Bang Soo-hyun

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Bang.

Bang Soo-hyun
Hangul 방수현 Revised Romanization Bang Su-hyeon McCune-Reischauer Pang Su-hyŏn

Bang Soo-Hyun
Personal information
Date of birth	September 13, 1972
Women's singles
Country	South Korea
Handedness	Right
BWF Profile

Bang Soo-Hyun (born September 13, 1972) is a female badminton player from South Korea.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Summer Olympics 1.1.1 Barcelona 1992 1.1.2 Atlanta 1996 1.2 World Championships 1.3 Other championships 2 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Summer Olympics

Olympic medal record
Women's Badminton
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Singles
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Singles

[edit] Barcelona 1992

Bang competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She had a bye in the first round, defeated Catrine Bengtsson of Sweden in the second and Hisuko Mizui of Japan in the third. In quarterfinals Bang Soo-hyun beat Kusumawardhani of Indonesia 11-2, 3-11, 12-11 to advance to the semifinals. There, she beat Tang Jiuhong of China 11-3, 11-2. In the final, she lost to Indonesian Susi Susanti 5-11, 11-5, 11-3 to finish with the silver medal.

[edit] Atlanta 1996

Bang competed also in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She won the gold medal, defeating Susi Susanti in semifinals 11-9, 11-8, and Mia Audina in the final, 11-6, 11-7.

[edit] World Championships

She got two medals in the IBF World Championships, in 1993 a silver medal and in 1995 a bronze medal.

[edit] Other championships

Bang won the Asian Games in 1992, and the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1996.

[edit] External links

• BWF Player Profile

v • d • e Olympic champions in Women's Singles Badminton 1896-1988 not held | 1992: Susi Susanti | 1996: Bang Soo-hyun | 2000: Gong Zhichao | 2004: Zhang Ning