–17, 15–11, 12–15 Silver Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). 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,[9] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man
Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin
21–16, 21–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2008 All England Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man
Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin
20–22, 21–19, 21–18 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2008 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Markis Kido
Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan
17–21, 21–16, 21–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2008 China Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 21–17, 21–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2008 Hong Kong Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Template:Flagicon Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
25–23, 19–21, 22–20 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2008 World Superseries Masters Finals Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat
Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong
18–21, 14–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2009 Malaysia Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hendra Aprida Gunawan
Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto
18–21, 21–14, 21–14 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2009 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
12–21, 22–24 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2009 Indonesia Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–15, 21–18 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2009 Hong Kong Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske
Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen
13–21, 21–15, 21–8 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2009 China Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat
Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong
21–13, 19–21, 21–18 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2009 World Superseries Masters Finals Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
21–15, 21–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2010 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–11, 14–21, 21–18 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2010 China Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Chai Biao
Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan
21–15, 21–12 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2010 World Superseries Finals Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 15–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2011 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
21–6, 21–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 China Masters Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–17, 21–10 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–16, 21–17 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 French Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
14–21, 21–15, 21–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 Hong Kong Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–14, 22–24, 19–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2012 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–18, 17–21, 19–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2012 All England Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
21–23, 21–9, 21–14 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2012 Indonesia Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe
Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen
23–21, 19–21, 21–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske
Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen
15–11, 15–5 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2006 German Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Robert Blair
Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark
15–11, 15–6 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2006 Chinese Taipei Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng
14–21, 18–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2006 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man
Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin
Walkover Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2007 German Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man
Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin
18–21, 20–22 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2007 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man
Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin
19–21, 21–19, 9–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2008 German Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man
Template:Flagicon Lee Jae-jin
13–21, 19–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2010 Chinese Taipei Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cho Gun-woo
Template:Flagicon Kwon Yi-goo
21–10, 21–16 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2010 Korea Grand Prix Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong
18–21, 21–18, 27–27 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 German Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Kim Gi-jung
Template:Flagicon Kim Sa-rang
21–19, 18–21, 21–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong
17–21, 16–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2011 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hendra Aprida Gunawan
Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto
24–22, 21–14 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2011 Chinese Taipei Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong
21–23, 17–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong
15–21, 22–24 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2012 German Open Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Hong Wei
Template:Flagicon Shen Ye
19–21, 21–18, 19–21 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Vietnam Satellite Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man Template:Flagicon Rian Sukmawan
Template:Flagicon Yoga Ukikasah
15–17, 7–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2008 Korea International Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Cho Gun-woo
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong
21–16, 26–24 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2009 Korea International Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun
Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong
21–19, 15–21, 21–15 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF International Challenge tournament
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />  BWF International Series tournament

References

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External links

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