Hong Ji-hoon (

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: 홍지훈), born 27 October 1988) is a South Korean

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player.

Career

In 2006, he won a gold medal at the

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in the boys' singles event. He defeated

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with the score 21–13, 10–21, and 21–16. He became a semi-finalist of the

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tournament in the men's doubles event. He and partner Choi Ho-jin were defeated by their teammates

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and Jeon Jun-bum with the score 21–16, 21–19. He also became the runner-up of the Mongolian Satellite tournament in men's singles. In 2007, he won his first senior title at the Indonesia International Challenge tournament in men's singles. He reached the final round after beating

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of Indonesia 21–16, 21–11. In the final round, he defeated his compatriot Lee Cheol-ho 21–15, 11–21, 21–11. In 2010, he won a silver medal with

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at the

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in the men's team event held in Guangzhou, China. In the final round, they were defeated by

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in 3–1. In 2011, he became the champion of the

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tournament in the men's singles. Hong had to work hard to beat Malaysia's Tan Chun Seang in three hard games 22–24, 21–12, 21–16. In 2012, he competed at the

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tournament with the Korea national team held in Wuhan, China. They were defeated by the China national team 3–0. In 2013, he was runner-up at the Korea Grand Prix Gold in the men's singles after being defeated by his teammate

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21–18, 21–12. He represented

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competed at the

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, and won a gold medal in the men's team and a bronze medal in the men's doubles events.

Achievements

Summer Universiade

''Men's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Ji-hoon 1988 births Living people South Korean male badminton players Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century South Korean people