Jung Kyung-eun (

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: 정경은; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event.

Career

Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in singles, but now concentrates on doubles. She has attained the most success with her women's doubles partner Kim Ha-na. In April 2012, they won their first major title at the 2012 India Open. In the mixed doubles she has recently partnered with Kim Ki-jung; however, they have not achieved the same level of results as they have had in doubles with their respective genders. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Jung and her partner Kim Ha-na, along with Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung of

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and Yu Yang of China, and

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and

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were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following matches the previous evening during which they were accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw. Jung and her partner Kim Ha-na played against China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang. South Korea filed an appeal to the Badminton World Federation at the Olympics, but it was rejected. Jung competed at the 2014 Asian Games, and won the bronze medal together with the national women's team. At the 2016 Olympics she and doubles partner

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won the bronze medal. In 2017, she helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the

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Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

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BWF Grand Prix (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

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

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with Kim Ha-na against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. *

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& Renuga Veeran 1–0 * Alex Bruce &

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& Tang Jinhua 0–2 *

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& Tang Jinhua 1–1 * Luo Ying & Luo Yu 3–4 * Tang Yuanting & Yu Yang 0–1 *

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2–1 * Vita Marissa &

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& Reika Kakiiwa 3–1 *

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3–0 * Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito 3–2 * Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi 6–3 * Reika Kakiiwa &

2–2 * Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 1–3 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Kyung-Eun 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from South Gyeongsang Province South Korean female badminton players Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean women 20th-century South Korean women