Bang Soo-hyun (
Hangul
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: 방수현;
Hanja
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: 方銖賢; born 13 September 1972) is a former
badminton
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player from
South Korea
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who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of
Indonesia
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's
Susi Susanti
Lucia Francisca "Susi" Susanti Haditono (; born 11 February 1971) is an Indonesia retired badminton player. Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one o ...
and
China
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's
Ye Zhaoying
Ye Zhaoying (; born 7 May 1974) is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China. Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost and regained that ranking several times dur ...
and recorded wins over both in major badminton tournaments. Noted for a style that combined impressive power and movement, she retired from competition after her victory in the
1996 Atlanta Olympics
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, shortly before her 24th birthday. She was elected to the World
Badminton Hall of Fame The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at badminton
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in 2019.
Career
Summer Olympics
;Barcelona 1992
Bang competed in
badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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in women's singles. She had a bye in the first round, defeated
Catrine Bengtsson
Catrine Bengtsson (born 21 September 1969) is a retired female badminton player from Sweden.
Career
Bengtsson competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles and women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson, and they lost in quarte ...
of Sweden in the second and
Hisuko Mizui of Japan in the third. In quarterfinals Bang Soo-hyun edged
Sarwendah Kusumawardhani
Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sukiran (born 22 August 1967) is a retired badminton player from Indonesia. She was the women's singles champions at the 1990 World Cup and 1993 Southeast Asian Games. Kusumawardhani was part of Indonesia winning team at ...
of Indonesia 11–2, 3–11, 12–11 to advance to the semifinals. There, she beat the reigning world champion
Tang Jiuhong
Tang Jiuhong (; born February 14, 1969) is a former Chinese badminton star who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Career
She won the then biennial 1991 World Championship in 1991 and was a ...
of China 11–3, 11–2. In the final, she lost to Indonesia's
Susi Susanti
Lucia Francisca "Susi" Susanti Haditono (; born 11 February 1971) is an Indonesia retired badminton player. Relatively small of stature, she combined quick and graceful movement with elegant shotmaking technique, and is regarded by many as one o ...
11–5, 5–11, 3–11 to finish with the silver medal.
;Atlanta 1996
Bang also competed in the
1996 Atlanta Olympics
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. 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
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in the final, 11–6, 11–7.
World Championships
She won two medals in the
IBF World Championships
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, in
1993
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a silver medal as runner-up to Susanti, and in
1995
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a bronze medal.
Other championships
Bang won the quadrennial
Asian Games
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in
1994
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, and the prestigious
All England Open Badminton Championships
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over
Ye Zhaoying
Ye Zhaoying (; born 7 May 1974) is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China. Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost and regained that ranking several times dur ...
in 1996, having been a runner-up in close matches in both 1992 and 1993. Her other titles included the
Welsh
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(1989),
Hong Kong
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(1992),
South Korea
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(1993, 1994, 1996),
Swedish
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(1993, 1994), and
Canadian
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(1995) Opens.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's singles''
World Championships
''Women's singles''
World Cup
''Women's singles''
Asian Games
''Women's singles''
Asian Championships
''Women's singles''
Asian Cup
''Women's singles''
IBF World Grand Prix
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''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
IBF International
''Women's singles''
Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
References
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1972 births
Living people
Badminton players from Seoul
Onyang Bang clan
South Korean female badminton players
Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of South Korea
Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
World No. 1 badminton players
20th-century South Korean women
21st-century South Korean women