Heo Kwang-hee explained

Heo Kwang-hee
Birth Name:Heo Kwang-hee
Birth Date:1995 8, df=y
Birth Place:Daejeon, South Korea
Residence:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.80 m
Country:South Korea
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:28
Date Of Highest Ranking:16 November 2021
Current Ranking:37
Date Of Current Ranking:31 January 2023
Bwf Id:DB414FF3-02AD-43ED-9647-752E4DE690A2

Heo Kwang-hee (; born 11 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who was educated at the Dankook University. He was selected to join the national team in 2012, and joined the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team in 2014.[1] Heo was the bronze medalists at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the boys' singles and team event,[2] and Asian Junior Championships in the team event.[3] Heo later won the boys' singles and mixed team gold medals at the 2013 World Junior Championships,[4] [5] and the mixed team silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships.[6] In the senior level tournament, Heo was the semi-finalists at the 2017 U.S. and 2018 New Zealand Open.[7] [8] He competed at the 2018 Asian Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, is best known for upsetting top-seeded Kento Momota in the group stage of the latter tournament.[9]

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2012Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Kento Momota17–21, 8–21 Bronze
2013Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Wang Tzu-wei21–11, 21–12 Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11]

Men's singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Heo Kwang Hee . . 22 June 2018.
  2. Web site: 2012 세계주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2012년) . Badminton Korea Association . 22 June 2018 . ko.
  3. Web site: 2012 김천 아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2012년) . Badminton Korea Association . 22 June 2018 . ko .
  4. News: Korean juniors shine at world meet . . 22 June 2018.
  5. News: SCG BWF World Junior Championships 2013 – Steely Korea Win Suhandinata Cup . . 22 June 2018.
  6. Web site: 2013 아시아주니어배드민턴선수권대회 (2013년) . Badminton Korea Association . 22 June 2018 . ko .
  7. News: 성공적인 새 조합 실험. 미국오픈 배드민턴 혼합복식-여자복식 우승 . 스포츠서울 . 22 June 2018 . ko.
  8. News: Dan goes up a level in front of semi finals full house . . 22 June 2018.
  9. Web site: [메시아 기다리는 남단③] 첫 올림픽 출전이 유력한 허광희 ]. 배드민턴뉴스 . 11 August 2020 . 7 April 2022 . ko.
  10. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.