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Character Introduction
Bang Soo Hyun is a retired South Korean women’s badminton player who was a leading figure in Korean badminton in the 1990s, winning the women’s singles gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Shortly after winning the gold medal at the Olympics, Bang retired from badminton, married an American doctor in 1998, and moved to the United States to work as a full-time housewife, where she was appointed coach of the U.S. Badminton Junior National Team (under 17) in 2005, and was elected as the youngest member of the Board of Directors of the International Badminton Federation (IBF).
Major Achievements
- 1991 Asia Cup Badminton Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 1991 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
- 1992 Korea Open Badminton Championships Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1992 All England Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1992 Hong Kong Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1992 Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1992 Badminton World Cup Women’s Singles 3rd Runner-up
- 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1993 Japan Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1993 Korea Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1993 Sweden Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1993 All England Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1993 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Runner-up
- 1993 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
- 1994 Korea Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1994 Sweden Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1994 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1994 Hong Kong Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1994 China Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1994 China Badminton Open Women’s Doubles 1st Runner-up
- 1994 Badminton World Cup Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1994 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Singles Champion
- 1994 Asian Games Women’s Team Badminton Champion
- 1995 Korea Open Badminton Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1995 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1995 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1995 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1995 Singapore Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1995 U.S.A. Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
- 1995 Canadian Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1995 Hong Kong Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1995 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Singles 3rd Runner-up
- 1995 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles 3rd Runner-up
- 1995 Women’s Singles Champion of Asia Cup Badminton Championships
- 1996 All England Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1996 Korea Open Women’s Singles Champion
- 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Women’s Singles Badminton Champion
