Kang Min-hyuk

Kang Min-hyuk (; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team. He became men's doubles World champion with his partner Seo Seung-jae in 2023. Educated at , Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian Championships and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal. He has joined the South Korea national badminton team since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the silver medal in 2023. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of 2017 Asian Junior Championships mixed team champion as well.

Achievements

World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Royal Arena,Copenhagen, Denmark Seo Seung-jae Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 14–21, 21–15, 21–17 Gold Gold

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 Bronze 2026 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Ki Dong-ju Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae 13–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

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 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 Bronze

BWF World Tour (7 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 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 2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun 21–15, 22–24, 21–19 Winner 2023 Australian Open Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi 21–17, 21–17 Winner 2023 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Seo Seung-jae Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–17, 22–20 Winner 2024 India Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 15–21, 21–11, 21–18 Winner 2024 Japan Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2024 Korea Open Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Leo Rolly Carnando Bagas Maulana 21–18, 9–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2024 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2025 Orléans Masters Super 300 Ki Dong-ju Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–13, 18–21, 21–18 Winner 2025 Taipei Open Super 300 Ki Dong-ju Chiu Hsiang-chieh Wang Chi-lin 18–21, 15–21 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