Young-Chin Mi

Young-Chin Peter Mi (born 6 June 1979) is a German former para-badminton player. He was part of the German para-badminton team that competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

He competed in the men's singles WH1 event and the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event alongside his partner Thomas Wandschneider but did not get past the group stages.

Biography Young-Chin Mi was diagnosed with paraplegia after a traffic accident in southern France in 2005. Before the accident, he was active in football, hapkido, swimming and jogging. Through an internet search, he joined the RBG Dortmund sports club, where he was introduced to para-badminton and has been playing the sport since 2008.

Achievements World Championships

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,Dortmund, Germany Valeska Knoblauch Jakarin Homhual Sujirat Pookkham 8–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze 2019 St. Jakobshalle,Basel, Switzerland Valeska Knoblauch Yang Tong Li Hongyan 6–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2014 High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain David Toupé 21–13, 12–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze 2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France David Toupé 8–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year VenuePartner Opponent Score Result 2012 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,Dortmund, Germany Sébastien Martin Pascal Barrillon David Toupé 6–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze 2014 High Performance Center,Murcia, Spain Jordy Brouwer Avni Kertmen Martin Rooke 10–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze 2016 Sporthal de Haamen,Beek, Netherlands David Holz Martin Rooke David Toupé 16–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze 2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,Rodez, France Rick Hellmann Martin Rooke Thomas Wandschneider 14–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Year VenuePartner Opponent Score Result 2012 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,Dortmund, Germany Valeska Knoblauch David Toupé Sonja Häsler 6–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze 2016 Sporthal de Haamen,Beek, Netherlands Valeska Knoblauch David Toupé Narin Uluç 13–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze 2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,Rodez, France Valeska Knoblauch Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin 18–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (5 runners-up) Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2019 Denmark Para-Badminton International Thomas Wandschneider Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 12–21, 9–21 Runner-up Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2012 French Para-Badminton International Valeska Knoblauch Marc Jung Elke Rongen 21–10, 21–7 Runner-up Pascal Barrillon Sofía Balsalobre 21–14, 23–21 David Toupé Sonja Häsler 11–21, 14–21 2015 Spanish Para-Badminton International Valeska Knoblauch Martin Rooke Karin Suter-Erath 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2018 Denmark Para-Badminton International Valeska Knoblauch Marcelo Alves Conceição Marcela Quinteros 19–21, 21–11, 11–21 Runner-up 2019 Uganda Para-Badminton International Valeska Knoblauch Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin 20–22, 21–19, 17–21 Runner-up