Park Tae-sang

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Park Tae-sang
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1979-06-20) 20 June 1979 (age 42)
Busan, South Korea
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Current rankingRetired
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team
BWF profile

Park Tae-sang (Hangul: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a retired South Korean professional badminton player.

Park Tae-sang
Hangul
박태상
Hanja
朴泰相
Revised RomanizationBak Tae-sang
McCune–ReischauerPak T'ae-sang

Career[]

2004[]

Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China[1] in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.

Park Tae-sang joined the Indian National Team in 2019 and began coaching the men's singles players. He later become the mentor for Indian player P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[2][3]

Achievements[]

Asian Championships[]

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro 13–15, 2–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix[]

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2003 Korea Open Denmark Kenneth Jonassen 12–15, 15–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix[]

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Australian Open South Korea Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa 		15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International[]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2002 Malaysia Satellite Malaysia 15–5, 12–15, 15–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References[]

  1. ^ "Bao Chunlai disqualified from men's badminton quarterfinals". People's Daily. August 18, 2004.
  2. ^ "[올림픽] 인도 영웅의 스승 박태상 코치 "인도 새역사…눈물 난다"". 매일경제. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ Bhasin, Swati, ed. (4 August 2021). ""Every Indian Knows You": Minister Kiren Rijiju Thanks PV Sindhu's Coach". NDTV. Retrieved 2021-08-05.

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