About Lee Kyung-won
Born 1980. Lee Kyung-won is a South Korean badminton player and olympic competitor.
Lee Kyung-won (; ; born 21 January 1980 in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province) is a badminton player from South Korea. Lee was the women's doubles gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games. She competed at the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004, and 2008, winning women's doubles bronze in 2004, and silver in 2008. She captured the women's doubles gold at the Asian Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Lee educated at the Sungji Girls' Middle School, Sungji Girls' High School, and graduated from the Yong In University. is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Swiss Open Lee Hyo-jung Yang Wei Zhao Tingting 15β21, 10β21 Runner-up 2007 Denmark Open Lee Hyo-jung Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 21β12, 19β21, 19β21 Runner-up 2008 All England Open Lee Hyo-jung Du Jing Yu Yang 12β21, 21β18, 21β14 Winner 2009 Malaysia Open Lee Hyo-jung Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 21β15, 21β12 Winner 2009 Korea Open Lee Hyo-jung Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin 19β21, 8β21 Runner-up 2009 Swiss Open Lee Hyo-jung Du Jing Yu Yang 11β21, 12β21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Swiss Open Ra Kyung-min Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen 7β3, 8β6, 2β7, 7β4 Winner 2002 Swiss Open Ra Kyung-min Gail Emms Lotte Jonathans 7β1, 7β1, 7β1 Winner 2002 Japan Open Ra Kyung-min Gao Ling Huang Sui 7β5, 1β7, 7β2, 6β8, 7β1 Winner 2003 Korea Open Ra Kyung-min Ann-Lou JΓΈrgensen Rikke Olsen 11β5, 11β5 Winner 2003 Dutch Open Ra Kyung-min Hwang Yu-mi Lee Hyo-jung 15β4, 15β9 Winner 2003 German Open Ra Kyung-min Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 15β6, 15β17, 15β8 Winner 2003 Chinese Taipei Open Ra Kyung-min Hwang Yu-mi Lee Hyo-jung 15β9, 15β8 Winner 2004 Korea Open Ra Kyung-min Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 8β15, 15β9, 6β15 Runner-up 2004 Japan Open Ra Kyung-min Wei Yili Zhao Tingting 15β6, 5β15, 15β1 Winner 2005 Korea Open Lee Hyo-jung Gail Emms Donna Kellogg Walkover Winner 2005 Swiss Open Lee Hyo-jung Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin 15β8, 15β12 Winner 2005 Thailand Open Lee Hyo-jung Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen 9β15, 15β11, 15β13 Winner 2005 Indonesia Open Lee Hyo-jung Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty 15β4, 15β5 Winner 2006 Chinese Taipei Open Lee Hyo-jung Gao Ling Huang Sui 21β18, 9β21, 21β17 Winner 2006 Macau Open Lee Hyo-jung Gao Ling Huang Sui 21β17, 14β21, 14β21 Runner-up 2006 Thailand Open Lee Hyo-jung Sathinee Chankrachangwong Saralee Thungthongkam 21β18, 21β9 Winner 2007 Macau Open Lee Hyo-jung Gao Ling Huang Sui 15β21, 7β21 Runner-up 2008 German Open Lee Hyo-jung Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna 21β17, 21β16 Winner 2010 Australian Open Kim Min-seo Kang Hae-won Seo Yoon-hee 21β17, 21β17 Winner 2010 Chinese Taipei Open Yoo Hyun-young Kim Min-jung Lee Hyo-jung 14β21, 20β22 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Dutch Open Kim Dong-moon Ha Tae-kwon Hwang Yu-mi 11β9, 11β2 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1996 French Open Marina Andrievskaya 6β11, 3β11 Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Malaysia Satellite Jung Yeon-kyung Chung Jae-hee Yim Kyung-jin 2β11, 11β3, 8β11 Runner-up 2009 Korea International Lee Hyo-jung Jung Kyung-eun Yoo Hyun-young 19β21, 10β21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Malaysia Satellite Ha Tae-kwon Robby Istanta Yunita Tetty 11β6, 11β0 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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Who is Lee Kyung-won?
South Korean badminton player
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Lee Kyung-won was born on 21 January 1980 in Changwon.
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Lee Kyung-won is a badminton player and olympic competitor.
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Lee Kyung-won is South Korean.
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