Choi Sol-gyu

Choi Sol-gyu (; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.

Career Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup, and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013.

Choi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Seo Seung-jae. His pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage.

Achievements Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Kim Won-ho Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 18–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

East Asian Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,Tianjin, China Chae Yoo-jung Xu Chen Ma Jin 10–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

World University Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",Ramenskoe, Russia Kim Jae-hwan Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang 19–21, 21–14, 21–17 Gold Gold

World Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Taoyuan Arena,Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan Chae Yoo-jung Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 18–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,Bangkok, Thailand Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen 13–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,Gimcheon, South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Liu Yuchen Huang Dongping 21–11, 19–21, 21–13 Gold Gold 2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Chae Yoo-jung Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping 17–21, 25–23, 23–21 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Po Li-wei Wang Chi-lin 21–12, 17–21, 21–18 Winner 2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 19–21, 21–15, 21–23 Runner-up 2019 Vietnam Open Super 100 Seo Seung-jae Na Sung-seung Wang Chan 18–21, 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 13–21, 21–12, 21–13 Winner 2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Seo Seung-jae He Jiting Tan Qiang 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Kim Won-ho Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2023 German Open Super 300 Kim Won-ho Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae 21–19, 18–21, 21–19 Winner 2025 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Goh V Shem Raymond Indra Nikolaus Joaquin 18–21, 21–17, 22–24 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Shin Seung-chan Ko Sung-hyun Eom Hye-won 12–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Macau Open Chae Yoo-jung Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong 21–17, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2013 Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Liao Min-chun Chen Hsiao-huan 22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner 2014 Korea Grand Prix Shin Seung-chan Shin Baek-cheol Chang Ye-na Walkover Winner 2015 Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang Huang Dongping 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2015 Thailand Open Eom Hye-won Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto 21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner 2015 Macau Open Eom Hye-won Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung 18–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2015 U.S. Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels 21–12, 21–14 Winner 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2017 Canada Open Chae Yoo-jung Kim Won-ho Shin Seung-chan 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2017 Korea Masters Chae Yoo-jung Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na 21–17, 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 1 runner-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Norwegian International Seo Seung-jae Mads Emil Christensen Kristoffer Knudsen 21–12, 21–13 Winner 2018 Irish Open Seo Seung-jae Jack MacGregor Ciar Pringle 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2024 Thailand International Lim Su-min Thanawin Madee Wachirawit Sothon 17–21, 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2026 Vietnam International (Bắc Ninh) Lim Su-min Michaelangelo Njoto Jerry Yu 17–21, 21–18, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Romanian International Kim Hye-rin Ramazan Öztürk Neslihan Kılıç 21–16, 21–13 Winner 2014 Osaka International Chae Yoo-jung Muhammad Rijal Vita Marissa 18–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up 2015 Thailand International Chae Yoo-jung Tan Chee Tean Shevon Jemie Lai 18–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament