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| Born | September 13, 1972 Seoul, South Korea |
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| Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bang Soo-Hyun (Hangul: 방수현, Hanja: 方銖賢) (born September 13, 1972 in Seoul) is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying and recorded wins over both in major badminton tournaments. At barely twenty-four she retired from competition shortly after her victory in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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Bang competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She had a bye in the first round, defeated Catrine Bengtsson of Sweden in the second and Hisuko Mizui of Japan in the third. In quarterfinals Bang Soo-hyun edged Sarwendah Kusumawardhani of Indonesia 11-2, 3-11, 12-11 to advance to the semifinals. There, she beat the reigning world champion Tang Jiuhong of China 11-3, 11-2. In the final, she lost to Indonesia's Susi Susanti 11-5, 5-11, 3-11 to finish with the silver medal.
Bang also competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She won the gold medal in women's singles without dropping a game, defeating Susi Susanti in semifinals 11-9, 11-8, and Mia Audina in the final, 11-6, 11-7.
She won two medals in the IBF World Championships, in 1993 a silver medal as runner-up to Susanti, and in 1995 a bronze medal.
Bang won the quadrennial Asian Games in 1994, and the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships over Ye Zhaoying in 1996, having been a runner-up in close matches in both 1992 and 1993. Her other titles included the Welsh (1989), Hong Kong (1992), Korea (1993, 1994, 1996), Swedish (1993, 1994), and Canadian (1995) Opens.
| Outcome | Event | Year | Venue | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| 1 | Singles | 1996 | Atlanta, United States | Mia Audina | 11-6, 11-7 |
| 2 | Singles | 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | Susi Susanti | 11-5, 5-11, 3-11 |
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| 2 | Singles | 1993 | Birmingham, England | Susi Susanti | 11-7, 9-11, 3-11 |
| 3 | Singles | 1995 | Lausanne, Switzerland | ||
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| 1 | Singles | 1994 | Hiroshima, Japan | Hisako Mizui | 11-4, 11-6 |
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| 1 | Singles | 1996 | Birmingham, England | Ye Zhaoying | 11-1, 11-1 |
| 2 | Singles | 1993 | London, England | Susi Susanti | 11-4, 4-11, 1-11 |
| 2 | Singles | 1992 | London, England | Tang Jiuhong | 12-9, 10-12, 1-11 |
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| 1 | Singles | 1996 | Korea Open | Yao Yan | 11-3, 11-0 |
| 1 | Singles | 1995 | Canadian Open | Ra Kyung-min | 11-0, 11-7 |
| 1 | Singles | 1994 | Hong Kong Open | Lim Xiaoqing | 11-7, 11-6 |
| 1 | Singles | 1994 | Swedish Open | Kim Ji-hyun | 6-11, 11-5, 11-3 |
| 1 | Singles | 1994 | Korea Open | Kim Ji-hyun | 11-5, 11-5 |
| 1 | Singles | 1993 | Swedish Open | Lee Heung-soon | 11-2, 11-6 |
| 1 | Singles | 1993 | Korea Open | Susi Susanti | 12-9, 11-5 |
| 1 | Singles | 1992 | Hong Kong Open | Susi Susanti | 5-11, 11-6, 11-7 |
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