Choi Sol-gyu (Korean최솔규; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.[2]

Choi Sol-gyu
최솔규
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 29)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 19 November 2019)
11 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung, 21 September 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tianjin Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile
Choi Sol-gyu
Hangul
최솔규
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChoi Sol-gyu
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Sol-kyu
Choi Sol-gyu and Seo Seung-jae against Malaysian pair in the final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

Career

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Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup,[3] and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013.[4]

Choi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Seo Seung-jae. His pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage.[5]

Achievements

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Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China   Kim Won-ho   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
18–21, 16–21   Silver

East Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China
  Chae Yoo-jung   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
10–21, 15–21   Bronze

World University Championships

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",
Ramenskoe, Russia
  Kim Jae-hwan   Lee Jhe-huei
  Lee Yang
19–21, 21–14, 21–17   Gold

World Junior Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan
  Chae Yoo-jung   Alfian Eko Prasetya
  Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
18–21, 13–21   Bronze
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Chae Yoo-jung   Huang Kaixiang
  Chen Qingchen
13–21, 11–21   Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
  Chae Yoo-jung   Liu Yuchen
  Huang Dongping
21–11, 19–21, 21–13   Gold
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  Chae Yoo-jung   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
17–21, 25–23, 23–21   Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300   Seo Seung-jae   Po Li-wei
  Wang Chi-lin
21–12, 17–21, 21–18   Winner
2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300   Seo Seung-jae   Goh V Shem
  Tan Wee Kiong
19–21, 21–15, 21–23   Runner-up
2019 Vietnam Open Super 100   Seo Seung-jae   Na Sung-seung
  Wang Chan
18–21, 21–16, 21–14   Winner
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500   Seo Seung-jae   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
13–21, 21–12, 21–13   Winner
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300   Seo Seung-jae   He Jiting
  Tan Qiang
18–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000   Kim Won-ho   Liu Yuchen
  Ou Xuanyi
17–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2023 German Open Super 300   Kim Won-ho   Kang Min-hyuk
  Seo Seung-jae
21–19, 18–21, 21–19   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300   Shin Seung-chan   Ko Sung-hyun
  Eom Hye-won
12–21, 21–15, 18–21   Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Macau Open   Chae Yoo-jung   Lu Kai
  Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 18–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2013 Vietnam Open   Chae Yoo-jung   Liao Min-chun
  Chen Hsiao-huan
22–20, 19–21, 21–14   Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix   Shin Seung-chan   Shin Baek-cheol
  Chang Ye-na
Walkover   Winner
2015 Vietnam Open   Chae Yoo-jung   Huang Kaixiang
  Huang Dongping
19–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2015 Thailand Open   Eom Hye-won   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto
21–19, 17–21, 21–16   Winner
2015 Macau Open   Eom Hye-won   Shin Baek-cheol
  Chae Yoo-jung
18–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix   Eom Hye-won   Michael Fuchs
  Birgit Michels
21–12, 21–14   Winner
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix   Eom Hye-won   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying
14–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2017 Canada Open   Chae Yoo-jung   Kim Won-ho
  Shin Seung-chan
19–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters   Chae Yoo-jung   Seo Seung-jae
  Kim Ha-na
21–17, 13–21, 18–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Norwegian International   Seo Seung-jae   Mads Emil Christensen
  Kristoffer Knudsen
21–12, 21–13   Winner
2018 Irish Open   Seo Seung-jae   Jack MacGregor
  Ciar Pringle
21–17, 21–12   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Romanian International   Kim Hye-rin   Ramazan Öztürk
  Neslihan Kılıç
21–16, 21–13   Winner
2014 Osaka International   Chae Yoo-jung   Muhammad Rijal
  Vita Marissa
18–21, 21–17, 18–21   Runner-up
2015 Thailand International   Chae Yoo-jung   Tan Chee Tean
  Shevon Jemie Lai
18–21, 21–19, 21–12   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: SolGyu Choi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ "2011 Surabaya Cup Results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Malaysia International Youth - Choi Sol-gyu results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Badminton - CHOI Solgyu". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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