Hwang Ji-man

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Hwang Ji-man
Personal information
Country South Korea South Korea
Born July 8, 1984
Height 1.76 m
Weight 71 kg
Years active 2001
Handedness Right
Men's doubles
BWF profile
Hwang Ji-man
Hangul 황지만
Hanja 黃智萬
Revised Romanization Hwang Jiman
McCune–Reischauer Hwang Chiman
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  South Korea
Men's badminton
Bronze 2008 Beijing Doubles

Hwang Ji-man is a male badminton player from South Korea.

Career

Hwang played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Lee Jae-jin. They were seeded 10 and were defeated in the third round by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 21-17, 21-16.

In Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Hwang and his partner Lee won their first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in the first round, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but defeated by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the semifinal. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Hwang and Lee subdued Danish Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.

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