Lee Dong-keun (badminton) explained

Lee Dong-keun
Country:South Korea
Birth Date:1990 11, df=y
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.83 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:16
Date Of Highest Ranking:29 September 2016
Bwf Id:5A9A3A00-0127-4D24-9E0C-9555ABE22492
Hangul:이동근
Rr:I Dong-geun
Mr:Ri Tong-gŭn

Lee Dong-keun (; pronounced as /ko/ or pronounced as /ko/ pronounced as /ko/; born 20 November 1990) is a Korean badminton player specializing in men's singles.[1] He won his first international senior title at the 2011 Vietnam International tournament.[2] Lee participated at the 2012 World University Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, won a gold medal in the mixed team and a bronze in the singles events.[3] He was also part of the South Korean winning team at the 2014 Asian Games.[4] In 2016, Lee represented his country competing at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5]

Achievements

World University Championships

Men's singles

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Men's singles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2012Korea Grand Prix Gold Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk21–17, 21–14 Winner
2014Korea Grand Prix Lee Hyun-il21–18, 24–22 Winner
2015Korea Masters Lee Hyun-il17–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2015Mexico City Grand Prix Pannawit Thongnuam19–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Lee Dong Keun . . 29 May 2017.
  2. News: 2011 베트남 하노이국제챌린지대회 2개부분 우승 . 배드민턴데일리 . 29 May 2017 . ko.
  3. Web site: 12th WUC Badminton: Host Korea collects Medals . FISU . 12 November 2012 . 22 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Shi . Tang . Asian Games 2014 – Day 4: Lee's Heroics Win Gold for Korea . BWF . 23 September 2014 . 22 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Dong Keun Lee . . 29 May 2017.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.