Sung Han-kuk
South Korean badminton player
About Sung Han-kuk
Born 1963. Sung Han-kuk is a South Korean badminton player, badminton coach and non-fiction writer.
Sung Han-kook (; born November 19, 1963 ) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea.
Career Sung won the men's singles title at the 1986 U.S. Open and earlier that year, he won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games as well as men's team gold. He was also a part of the team that finished as runner-up at the inaugural Sudirman Cup in 1989.
In 1989, Sung married two-time All England winner Kim Yun-ja. Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.
After retiring, Sung had a long career as a coach, both for Korean professional teams and for the national team. He became the head coach of the national team in December 2010 and held the post until he was dismissed in August 2012 following a match-throwing scandal at the London Olympics.
Achievements Asian Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1986 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Yang Yang 7β15, 14β17 Bronze Bronze
Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1983 Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India Yoo Byung-hwan He Shangquan Jiang Guoliang 15β18, 4β15 Silver Silver
IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
Men's singles
IBF International Men's singles
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1989 Hungarian International Shon Jin-hwan Andrey Antropov Sergey Sevryukov 15β11, 15β11 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1989 Hungarian International Chung Myung-hee Shon Jin-hwan Chung So-young 9β15, 15β10, 15β4 Winner
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South Korean badminton player
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Sung Han-kuk was born on 19 November 1963 in South Korea.
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Sung Han-kuk is a badminton player, badminton coach and non-fiction writer.
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Sung Han-kuk is South Korean.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sung Han-kuk. https://biography.guide/sung-han-kuk/
MLA: "Sung Han-kuk." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/sung-han-kuk/.
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