Yoo Hyun-young (badminton)

Yoo Hyun-young
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990 (age 31)
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	21 (WD 22 July 2010) 19 (XD 29 July 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Women's team East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Women's team World Junior Championships 2006 Incheon Mixed doubles 2006 Incheon Mixed team 2007 Waitakere City Girls' doubles 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team 2007 Waitakere City Mixed doubles Asia Junior Championships 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2006 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2005 Jakarta Girls' team 2007 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Yoo Hyun-young (Korean: 유현영; Hanja: 柳晛榮; born 3 January 1990) is a badminton player from South Korea. Her first big result internationally came when, at the age of 16, she partnered Lee Yong-dae to win the mixed doubles title at the 2006 BWF World Junior Championships, as well as the mixed team title. She was a team-mate of both Bae Yeon-ju and Jung Kyung-eun at Masan's Sungji Girls' High School and in 2007, all three girls were runners-up at the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships.^[1]

After graduating to the senior ranks, Yoo continued to play with both Jung and Shin Baek-cheol, her partner in her last year of junior play. She and Shin were mixed doubles runners-up at the 2010 Swiss Open Super Series. Later that year, she and Jung won their first Grand Prix title, the Korea Grand Prix. However, shortly afterward, both pairings were split up.

Yoo, Bae Yeon-ju, Jung Kyung-eun, and Bae Seung-hee, among others, were coached by Yoo's father Yoo Gap-soo both at Sungji Girls' High School and later at Korea Ginseng Corporation.^[2]

Achievements[]

BWF World Junior Championships[]

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand	Jung Kyung-eun	Zhong Qianxin	18–21, 21–10, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Lee Yong-dae	Ma Jin	18–21, 21–19, 21–14	Gold
2007	The Trust Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand	Shin Baek-cheol	Chris Adcock Gabrielle White	20–22, 16–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships[]

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	19–21, 11–21	Silver
2007	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jung Kyung-eun	Tee Jing Yi Lydia Cheah	21–14, 17–21, 18–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Lee Yong-dae	Tan Wee Kiong Woon Khe Wei	21–15, 21–9	Gold
2007	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Shin Baek-cheol	Tan Wee Kiong Woon Khe Wei	18–21, 21–16, 12–21	Silver

BWF Superseries[]

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[4] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Swiss Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix[]

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.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
	Chinese Taipei Open	Lee Kyung-won	Kim Min-jung Lee Hyo-jung	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Jung Kyung-eun	Eom Hye-won Kim Ha-na	21–16, 18–21, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Vietnam Open		Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Mongolian Satellite	Jung Kyung-eun	Kim Min-jung	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Malaysia Satellite	Jung Kyung-eun	Jung Youn-kyung Kim Min-jung	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2007	Korea International	Jung Kyung-eun	Bae Seung-hee	21–18, 21–4	Winner
2009	Korea International	Jung Kyung-eun	Ha Jung-eun Lee Kyung-won	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2010	Vietnam International	Jung Kyung-eun	Rie Eto Yu Wakita	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2011	Turkey International		Sandra Marinello Birgit Michels	18–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Indonesia International	Lee Se-rang	Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth Rizki Amelia Pradipta	17–21, 21–19, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Mongolian Satellite		Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Korea International	Shin Baek-choel		22–20, 21–3	Winner
2011	Turkey International	Cho Gun-woo	Kim Sa-rang Lee So-hee	23–25, 21–9, 21–19	Winner
2012	Indonesia International	Lee Jae-jin	Trikusuma Wardhana Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	19–21, 21–13, 21–12	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

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