Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung;

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: 정재성;

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: 鄭在成; ; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional

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player. Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in

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. He started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the

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national

team in 2001.

Career

In 2000, Jung was part of the Korean national junior team competed at the World Junior Championships in

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, China, and Asian Junior Championships in

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, Japan. In Guangzhou, he won the mixed team bronze after his team lost 2–3 to China, and in Kyoto, he won the boys' doubles silver and boys' team bronze. In 2003, Jung, who represented

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, won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in

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partnered with Lee Jae-jin. In 2004, he and Lee Jae-jin retained their title, and in 2006, Jung repeated his success partnered with

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (Hangul: 이용대; Hanja: 李龍大; ; born 11 September 1988) is a professional badminton player from South Korea who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, ...

. In 2005, Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the

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Lars Paaske Lars Paaske (born 18 January 1976) is a badminton player from Denmark. Career He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Jonas Rasmussen. After an initial bye in the first round, then were defeated in the ...

and

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in the finals. In 2006, Jung won the Thailand Open together with

; they had a walkover in the final against compatriots Lee Jae-jin, with whom Jung won the last Thailand Open, and

Hwang Ji-man Hwang Ji-man (Hangul: 황지만; ; born 8 July 1984) is a badminton player from South Korea. Career Hwang started playing badminton when he was in Miryang elementary school, and when he was 17, Hwang was chosen to represented the National Junior ...

. At the

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, Jung and Lee became bronze medalists after losing the semi-finals to Luluk Hadiyanto and

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in the individual men's doubles event. In the team event,

lost to China in the final 2–3, thus gaining Jung a silver medal. In 2007, Jung and Lee Yong-dae participated in the Malaysia Open, the first ever

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event. There they got through the first round but had to resign due to injury. However a week later they blew away competition to take the first prize at the Korea Open. Jung and Lee lost to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the final of the German Open. Jung participated to the

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with the South Korea team. The team lost to

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in the semi-finals with a score of 0–3. In July, after a period of disappointing results in men's doubles, Lee became runner-up with Jung at the Thailand Open, losing to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man. Not much later, the pair went on to take the silver medal in the

2007 BWF World Championships The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candida ...

. They were defeated in the final by

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and

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, 19–21, 19–21. The rest of the year also resulted in quite disappointing achievements, not getting past quarterfinals in any major events, except in the

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. Jung and Lee there lost to the eventual winners,

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and

Fu Haifeng Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese former badminton player. He is regarded as one of the greatest men's doubles players of all time. Sport career Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive s ...

. To start 2008, Jung, together with Lee, disappointingly lost to an unseeded pair in the second round of the Malaysia Open. In

, things went a bit better, achieving a quarterfinal. There they lost to runners-up Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia. More than a month later, Jung and Lee came back with a bang to win the All England Open, beating

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and

Lee Wan Wah Lee Wan Wah (, born 24 November 1975) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He is currently the Japan's junior team coach. Career overview Lee made his debut in Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Partnered with Choong Tan Fook, they adv ...

in a thrilling semi-final (coming back from a 16–20 deficit in the third game) and compatriots Lee Jae-jin and

in the finals. A week later, the pair were victorious in the

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too. At the

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Jung and Lee gained the gold medal, beating

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and

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of Indonesia in the final. He competed at the

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, helped his team reach the final round, where Jung and Lee were the only ones to score a point for South Korea against

in the final, which ended in a 3–1 win for China. In November, Jung also won the 2008 China Open Super Series.

2008 Olympic Games

Not having participated in the two following Superseries events, supposedly because of their preparations for the

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, Jung and Lee were disappointingly knocked out in the first round in

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. His partner went on to get the gold medal in mixed doubles.

2012 Olympic Games

At the London Olympics, Jung, together with Lee, won the men's doubles bronze medal. The pair who were seeded two, advanced to the knock-out stage after placing first, won three matches in group D stage. They lost the match in the semi-final match against

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and

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of Denmark, and in the bronze medal match, they beat the Malaysian pair

Koo Kien Keat Koo Kien Keat (; born 18 September 1985) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. He succeeded in both men's and mixed doubles but is best known for his partnership with Tan Boon Heong with whom, he reached a career high ranking o ...

and

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in straight games. That was Jung's final tournament.

Death

On 9 March 2018, Jung died of a heart attack at the age of 35.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in

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, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by

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(BWF). 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'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

External links

Badzine Player's Database
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