Kim Jae-hwan (

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 ...

: 김재환; born 13 August 1996) is a South Korean

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. He graduated from the Jeonju Life Science High School, and now educated at the

Wonkwang University Wonkwang University is a university located in Iksan, South Korea. Founded as Youilhakrim (유일학림) in 1946, it is one of the few academies affiliated with Won Buddhism. Yuilhakrim was succeeded by Wonkwang Junior College (원광초급대학 ...

. In his junior career, he had collected a gold and two bronzes at the World Junior Championships, and also three silvers and a bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, he won the men's doubles title with his partnered

Choi Sol-gyu Choi Sol-gyu (; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Career Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the ...

at the World University Championships in Russia. At the same year, he won the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament at the

Korea Masters The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an Inter ...

in the men's doubles event with

Ko Sung-hyun Ko Sung-hyun (Hangul: 고성현; ; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall. He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Champion, two time Badminton Asian ...

. In 2017, he competed at the Taipei Summer Universiade and won the men's doubles gold together with

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (Hangul: 서승재; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and w ...

Achievements

Summer Universiade

''Men's doubles''

World University Championships

''Men's doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

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

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

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* 1996 births Living people People from Jeongeup South Korean male badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from North Jeolla Province 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-badminton-bio-stub