Park Joo-bong

Park Joo-bong (Hangul: 박주봉; Hanja: 朴柱奉; born 5 December 1964) is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s.

Park Joo-bong
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1964-12-05) 5 December 1964 (age 58) Imsil, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (MD with Kim Moon-soo & with Ra Kyung-min)
Medal record Representing  South Korea Men's badminton Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Men's doubles 1996 Atlanta Mixed doubles World Championships 1985 Calgary Men's doubles 1985 Calgary Mixed doubles 1989 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1991 Copenhagen Men's doubles 1991 Copenhagen Mixed doubles 1983 Copenhagen Men's doubles 1987 Beijing Men's doubles World Cup 1989 Guangzhou Men's doubles 1989 Guangzhou Mixed doubles 1987 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1983 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1991 Macau Men's doubles 1988 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1986 Jakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team 1989 Jakarta Mixed team Thomas Cup 1992 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1996 Hong Kong Men's team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Men's doubles 1986 Seoul Mixed doubles 1986 Seoul Men's team 1990 Beijing Mixed doubles 1990 Beijing Men's doubles 1982 New Delhi Men's doubles 1982 New Delhi Men's team 1990 Beijing Men's team Asian Championships 1983 Calcutta Mixed doubles 1985 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1991 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 1991 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1983 Calcutta Men's singles 1987 Semarang Men's team 1989 Shanghai Men's team Asian Cup 1996 Seoul Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Park Joo-bong
Hangul	박주봉
Hanja	朴柱奉
Revised Romanization	Bak Ju-bong
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chu-bong

Career

Park is one of the most successful players ever in the World Badminton Championships with 5 titles, 2 of them in men's doubles and 3 in mixed doubles. He also won a gold and a silver medal at the Summer Olympics and 9 All England Open Badminton Championships titles. Inspired by his idol Christian Hadinata, though Park was primarily a doubles player, the greatest one ever in the opinion of some, he was capable of world class level singles which he displayed in occasional tournaments and Thomas Cup appearances early in his career and currently holds the South Korean national record of 103 consecutive wins in men's singles from 1981 to 1984. His playing strengths included remarkable reflexes, reach, quickness, agility, and power.^{[citation needed]}

Park competed for Korea in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Kim Moon-Soo. They won the gold medal defeating Eddy Hartono and Rudy Gunawan from Indonesia 15-11, 15-7. Park also competed for Korea in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Ra Kyung-min. They won the silver medal, losing in the final against Kim Dong-moon and Gil Young-ah 13-15, 15-4, 15-12.^{[citation needed]}

Park was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella, Barcelona, Spain	Kim Moon-soo	Rudy Gunawan   Eddy Hartono	15–11, 15–7	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988 (exhibition)	Seoul National University Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea	Chung Myung-hee	Wang Pengren   Shi Fangjing	15–3, 15–7	Gold
1996	Georgia State University Gymnasium, Atlanta, United States	Ra Kyung-min	Kim Dong-moon   Gil Young-ah	15–13, 4–15, 12–15	Silver

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Lee Eun-ku	Martin Dew   Mike Tredgett	8–15, 15–2, 4–15	Bronze
1985	Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	5–15, 15–7, 15–9	Gold
1987	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	16–17, 4–15	Bronze
1991	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Kim Moon-soo	Jon Holst-Christensen   Thomas Lund	15–4, 15–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada	Yoo Sang-hee	Stefan Karlsson   Maria Bengtsson	15–10, 12–15, 15–12	Gold
1989	Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Chung Myung-hee	Eddy Hartono   Verawaty Fadjrin	15–9, 15–9	Gold
1991	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Chung Myung-hee	Thomas Lund   Pernille Dupont	15–5, 15–17, 15–9	Gold

