Jung Jae-sung
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| Personal information | |
| Country |
 South Korea
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| Born |
August 25, 1982 Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Ha Tae-kwon |
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| Highest ranking | 1 (January, 2009) |
| Current ranking | 1 (June, 2012) |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
Jung Jae-sung (also Chung Jae-sung; Hangul: 정재성; Hanja: 鄭在成; born August 25, 1982 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do) is a retired male badminton player from South Korea.
Jung started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001.
Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the Danes Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in the final.
Jung won the Thailand Open together with Lee Yong-dae; they had a walkover in the final against compatriots Lee Jae-jin, with whom Jung won the last Thailand Open, and Hwang Ji-man.
At the Asian Games, Jung and Lee became bronze medalists after losing the semi-finals to Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia in the individual men's doubles event. In the team event, South Korea lost to China in the final 2-3, thus gaining Jung a silver medal.
In January, Jung and Lee participated in the Malaysia Open, the first ever BWF Super Series event. There they got through the first round but had to resign due to injury. However a week later they blew away competition to take the first prize at the Korea Open. Jung and Lee lost to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the final of the German Open.
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