Lee Jae-jin (

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 ...

: 이재진; ; born 26 January 1983) is a

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 ...

Career

In 2003, he won the

Hungarian International The Hungarian International in badminton is an international open held in Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to th ...

tournament in the mixed doubles event, and at the

Norwegian International The Norwegian International in badminton is an international open held in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost por ...

he won doubles title in the men's and mixed doubles event. In 2005, he won the mixed doubles title at the

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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

, and Malaysia Open with Lee Hyo-jung. In Thailand, he also won the men's doubles title with

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. Lee played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Hwang Ji-man. They were seeded tenth and were defeated in the third round by

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and

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, 21-17, 21-16. In Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Lee and his partner Hwang won the first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/

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in the first round and

Tadashi Ohtsuka Tadashi (Kanji: 正, 禎, 忠, 荘, 匡史 Hiragana: ただし), Japanese masculine name, may refer to : *, the first aikido master to live and teach in the west *, Japanese manga story writer, novelist and screenwriter *, Japanese basketball coach ...

/ Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but were defeated by Cai Yun 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 ...

of China in the semi-final. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Lee and Hwang subdued Danish pair

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 Jonas Rasmussen. In 2011, Lee was back in the Korean mainstream press after winning the pro match at the national pro-boxing New King Challenge.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

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

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (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'' :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

References

External links

BWF Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jae-jin 1983 births Living people People from Miryang South Korean male badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from South Gyeongsang Province