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kim Moon-soo	Bobby Ertanto   Christian Hadinata	15–6, 15–11	Gold
1986	Senayan Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Kim Moon-soo	Bobby Ertanto   Liem Swie King	11–15, 8–15	Bronze
1987	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–6, 6–15, 15–11	Gold
1989	Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–10, 15–11	Gold
1991	Macau Forum, Macau	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	18–15, 11–15, 2–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Chung Myung-hee	Wang Pengren   Shi Fangjing	17–15, 13–18, 8–15	Silver
1989	Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Chung Myung-hee	Kim Moon-soo   Chung So-young	15–5, 15–9	Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Indraprastha Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Lee Eun-ku	Lin Jiangli   Luan Jin	3–15, 15–10, 16–17	Bronze
1986	Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–8, 15–10	Gold
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	8–15, 4–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea	Chung Myung-hee	Lee Deuk-choon   Chung So-young	15–10, 15–3	Gold
1990	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Chung Myung-hee	Eddy Hartono   Verawaty Fadjrin	15–7, 7–15, 15–3	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India	Chen Changjie	9–15, 7–15	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–5, 8–15, 15–2	Gold
1991	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kim Moon-soo	Chen Hongyong   Chen Kang	15–12, 15–10	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India	Kim Yun-ja	Hafid Yusuf   Ruth Damayanti	15–3, 15–2	Gold
1991	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Chung Myung-hee	Lee Sang-bok   Chung So-young	15–7, 15–4	Gold

