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Character Introduction
Park Joo Bong is a famous South Korean men’s doubles and mixed doubles badminton player, and is currently the head coach of the Japanese badminton national team. Born in Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do, he graduated from Jeonju Agricultural and Forestry High School, Korea Sports University and Soon Chun Hyang University Graduate School.
Active in the badminton world from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, he won the 1985 World Championships Men’s Doubles, the 1989 World Championships Mixed Doubles, the 1991 World Championships Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles, and the 1992 Olympic Men’s Doubles. He was regarded as a once-in-a-century doubles wizard.
After his retirement, Park Joo-bong successively served as the chief coach of Malaysia (until 2002) and Japan national badminton team (since 2004 Athens Olympics to date, at least until the end of the Paris Olympics in 2024), Takahashi Lihua, Matsutomo Misaki became the first doubles team he coached Olympic champions.
Major Achievements
- Japan Open: 1985 Men’s Doubles Champion, 1988 Mixed Doubles Champion, 1989 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion, 1990, 1991 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion, 1996 Mixed Doubles Champion.
- All England Open: 1985 Men’s Doubles Champion, 1986 Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion, 1989, 1990 Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion, 1991, 1996 Mixed Doubles Champion.
- French Open: 1987 Mixed Doubles Champion, 1988, 1990 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion.
- Thailand Open: 1989, 1990 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion, 1995 Mixed Doubles Champion.
- Malaysia Open: 1989, 1990 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion
- Asian Games: 1986 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion, 1990 Mixed Doubles Champion
- Korea Open: 1991 Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles Champion, 1992 Men’s Doubles Champion, 1996 Mixed Doubles Champion.
- Asian Championships: 1985 Men’s Doubles Champion, 1991 Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion.
- World Championships: 1985 Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion, 1989 Mixed Doubles Champion, 1991 Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion.
- 1991 Sudirman Cup Champion
- 1993 Sudirman Cup Champion
- Indonesia Open: 1991 Men’s Doubles Champion
- Singapore Open: 1991 Men’s Doubles Champion
- Olympic Games: 1992 Olympic Men’s Doubles Champion, 1996 Olympic Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- Hong Kong: 1988, 1995 Mixed Doubles Champion
- Sweden: 1989, 1996 Mixed Doubles Champion
- Asia Cup: 1996 Mixed Doubles Champion
- Denmark Open: 1982,1984 Men’s Doubles Champion
- World Cup: Men’s Doubles Champion in 1983, 1987, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion in 1989.
- China Open: 1986, 1988 Mixed Doubles Champion
