Kang Min-hyuk (badminton)

Kang Min-hyuk
Kang Min-hyuk
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	17 February 1999; Uijeongbu si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Residence	Suwon, South Korea
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	13 (MD with Seo Seung-jae 24 January 2023); 137 (XD with Baek Ha-na 24 January 2023)
Current ranking	16 (MD with Seo Seung-jae),; 138 (XD with Baek Ha-na) (7 February 2023)
Medal record
Men 's badminton
Representing South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Asian Championships
Asia Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Kang Min-hyuk (Korean: 강민혁; RR: Gang Min-hyeok) is a South Korean badminton player from Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.[1] Educated at Maewon High School, Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian championships and reached the semifinals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.[2] He is the national team member since 2017 and was also the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the World Mixed Team Championship in 2021. In his junior career, Kang was the 2017 Asian mixed team champion as well.[3]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim Won-ho	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	17–21, 22–20, 25–27	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Kim Won-ho	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	21–19, 17–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Baek Ha-na	Na Sung-seung Seong Ah-yeong	20–22, 21–18, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kim Won-ho	Ou Xuanyi Ren Xiangyu	21–16, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2023	German Open	Super 300	Seo Seung-jae	Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Osaka International	Kim Jae-hwan	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Vietnam International	Kim Jae-hwan	Kenas Adi Haryanto Rian Agung Saputro	19–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Mongolia International	Kim Jae-hwan	Kim Won-ho Park Kyung-hoon	21–14, 27–29, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia International	Kim Jae-hwan	Muhammad Fachrikar Amri Syahnawi	21–17, 11–21, 21–15	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Su Li-wei Ye Hong-wei	11–3, 9–11, 7–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2017	Banthongyord Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Kim Moon-jun Wang Chan	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2017	Jaya Raya Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung	21–13, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Sim Yu-jin	Wu Seung-hoon Kim Min-ji	12–10, 11–7, 10–12, 11–6	Winner

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

"Profile:Kang Min-hyuk". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
"배드민턴 신예 강민혁-김원호, 아시아선수권 4강 진출". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
"셔틀콕 남자복식 희망, 강민혁-김원호 亞선수권 동메달" (in Korean). Yonhap. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Kang Min-hyuk at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Profile:Kang Min-hyuk". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[2] "배드민턴 신예 강민혁-김원호, 아시아선수권 4강 진출". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[3] "셔틀콕 남자복식 희망, 강민혁-김원호 亞선수권 동메달" (in Korean). Yonhap. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[4] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[5] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.