Kang Min-hyuk
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1999-02-17) 17 February 1999
Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea
ResidenceSuwon, South Korea
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking3 (with Seo Seung-jae, 19 December 2023)
Current ranking3 (with Seo Seung-jae, 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Men 's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Kang Min-hyuk (Korean: 강민혁; RR: Gang Min-hyeok; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.[1] He is the reigning men's doubles World Champions with his partner Seo Seung-jae.[2] Educated at Maewon High School, Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian Championships and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.[3] He has joined the South Korea national badminton team since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the silver medal in 2023. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of 2017 Asian Junior Championships mixed team champion as well.[4]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark		 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 14–21, 21–15, 21–17 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 South Korea Kim Won-ho Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Yuta Watanabe		 17–21, 22–20, 25–27 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 GOR Among Rogo,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia		 South Korea Kim Won-ho Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Yunosuke Kubota		 21–19, 17–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 South Korea Baek Ha-na South Korea Na Sung-seung
South Korea Seong Ah-yeong		 20–22, 21–18, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 U.S. Open Super 300 South Korea Kim Won-ho China Ou Xuanyi
China Ren Xiangyu		 21–16, 16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Korea Open Super 500 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 German Open Super 300 South Korea Seo Seung-jae South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Won-ho		 19–21, 21–18, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun		 21–15, 22–24, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Australian Open Super 500 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi		 21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals South Korea Seo Seung-jae China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang		 21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Osaka International South Korea Kim Jae-hwan South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol		 13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Vietnam International South Korea Kim Jae-hwan Indonesia Kenas Adi Haryanto
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro		 19–21, 21–15, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Mongolia International South Korea Kim Jae-hwan South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Park Kyung-hoon		 21–14, 27–29, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Indonesia International South Korea Kim Jae-hwan Indonesia Muhammad Fachrikar
Indonesia Amri Syahnawi		 21–17, 11–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Korean Junior International South Korea Kim Won-ho Chinese Taipei Su Li-wei
Chinese Taipei Ye Hong-wei		 11–3, 9–11, 7–11, 8–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Banthongyord Junior International South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Kim Moon-jun
South Korea Wang Chan		 21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Jaya Raya Junior International South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Lee Sang-min
South Korea Na Sung-seung		 21–13, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Korean Junior International South Korea Sim Yu-jin South Korea Wu Seung-hoon
South Korea Kim Min-ji		 12–10, 11–7, 10–12, 11–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Profile:Kang Min-hyuk". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Moon, Dae-hyun (29 August 2023). "'9년 만에 男 복식 세계선수권 金' 서승재-강민혁 "파트너가 잘 이끌어줘"" (in Korean). News1 Korea. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "배드민턴 신예 강민혁-김원호, 아시아선수권 4강 진출". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "셔틀콕 남자복식 희망, 강민혁-김원호 亞선수권 동메달" (in Korean). Yonhap. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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