Park Sung-hwan
| Park Sung-hwan | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country |
 South Korea
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| Born |
September 4, 1984 Jeju-do, South Korea
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 6 (November 2009) |
| Current ranking | 14 (February 2011) |
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Medal record
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| BWF profile | |
| Updated on 13:36, 26 October 2013 (UTC). | |
| Park Sung-hwan | |
| Hangul | 박성환 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 朴成煥 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Seong-hwan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Sŏng-hwan |
Park Sung-hwan (Hangul: 박성환; Hanja: 朴成煥; born September 4, 1984 in Jeju-do) is a male badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top-ranked men's singles player in South Korea and has succeeded at an international level, winning individual medals at both the 2010 World Championships and the 2010 Asian Games.
In 2005, Park won the Indonesia International and then competed at the 2007 BWF World Championships in the men's singles division; for the latter, he was defeated in the third round by Chen Yu, of the China, with a final score of: 15-21, 21-16, 21-15.
In 2008, Park competed in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, but was unable to move beyond the first round and second rounds. He was defeated by Taufik Hidayat, Lee Hyun-il, Sho Sasaki (Japan), Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) and the world number one player at the time, Lin Dan (China). During this year, Park won the Badminton Asia Championships and the Korea International Challenge titles, beating China's Chen Jin (21-18, 21-18) and South Korean, Lee Cheol Ho (21-14, 21-13) respectively.
Park entered the Proton Malaysian Open, held in January, and played the world number one-ranked player at the time, Lee Chong Wei, in the final—Park lost with a score of 14-21, 13-21. The following week, Park joined the Korea Open Super Series and was again stopped by the number-one seed, Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, with a score of 21-18, 7-21, 16-21 in the quarter-final match. Park skipped the All England Open Super Series and the Wilson Swiss Open Super Series, both held in March.
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