Bang Soo-hyun

Bang Soo-Hyun
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	September 13, 1972(1972-09-13) Seoul, South Korea
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Women's Badminton Competitor for  South Korea Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Singles Silver 1992 Barcelona Singles World Championships Silver 1993 Birmingham Singles Bronze 1995 Lausanne Singles Asian Games Gold 1994 Hiroshima Singles Gold 1994 Hiroshima Team Sudirman Cup Gold 1991 Copenhagen Team Gold 1993 Birmingham Team
BWF profile

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. Noted for a style that combined impressive power and movement, at barely twenty-four she retired from competition shortly after her victory in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Career

Summer Olympics

Barcelona 1992

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.

Atlanta 1996

Bang also competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She won the gold medal in women's singles without dropping a game in any match, defeating Susi Susanti in semifinals 11-9, 11-8, and Mia Audina in the final, 11-6, 11-7.

World Championships

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.

Other championships

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.

Titles

Singles

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Olympics
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
World Championships
2	Singles	1993	Birmingham, England	Susi Susanti	11-7, 9-11, 3-11
3	Singles	1995	Lausanne, Switzerland
Asian Games
1	Singles	1994	Hiroshima, Japan	Hisako Mizui	11-4, 11-6
All England Open
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
Other Open Tournaments
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

Record Against Selected Opponents

Includes results against World Championships semifinalists and Olympic quarterfinalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.

External links

• BWF Player Profile
• Head-to-Head