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Lee Jae-jin in 2012
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Birth name | 이재진 | ||||||||||||
Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||
Born |
Miryang, South Gyeongsang, South Korea |
January 26, 1983 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | ||||||||||||
Years active | 1999 - present | ||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||
Men's Doubles | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | 11 (September 25, 2008) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Lee Jae-jin | |
Hangul | 이재진 |
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Hanja | 李在珍 |
Revised Romanization | I Jaejin |
McCune–Reischauer | I Chaejin |
Lee Jae-jin (born January 26, 1983) is a male badminton player from South Korea.
Lee played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Hwang Ji-man. They were seeded 10 and were defeated in the third round by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 21-17, 21-16.
In Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Lee and his partner Hwang won their first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in the first round and Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but were defeated by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the semi-final. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Lee and Hwang subdued Danish pair Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.