Kang Min-hyuk (badminton)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Min-hyuk (Korean: 강민혁; RR: Gang Min-hyeok; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.^[1] He is the reigning men's doubles World Champions with his partner Seo Seung-jae.^[2] Educated at Maewon High School [ko], Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian Championships and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.^[3] He has joined the South Korea national badminton team since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the silver medal in 2023. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of 2017 Asian Junior Championships mixed team champion as well.^[4]

Kang Min-hyuk
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 (age 24) Uijeongbu si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Residence	Suwon, South Korea
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 29 August 2023) 136 (XD with Baek Ha-na, 31 January 2023)
Current ranking	6 (MD with Seo Seung-jae 14 November 2023)
Medal record Men 's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asian Championships 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Men's team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2017 Jakarta Mixed team 2016 Bangkok Mixed team 2017 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Seo Seung-jae	Kim Astrup   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	14–21, 21–15, 21–17	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim Won-ho	Hiroyuki Endo   Yuta Watanabe	17–21, 22–20, 25–27	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Kim Won-ho	Mahiro Kaneko   Yunosuke Kubota	21–19, 17–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Baek Ha-na	Na Sung-seung   Seong Ah-yeong	20–22, 21–18, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kim Won-ho	Ou Xuanyi   Ren Xiangyu	21–16, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Fajar Alfian   Muhammad Rian Ardianto	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2023	German Open	Super 300	Seo Seung-jae	Choi Sol-gyu   Kim Won-ho	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Man Wei Chong   Tee Kai Wun	21–15, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Takuro Hoki   Yugo Kobayashi	21–17, 21–17	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Osaka International	Kim Jae-hwan	Ko Sung-hyun   Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Vietnam International	Kim Jae-hwan	Kenas Adi Haryanto   Rian Agung Saputro	19–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Mongolia International	Kim Jae-hwan	Kim Won-ho   Park Kyung-hoon	21–14, 27–29, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia International	Kim Jae-hwan	Muhammad Fachrikar   Amri Syahnawi	21–17, 11–21, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Su Li-wei   Ye Hong-wei	11–3, 9–11, 7–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2017	Banthongyord Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Kim Moon-jun   Wang Chan	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2017	Jaya Raya Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Lee Sang-min   Na Sung-seung	21–13, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Sim Yu-jin	Wu Seung-hoon   Kim Min-ji	12–10, 11–7, 10–12, 11–6	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. "Profile:Kang Min-hyuk". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
2. Moon, Dae-hyun (29 August 2023). "'9년 만에 男 복식 세계선수권 金' 서승재-강민혁 "파트너가 잘 이끌어줘"" (in Korean). News1 Korea. from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
3. "배드민턴 신예 강민혁-김원호, 아시아선수권 4강 진출". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
4. "셔틀콕 남자복식 희망, 강민혁-김원호 亞선수권 동메달" (in Korean). Yonhap. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
5. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). . Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
6. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

• Kang Min-hyuk at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com