JEON Hyeok Jin

Jayce September 6, 2024 3 0

Character Introduction

Jeon Yi-Chan (Hangul: 전혁진 , June 13, 1995) is a South Korean male badminton player.

In June 2012, Jeon represented Korea at the Asian Youth Championships in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, where he helped the South Korean team finish third in the mixed team. In October of the same year, he again represented Korea at the World Junior Championships in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and again finished third in the mixed team event.

In October 2013, Jeon won the bronze medal in Men’s Singles at the East Asian Games in Tianjin.

In April 2015, Quan Yichen won his first international title in the men’s singles final of the Osaka Badminton International Challenge, defeating Japan’s Kazuyoshi Sakai, the tournament’s second seed, 2-1 (15-21, 21-17, 21-14), in the final of the Osaka Badminton International Challenge.

In May 2017, Jeon Eui-Chan played in the Sudirman Cup as the second singles. South Korea placed him in the final against China, where he lost 0-2 (10-21, 10-21) to Chen Long, but South Korea ended up winning the cup 3-2 on aggregate.

Jeon Eui-Chen suffered a knee injury in 2018, bouncing from hospital to hospital without getting better, and also zeroed out his world ranking points because of his long absence from international competition. He was dismissed from the national team in 2019 and returned to his local team for further treatment.In 2020, Chun recovered from his injury but was affected by the severe SARS outbreak and did not return to the international circuit immediately, but he got into a good position in the domestic circuit, defeating the former No. 1 singles player of South Korea, Son Wan-ho, by a large margin (21-9, 21-15), and winning the men’s singles title at the National Spring Championships in the same year.

In 2021, Chun returned to the national team, participating in the Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup that year, and in April 2022, world No. 995 Chun returned to the international circuit after five years, finally defeating Japan’s Kondo Naraoka in the final of the Korea Masters to win the international title after five years of absence.

World Ranking – Men’s Singles 46, Week 29, 2024

Olympic Points – Men’s Singles 47, 35109 points

Finals Ranking – Men’s Singles 44, 19280 points