Kim Gi-jung


Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung is a male South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in themen's doubles event.

Career

In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Eom Hye-Won. In 2009, he competed at the Hong Kong East Asian Games and won a silver medal in the men's team event and a bronze medal in the men's doubles event partnered with Kwon Yi-goo. In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Sa-rang.
In 2012, he and Kim Sa-rang won their first Superseries title at the Japan Open tournament. In the final round they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong. At the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships in Qingdao, China, they won a gold medal after defeat Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the final round. In September 2012, they also won men's doubles title at the Indonesian Masters tournament.
In 2013, he became the champion at the Chinese Taipei and South Korea Grand Prix Gold tournament. At the Chinese Taipei, he and Kim Sa-rang beat the host partner Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin in the straight set. At the Korea, they won the title after beat their compatriots Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 2-1. He also won a silver medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei. At the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, he and his partner were seeded fifth in that tournament. They beat the second seeded of Malaysia in the quarterfinal round, and in the semifinal round they were defeated by Boe and Mogensen in three sets, and settle for the bronze medal. At the end of the 2013 BWF Season, he qualified to compete at the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finally, he became the runner-up in the men's doubles event after defeated by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.
In 2014, he and Lee Yong-dae have been handed one year suspensions for missing doping tests under the BWF Anti-Doping Regulations. He and Lee were required to provide whereabouts information for the BWF to conduct out-of-competition testing. In 2013, both athletes accumulated three whereabouts failures in connection with this administrative process. The Korea Badminton Association imposed $41,170 penalty for administrative failures. The panels that manage the doping tests reconsidered the case and decided to lift the punishment. The information and evidence presented at the January hearing was insufficient and ambiguous and there was no proof beyond reasonable doubt that the players were not at fault. In April 2014, after reviewing its original decision, the BWF panel wiped out the players missed tests and filing failures and expunged their records.
In 2015, he and Kim Sa-rang won the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event. In the final round they beat Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 16-21, 21-18, 21-19. They also won the China Open Super Series Premier tournament, after beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei in the straight games. In 2016, they also won the Superseries Premier tournament in Malaysia. He and Kim Sa-rang beat the third seeded from China in the quarterfinal round, and the world No.1 pair, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in the semifinal. In the final round they beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei with the score 21-19, 21-15. He and Kim Sa-rang competed at the Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. They lost in the quarterfinal round, defeated by Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China with the score 21-11, 18-21 and 22-24.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Ballerup Super Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark		 Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		Walkover Bronze
2013Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China		 Kim Sa-rang Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		23–21, 18–21, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China		 Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		18–21, 9–21 Bronze
2013Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei		 Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae		13–21, 20–22 Silver
2012Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 Kim Sa-rang Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa		21–12, 21–16 Gold

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 Kim Sa-rang Wang Yilu
Zhang Wen		21–16, 22–20 Gold
2013Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia		 Hong Ji-hoon Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov		21–17, 11–21, 15–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 Shin Seung-chan Lu Ching-yao
Chiang Kai-Hsin		21–14, 21–11 Gold
2013Tennis Academy,
Kazan, Russia		 Kim So-yeong Liu Cheng
Tian Qing		22–20, 21–14 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Badminton Hall Shree Shiv Chhatrapati,
Pune, India		 Eom Hye-Won Chai Biao
Xie Jing		13–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Choi Young-woo Mak Hee Chun
Teo Kok Siang		13–21, 18–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Eom Hye-won Zhang Nan
Lu Lu		21–14, 15–21, 22–24 Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Malaysia MastersSuper 500 Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		21–14, 21–16 Winner
2018Macau OpenSuper 300 Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol		17–21, 21–13, 21–19 Winner
2018Spain MastersSuper 300 Lee Yong-dae Bodin Isara
Maneepong Jongjit		21–13, 21–17 Winner

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Japan Open Ko Sung-hyun Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016Malaysia Open Kim Sa-rang Chai Biao
Hong Wei		21–19, 21–15 Winner
2015China Open Kim Sa-rang Chai Biao
Hong Wei		21–13, 21–19 Winner
2015Korea Open Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013Super Series Masters Finals Kim Sa-rang Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2013Hong Kong Open Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		21–12, 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Japan Open Kim Sa-rang Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		21–16, 21–19 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Masters Jung Jae-wook Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae		15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2016China Masters Kim Sa-rang Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2016Thailand Masters Kim Sa-rang Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		21–12, 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015Korea Masters Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol		16–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2013Korea Masters Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol		21–15, 18–21, 25–23 Winner
2013Chinese Taipei Open Kim Sa-rang Lee Sheng-mu
Tsai Chia-hsin		21–11, 21–11 Winner
2012Korea Masters Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun
Lee Yong-dae		12–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2012Indonesian Masters Kim Sa-rang Angga Pratama
Ryan Agung Saputra		13–21, 9–21 Winner
2011German Open Kim Sa-rang Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		19–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Korea Masters Jung Kyung-eun Yoo Yeon-seong
Jang Ye-na		12–21, 11–21 Runner-up

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

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Turkey International Kim Sa-rang Cho Gun-woo
Shin Baek-choel		21–17, 16–21, 21–15 Winner
2010Vietnam International Shin Baek-choel Goh Wei Shem
Teo Kok Siang		23–21, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up