Bang Soo-hyun
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1972-09-13)13 September 1972 (age 52) Seoul, South Korea
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing South Korea Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Women's singles 1992 Barcelona Women's singles World Championships 1993 Birmingham Women's singles 1995 Lausanne Women's singles World Cup 1994 Ho Chi Minh Women's singles 1992 Guangzhou Women's singles Sudirman Cup 1991 Copenhagen Mixed team 1993 Birmingham Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Uber Cup 1996 Hong Kong Women's team 1992 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Women's singles 1994 Hiroshima Women's team Asian Championships 1995 Beijing Women's singles Asian Cup 1995 Qingdao Women's singles 1991 Jakarta Women's singles
BWF profile

Bang Soo-hyun (Korean: 방수현;Hanja: 方銖賢; born 13 September 1972) is a formerbadminton player fromSouth Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival ofIndonesia'sSusi Susanti andChina'sYe Zhaoying. Noted for a style that combined impressive power and movement, she retired from competition after her victory in the1996 Atlanta Olympics, shortly before her 24th birthday. She was elected to the WorldBadminton Hall of Fame in 2019.^[1]

Barcelona 1992

Bang competed inbadminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's singles. She had a bye in the first round, defeatedCatrine Bengtsson of Sweden in the second andHisuko Mizui of Japan in the third. In quarterfinals Bang Soo-hyun edgedSarwendah Kusumawardhani of Indonesia 11–2, 3–11, 12–11 to advance to the semifinals. There, she beat the reigning world championTang Jiuhong of China 11–3, 11–2. In the final, she lost to Indonesia'sSusi Susanti 11–5, 5–11, 3–11 to finish with the silver medal.

Atlanta 1996

Bang also competed in the1996 Atlanta Olympics. She won the gold medal in women's singles without dropping a game in any match, defeating Susi Susanti in semifinals 11–9, 11–8, andMia Audina in the final, 11–6, 11–7.

She won two medals in theIBF World Championships, in1993 a silver medal as runner-up to Susanti, and in1995 a bronze medal.

Bang won the quadrennialAsian Games in1994, and the prestigiousAll England Open Badminton Championships overYe Zhaoying in 1996, having been a runner-up in close matches in both 1992 and 1993. Her other titles included theWelsh (1989),Hong Kong (1992),South Korea (1993, 1994, 1996),Swedish (1993, 1994), andCanadian (1995) Opens.

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Pavelló de la Mar Bella,Barcelona, Spain	Susi Susanti	11–5, 5–11, 3–11	Silver
1996	GSU Sports Arena,Atlanta, United States	Mia Audina	11–6, 11–7	Gold

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	National Indoor Arena,Birmingham, England	Susi Susanti	11–7, 9–11, 3–11	Silver
1995	Malley Sports Centre,Lausanne, Switzerland	Han Jingna	6–11, 4–11	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Guangdong Gymnasium,Guangzhou,China	Huang Hua	12–10, 9–11, 9–11	Bronze
1994	Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium,Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Susi Susanti	9–12, 6–11	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium,Hiroshima,Japan	Hisako Mizui	11–4, 11–6	Gold

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium,Beijing, China	Yao Yan	11–5, 7–11, 3–11	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Istora Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia	Tang Jiuhong	7–11, 11–6, 4–11	Silver
1995	Xinxing Gymnasium,Qingdao, China	Mia Audina	1–11, 11–2, 13–12	Gold

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Korea Open	Tang Jiuhong	6–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1992	All England Open	Tang Jiuhong	12–9, 10–12, 1–11	Runner-up
1992	Hong Kong Open	Susi Susanti	5–11, 11–6, 11–7	Winner
1992	Thailand Open	Susi Susanti	7–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1993	Japan Open	Ye Zhaoying	6–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1993	Korea Open	Susi Susanti	12–9, 11–5	Winner
1993	Swedish Open	Lee Heung-soon	11–2, 11–6	Winner
1993	All England Open	Susi Susanti	11–4, 4–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1994	Korea Open	Kim Ji-hyun	11–5, 11–5	Winner
1994	Swedish Open	Kim Ji-hyun	6–11, 11–5, 11–3	Winner
1994	Indonesia Open	Susi Susanti	11–2, 0–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1994	Hong Kong Open	Lim Xiaoqing	11–7, 11–6	Winner
1994	China Open	Ye Zhaoying	11–8, 11–8	Winner
1995	Korea Open	Susi Susanti	11–3, 7–11, 9–11	Runner-up
1995	Japan Open	Susi Susanti	7–11, 11–12	Runner-up
1995	Malaysia Open	Susi Susanti	1–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1995	Indonesia Open	Susi Susanti	6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1995	Singapore Open	Lim Xiaoqing	7–11, 11–6, 8–11	Runner-up
1995	USA Open	Ye Zhaoying	10–12, 11–3, 8–11	Runner-up
1995	Canada Open	Ra Kyung-min	11–0, 11–7	Winner
1995	Hong Kong Open	Mia Audina	5–11, 11–4, 11–5	Winner
1996	All England Open	Ye Zhaoying	11–1, 11–1	Winner
1996	Korea Open	Yao Yan	11–3, 11–0	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	China Open	Jang Hye-ock	Ge Fei Gu Jun	8–15, 2–15	Runner-up

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1988	Welsh Open	Julie Munday	5–11, 11–0, 11–8	Winner

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Anna Lao 1 1 0 +1 Dai Yun 1 1 0 +1 Han Aiping 2 0 2 –2 Han Jingna 6 5 1 +4 Huang Hua 6 3 3 0 Tang Jiuhong 11 5 6 –1 Wang Chen 1 1 0 +1 Yao Yan 7 6 1 +5 Ye Zhaoying 17 8 9 –1 Zhang Ning 4 4 0 +4 Huang Chia-chi 3 3 0 +3

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Camilla Martin 2 2 0 +2 Helen Troke 1 1 0 +1 Mia Audina 6 6 0 +6 Sarwendah Kusumawardhani 6 4 2 +2 Susi Susanti 25 6 19 –13 Yasuko Mizui 4 4 0 +4 Kim Ji-hyun 5 5 0 +5 Lee Heung-soon 1 1 0 +1 Lim Xiaoqing 5 4 1 +3 Somharuthai Jaroensiri 2 2 0 +2

• Bang Soo Hyun atBWFBadminton.com (archive)
• Bang Soo Hyun atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Bang Soo-Hyun atOlympics.com
• Bang Su-Hyeon atOlympedia

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Badminton players from Seoul
• Onyang Bang clan
• South Korean female badminton players
• South Korean badminton commentators
• Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for South Korea
• Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
• Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
• Olympic medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
• Asian Games medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
• World No. 1 badminton players
• 21st-century South Korean women
• 20th-century South Korean sportswomen

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