Heo Kwang-hee

Heo Kwang-hee (; born 11 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who was educated at the Dankook University. He was selected to join the national team in 2012, and joined the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team in 2014. Heo was the bronze medalists at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the boys' singles and team event, and Asian Junior Championships in the team event. Heo later won the boys' singles and mixed team gold medals at the 2013 World Junior Championships, and the mixed team silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships. In the senior level tournament, Heo was the semi-finalists at the 2017 U.S. and 2018 New Zealand Open. He competed at the 2018 Asian Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, is best known for upsetting top-seeded Kento Momota in the group stage of the latter tournament.

Achievements

World Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent ScoreResult 2012 Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Kento Momota 17–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze 2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Wang Tzu-wei 21–11, 21–12 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Chou Tien-chen 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2023 Thailand International Riki Takei 21–17, 20–22, 17–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament