About Hwang Hye-young
Born 1966. Hwang Hye-young is a South Korean badminton player and olympic competitor.
Hwang Hye-young (born 16 July 1966) is a former female badminton player from South Korea.
She won the gold medal in women's doubles together with Chung So-young at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was also the Gold medallist in the 1988 Olympics in Women's singles category, when Badminton was an exhibition sport in Olympics. She defeated Han Aiping in 3 games 1β11, 11β8, 11β6.
Achievements Olympic Games
World Championships +Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1987 Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China Chung Myung-hee Han Aiping Li Lingwei 6β15, 15β6, 11β15 Bronze Bronze 1989 Senayan Sports Complex,Jakarta, Indonesia Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 1β15, 7β15 Silver Silver 1991 BrΓΈndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua 7β15, 8β15 Bronze Bronze
World Cup +Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1986 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Han Aiping 12β10, 4β11, 4β11 Bronze Bronze 1988 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Han Aiping 11β4, 1β11, 1β11 Bronze Bronze
+Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1986 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Chung Myung-hee Han Aiping Li Lingwei 7β15, 7β15 Bronze Bronze 1987 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 14β18, 8β15 Bronze Bronze 1989 Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 2β15, 15β17 Silver Silver 1990 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Chung So-young Lai Caiqin Yao Fen 15β12, 7β15, 10β15 Bronze Bronze 1991 Macau Forum, Macau Chung So-young Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean 15β3, 15β3 Gold Gold
+Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1991 Macau Forum, Macau Kim Hak-kyun Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean 8β15, 9β15 Bronze Bronze
Asian Games +Women's singlesYearVenueOpponentScoreResult 1986 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Li Lingwei 6β11, 7β11 Bronze Bronze
Asian Championships +Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1985 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chung So-young Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee 5β15, 4β15 Silver Silver 1991 Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chung So-young Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung 15β2, 13β18, 15β4 Gold Gold
Asian Cup +Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1991 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Chung So-young Hisako Mori Kimiko Jinnai 15β13, 15β1 Gold Gold
IBF World Grand Prix (22 titles, 14 runners-up) The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
+Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1986 Scandinavian Cup Qian Ping 4β11, 7β11 Runner-up 1987 Japan Open Li Lingwei 3β11, 6β11 Runner-up 1987 Indonesia Open Li Lingwei 5β11, 6β11 Runner-up 1988 French Open Gu Jiaming 12β11, 11β8 Winner 1990 French Open Lee Young-suk 11β4, 11β6 Winner
+Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1986 All England Open Chung Myung-hee Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee 15β5, 6β15, 15β8 Winner 1986 German Open Chung Myung-hee Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee 10β15, 5β15 Runner-up 1986 World Grand Prix Finals Chung Myung-hee Verawaty Fadjrin Ivana Lie 15β10, 15β6 Winner 1987 All England Open Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 15β6, 8β15, 15β11 Winner 1987 Japan Open Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 5β15, 6β15 Runner-up 1987 Chinese Taipei Open Chung Myung-hee Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnusson 14β17, 15β9, 15β4 Winner 1987 French Open Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Kim Ho-ja 4β15, 15β9, 15β7 Winner 1987 World Grand Prix Finals Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 6β15, 15β13, 4β15 Runner-up 1988 All England Open Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Kim Yun-ja 8β15, 15β9 retired Runner-up 1988 Indonesia Open Chung Myung-hee Verawaty Fadjrin Yanti Kusmiati 6β15, 15β6, 8β15 Runner-up 1988 Thailand Open Chung Myung-hee Luo Yun Shi Wen 15β7, 17β16 Winner 1988 French Open Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Kim Yun-ja 15β9, 18β13 Winner 1988 World Grand Prix Finals Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 4β15, 9β15 Runner-up 1989 Swedish Open Lee Young-suk Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young 3β15, 5β15 Runner-up 1989 Malaysia Open Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 4β15, 4β15 Runner-up 1989 Thailand Open Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 15β5, 17β18, 9β15 Runner-up 1989 Hong Kong Open Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 4β15, 9β15 Runner-up 1990 All England Open Chung Myung-hee Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers 6β15, 15β4, 15β4 Winner 1990 French Open Chung Myung-hee Verawaty Fadjrin Ivana Lie 15β2, 15β1 Winner 1991 Korea Open Chung So-young Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung 17β16, 17β14 Winner 1991 All England Open Chung So-young Hisako Mori Kimiko Jinnai 15β5, 15β3 Winner 1991 Malaysia Open Chung So-young Gillian Clark Nettie Nielsen 15β10, 15β11 Winner 1991 Indonesia Open Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young Gil Young-ah 14β18, 15β10, 15β9 Winner 1991 Thailand Open Gil Young-ah Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel 15β10, 15β6 Winner 1991 China Open Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua 15β6, 15β2 Winner 1991 Hong Kong Open Gil Young-ah Chung Myung-hee Shim Eun-jung 15β10, 15β4 Winner 1991 World Grand Prix Finals Chung So-young Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean 18β15, 15β3 Winner 1992 Japan Open Chung So-young Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung 15β5, 15β10 Winner 1992 Korea Open Chung So-young Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung 15β6, 15β7 Winner
+Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1989 Thailand Open Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Chung So-young 4β15, 2β15 Runner-up 1989 China Open Kim Hak-kyun Chan Chi Choi Amy Chan 18β13, 15β5 Winner
IBF International (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
+Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1987 Konica Cup Chung Myung-hee Ivana Lie Rosiana Tendean 15β5, 15β4 Winner 1988 Polish International Chung Myung-hee Lee Heung-soon Lee Young-suk 15β6, 15β9 Winner 1989 Konica Cup Chung Myung-hee Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 6β15, 8β15 Runner-up 1990 Hungarian International Yoon Sook-jung Natalia Ivanova Tatiana Khoroshina 15β13, 15β8 Winner
+Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1990 Hungarian International Lee Sang-bok Shon Jin-hwan Park Kyung-hee 15β7, 15β9 Winner
Invitational tournament +Women's doubles Year Tournament Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1988 Asian Invitational Championships Bandar Lampung, Indonesia Chung Myung-hee Verawaty Fadjrin Yanti Kusmiati 16β18, 14β18 Silver Silver
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