Kim Sa-rang (badminton)


Kim Sa-rang is a South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

Kim Sa-rang started playing badminton when he was in elementary school, and his international debut on the Osaka International tournament. He joined the Korea national badminton team in 2008. At that year, he won the Australia International Challenge tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Choi Sang-won. In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Gi-jung.
In 2012, he and Kim Gi-jung 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 the 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 Gi-jung 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 won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in the men's doubles event.
In 2015, he and Kim Gi-jung 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 his partner 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 also 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. After the Rio Olympics, he decided to retire from the national team, and on 31 October 2016, BWF sites officially announced his retirement. However, in 2018 he has since played as an independent player separate from the BKA with the Malaysian former world number one, Tan Boon Heong, in the Macau Open and Korea Masters.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

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

Asian Championships

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

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 Choi Hye-in Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		13–21, 21–12, 13–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 Kim Gi-jung Wang Yilu
Zhang Wen		21–16, 22–20 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea		 Go Ah-ra Kim Gi-jung
Shin Seung-chan		10–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Spain MastersSuper 300 Kim Ha-na Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue		15–21, 21–11, 21–10 Winner

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured 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
2016Malaysia Open Kim Gi-jung Chai Biao
Hong Wei		21–19, 21–15 Winner
2015China Open Kim Gi-jung Chai Biao
Hong Wei		21–13, 21–19 Winner
2015Korea Open Kim Gi-jung Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013Super Series Masters Finals Kim Gi-jung Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2013Hong Kong Open Kim Gi-jung Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong		21–12, 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Japan Open Kim Gi-jung Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		21–16, 21–19 Winner

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

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Hungarian International Kim Duk-young Peter Briggs
Joshua Hurlburt-Yu		21–12, 21–17 Winner
2019South Australia International Kim Duk-young Shia Chun Kang
Tan Boon Heong		21–14, 17–21, 21–16 Winner
2011Turkey International Kim Gi-jung Cho Gun-woo
Shin Baek-choel		21–17, 16–21, 21–15 Winner
2008Australia International Choi Sang-won Chien Yu-hsun
Lin Yu-lang		21–17, 16–21, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Italian International Eom Hye-won Vladimir Ivanov
Ekaterina Bolotova		12–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Nepal International Kim Ha-na Supak Jomkoh
Supissara Paewsampran		18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019Hungarian International Kim Ha-na Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje		21–12, 21–15 Winner
2019Dubai International Kim Ha-na Rodion Alimov
Alina Davletova		20–22, 16–21 Runner-up
2011Turkey International Lee So-hee Cho Gun-woo
Yoo Hyun-young		25–23, 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up