Asian Cup

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea	Ra Kyung-min	Kang Kyung-jin   Kim Mee-hyang	15–6, 15–8	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (47 titles, 9 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1985	India Open	Steve Baddeley	17–18, 2–15	Runner-up
1987	Chinese Taipei Open	Misbun Sidek	15–5, 9–15, 3–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Malaysia Open	Sung Han-kuk	Bobby Ertanto   Christian Hadinata	16–18, 15–12, 3–15	Runner-up
1984	Swedish Open	Kim Moon-soo	Stefan Karlsson   Thomas Kihlström	15–8, 10–15, 15–8	Winner
1985	Japan Open	Kim Moon-soo	Hadibowo   Christian Hadinata	17–16, 15–2	Winner
1985	All England Open	Kim Moon-soo	Mark Christiansen   Michael Kjeldsen	7–15, 15–10, 15–9	Winner
1985	India Open	Kim Moon-soo	Steve Baddeley   Nick Yates	15–3, 15–5	Winner
1986	German Open	Kim Moon-soo	Steen Fladberg   Jesper Helledie	15–8, 15–12	Winner
1986	All England Open	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–2, 15–11	Winner
1988	Japan Open	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–18, 4–15	Runner-up
1988	French Open	Sung Han-kuk	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–8, 12–15, 15–12	Winner
1989	Japan Open	Lee Sang-bok	Jan-Eric Antonsson   Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	15–6, 15–5	Winner
1989	Swedish Open	Lee Sang-bok	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	14–17, 12–15	Runner-up
1989	All England Open	Lee Sang-bok	Rudy Gunawan   Eddy Hartono	15–8, 15–7	Winner
1989	Malaysia Open	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–12, 10–15, 15–7	Winner
1989	Thailand Open	Kim Moon-soo	Cheah Soon Kit   Razif Sidek	15–11, 15–3	Winner
1990	Japan Open	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	3–15, 17–16, 18–13	Winner
1990	All England Open	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	17–14, 15–9	Winner
1990	French Open	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–3, 15–10	Winner
1990	Thailand Open	Kim Moon-soo	Chen Hongyong   Chen Kang	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1990	Malaysia Open	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–4, 13–15, 15–4	Winner
1991	Japan Open	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–4, retired	Winner
1991	Korea Open	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–3, 13–15, 15–9	Winner
1991	All England Open	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–12, 7–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1991	Malaysia Open	Kim Moon-soo	Jalani Sidek   Razif Sidek	15–8, 15–11	Winner
1991	Indonesia Open	Kim Moon-soo	Rudy Gunawan   Eddy Hartono	18–15, 15–13	Winner
1991	Singapore Open	Kim Moon-soo	Huang Zhanzhong   Zheng Yumin	15–2, 15–4	Winner
1991	Denmark Open	Kim Moon-soo	Huang Zhanzhong   Zheng Yumin	10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1992	Korea Open	Kim Moon-soo	Li Yongbo   Tian Bingyi	15–10, 15–10	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1986	All England Open	Chung Myung-hee	Lee Deuk-choon   Chung So-young	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1986	China Open	Chung Myung-hee	Nigel Tier   Gillian Gowers	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1987	French Open	Kim Yun-ja	Mark Christiansen   Erica van Dijck	15–10, 15–7	Winner
1988	Japan Open	Chung Myung-hee	Lee Deuk-choon   Chung So-young	Walkover	Winner
1988	French Open	Chung Myung-hee	Sakrapee Thongsari   Piyathip Sansaniyakulvilai	15–6, 15–6	Winner
1988	Hong Kong Open	Chung Myung-hee	Chan Chi Choi   Amy Chan	15–7, 15–6	Winner
1988	China Open	Chung Myung-hee	Wang Pengren   Shi Fangjing	15–6, 15–5	Winner
1989	Japan Open	Chung Myung-hee	Lee Sang-bok   Chung So-young	15–6, 15–3	Winner
1989	Swedish Open	Chung Myung-hee	Wang Pengren   Shi Fangjing	15–9, 15–4	Winner
1989	All England Open	Chung Myung-hee	Jan-Eric Antonsson   Maria Bengtsson	15–1, 15–9	Winner
1989	Malaysia Open	Chung So-young	Thomas Lund   Pernille Dupont	15–7, 15–13	Winner
1989	Thailand Open	Chung So-young	Kim Moon-soo   Hwang Hye-young	15–4, 15–2	Winner
1990	Japan Open	Chung Myung-hee	Thomas Lund   Pernille Dupont	15–10, 15–12	Winner
1990	All England Open	Chung Myung-hee	Jon Holst-Christensen   Grete Mogensen	15–6, 15–3	Winner
1990	French Open	Chung Myung-hee	Kim Moon-soo   Chung So-young	4–15, 6–15	Runner-up
1990	Thailand Open	Chung Myung-hee	Zheng Yumin   Wu Yuhong	15–3, 15–3	Winner
1990	Malaysia Open	Chung Myung-hee	Jan Paulsen   Gillian Gowers	15–12, 15–1	Winner
1991	Japan Open	Chung Myung-hee	Jon Holst-Christensen   Grete Mogensen	15–7, 15–8	Winner
1991	Korea Open	Chung Myung-hee	Pär-Gunnar Jönsson   Maria Bengtsson	15–0, 15–0	Winner
1991	All England Open	Chung Myung-hee	Thomas Lund   Pernille Dupont	15–10, 10–15, 15–4	Winner
1995	Hong Kong Open	Shim Eun-jung	Liu Jianjun   Sun Man	15–8, 2–15, 17–14	Winner
1995	China Open	Shim Eun-jung	Chen Xingdong   Peng Xinyong	11–15, 15–4, 10–15	Runner-up
1995	Thailand Open	Ra Kyung-min	Nikolai Zuyev   Marina Yakusheva	15–1, 15–4	Winner
1996	Japan Open	Ra Kyung-min	Kim Dong-moon   Gil Young-ah	15–7, 15–1	Winner
1996	Korea Open	Ra Kyung-min	Simon Archer   Julie Bradbury	15–9, 15–11	Winner
1996	Swedish Open	Ra Kyung-min	Chen Xingdong   Peng Xinyong	15–4, 15–6	Winner
1996	All England Open	Ra Kyung-min	Simon Archer   Julie Bradbury	15–10, 15–10	Winner

IBF International (4 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Polish International	Lee Sang-bok	Fu Qiang   Li Jian		Winner
1991	USSR International	Kim Moon-soo	Kim Hyung-jin   Park Sung-woo	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1993	Iran Fajr International	Kim Moon-soo	Hameed Nasimi   Mansour Shakoori	15–6, 15–5	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Polish International	Chung Myung-hee	Sergey Sevryukov   Irina Serova		Winner

Open Tournament (1 title)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1982	Denmark Open	Lee Eun-ku	Christian Hadinata   Lius Pongoh	15–9, 11–15, 18–16	Winner

Invitational tournament (1 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Asian Invitational Championships	Bandar Lampung, Indonesia	Lee Sang-bok	Zhang Qiang   Zhou Jincan	4–15, 6–15	Silver

References

1. 무지개 손(^^)의 "배드민턴 치는 남자, 셔틀콕 치는 - ICT 사랑방 (in Korean)

External links

• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Joo-Bong Park at the International Olympic Committee