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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (age 46) Busan, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Park Tae-sang | |
| Hangul | 박태상 |
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| Hanja | 朴泰相 |
| RR | Bak Taesang |
| MR | Pak T'aesang |
Park Tae-sang (Korean: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a South Korean coach and formerbadminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with the South Korean national team and now coaches the Indian junior national team at the National Centre of Excellence inGuwahati, India.
Park playedbadminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeatingAbhinn Shyam Gupta ofIndia andBao Chunlai ofChina[1] in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated bySoni Dwi Kuncoro ofIndonesia 15-13, 15-4.
Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018.[2] Park joined the India national team in 2019 where he coachedP. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,[3][4] and then the gold medal in2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.[2] He is currently based in Guwahati and trains the junior badminton players.
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2004 | Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia |  Sony Dwi Kuncoro | 13–15, 2–15 |  Bronze |
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2003 | Korea Open |  Kenneth Jonassen | 12–15, 15–17 |  Runner-up |
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theBWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2010 | Australian Open |  Kang Woo-kyum |  Hiroyuki EndoKenichi Hayakawa | 15–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2002 | Malaysia Satellite |  Ramesh Nathan | 15–5, 12–15, 15–1 |  Winner |
