Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...
: 정명희; born 27 January 1964) is a former female
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
player from
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...
.
Chung was a nine-time All England Open champion (four-time in women's doubles and five-time in mixed doubles), and won the gold medals at the
1989
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and
1991 IBF World Championships
The 1991 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1991.
Host city selection
Copenhagen and Hong Kong submitted bids to host the championships.
Venue
*Brøndby Arena
Medalists Medal table
Me ...
in mixed doubles, with
Park Joo-bong
Park Joo-bong (Hangul: 박주봉; Hanja: 朴柱奉; born 5 December 1964) is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.
Career
Park is one of the most successful players ever in the Wor ...
. She also won a silver medal in the 1989 in women's doubles, with
Hwang Hye-young
Hwang Hye-young (born July 16, 1966) is a former female badminton player from South Korea.
She won the gold medal in women's doubles together with Chung So-young at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was also the Gold medallist in t ...
, and a silver and a bronze medal at the
1987 IBF World Championships
The 1987 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Beijing, China, in 1987.
Venue
*Capitol Sports Hall
Medalists
Medal table
Medalists
External links
1987 IBF World Championships ResultsBadminton Hall of Fame in 2003.
Major achievements
Olympic Games
''Mixed doubles''
World Championships
''Mixed doubles''
World Cup
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Games
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Championships
''Mixed doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Mixed doubles''