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Character Introduction
Kong Hee-yong (Korean: 공희용, December 11, 1996) is a South Korean female badminton player.
In October 2013, Kong Hee-yong participated in the World Junior Badminton Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, helping the national youth team win the mixed team title.
In February 2014, Kong Hee-yong participated in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships held in Taipei, Taiwan, helping the National Youth Team win the second place in the Mixed Team in the first team event, while in the single event, she was defeated by China’s Huang Kaixiang/Chen Qingchen in the Mixed Doubles final 0-2 (14-21, 13-21), ultimately winning the second place.
In July 2019, Kong Hee-yong and Kim Cho-yeong played in the Japan Open Badminton Championships, and celebrated a higher level Super 750 women’s doubles title in their careers by sweeping the tournament’s top seeded, world No. 1 and World Champions Matsumoto/Matsuki Nagahara/Wakona in the women’s doubles final, 2-0 (21-12, 21-12).
In July 2021, she and Kim Cho-Young competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Badminton Women’s Doubles Tournament, finishing second in Group D and defeating the Japanese duo of Matsumoto/Matsuo Nagahara/Wakona, 2-1 (21-14, 14-21, 28-26), before falling to the Chinese duo of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in the quarterfinals, 0-2 (15-21, 11-21), and then in the Bronze Medal match, 2-0 (21-21, 14-21). In the bronze medal match, they defeated teammates Li Shaoxi/Shin Seung-chan 2-0 (21-10, 21-17) to win the bronze medal.
In March 2023, Kong Hee-yong and Kim Cho-yeong teamed up for the All England Badminton Open and won their first All-England Women’s Doubles title, defeating teammates Lee Sau-hee/Baek Ha-na 2-0 in the final.
World Ranking – Women’s Doubles 8, Week 30, 2024
Olympic Points – Women’s Doubles 6, 84520 points
Finals Ranking – Women’s Doubles 22, 34560 points
Equipment Used
ASTROX 88D PRO; ARCSABER 11 PRO; AC-102C; 75TH 65Z2; AEROBITE; DUORA 10 LT; AURASPEED 90S; JETSPEED S 12 M; SHB65Z3WEX; SHBELZ3MD
Major Achievements
- 2024 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Place Member
- 2024 All England Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Bronze Medalist
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Gold Medal
- 2023 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal
- 2023 Australian Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Korea Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 All England Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2022 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2022 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2022 Uber Cup Women’s Team Champion Member
- 2022 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles 3rd Runner-up
- 2021 Badminton World Finals Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2021 French Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics Badminton Women’s Doubles 3rd Runner-up
- 2020 Badminton World Finals Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 TOYOTA Thailand Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 YONEX Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Doubles 4th Runner-up
- 2020 Asian Badminton Team Championships Women’s Team Runner-up
- 2020 Thailand Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2020 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2019 France Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Korea Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 New Zealand Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Spain Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Denmark Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Malaysia Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2018 New Zealand Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2018 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Doubles Third Place
- 2017 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 China Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2017 Japan Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 China Taipei Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
- 2017 Osaka Badminton International Challenge Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 Indonesia Badminton International Challenge Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 Osaka Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2014 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2013 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
