Park Tae-sang

Park Tae-sang (; born June 20, 1979) is a South Korean coach and former badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with the South Korean national team and now coaches the Indian junior national team at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, India.

Career 2004 Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.

Coaching career Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018. Park joined the India national team in 2019 where he coached P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. He is currently based in Guwahati and trains the junior badminton players.

Achievements Asian Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sony Dwi Kuncoro 13–15, 2–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2003 Korea Open Kenneth Jonassen 12–15, 15–17 Runner-up

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.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Australian Open Kang Woo-kyum Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2002 Malaysia Satellite Ramesh Nathan 15–5, 12–15, 15–1 Winner