Kang Ji-wook (

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 ...

: 강지욱; born 7 July 1992) is a South Korean

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He first came to international attention when he became the runner-up in three different events at the

2010 BWF World Junior Championships The 2010 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Guadalajara, Mexico from April 16 to 25, 2010. Medalists Team competition A total of 24 countries competed at the team competition in 2010 BWF World Junior Championships. Final positions # ...

. He won the silver medal in the boys' singles, mixed doubles and mixed team event. He also won the gold medal in the boys' doubles event at the

2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships The 2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. It was the 13th tournament of the Asian Junior Badminton Championships, and held in Kuala Lumpur, Malay ...

, and at the same year, he competed at the Singapore Summer Youth Olympics where he won the boys' singles bronze.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Youth Olympic Games

''Boys' singles''

BWF World Junior Championships

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

Asia Junior Championships

''Boys' 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

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

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

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tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kang, Ji-wook 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Jeju Province South Korean male badminton players Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics