Kim Gi-jung

Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung (Hangul: 김기정; born 14 August 1990 in Dangjin) is a male South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Eom Hye-Won. In 2009, he competed at the Hong Kong East Asian Games and won a silver medal in the men's team event and a bronze medal in the men's doubles event partnered with Kwon Yi-goo. In 2011, he won the Turkey International tournament in the men's doubles event with Kim Sa-rang.

In 2012, he and Kim Sa-rang won their first Superseries title at the Japan Open tournament. In the final round they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong. At the 2012 Badminton Asia Championships in Qingdao, China, they won a gold medal after defeat Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the final round. In September 2012, they also won men's doubles title at the Indonesian Masters tournament.

In 2013, he became the champion at the Chinese Taipei and Korea Grand Prix Gold tournament. At the Chinese Taipei, he and Kim Sa-rang beat the host partner Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin in the straight set. At the Korea, they won the title after beat their compatriots Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 2-1. He also won a silver medal at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei. At the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, he and his partner were seeded fifth in that tournament. They beat the the second seeded of Malaysia in the quarterfinal round, and in the semifinal round they were defeated by Boe and Mogensen in three sets, and settle for the bronze medal. At the end of the 2013 BWF Season, he qualified to compete at the Super Series Masters Finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finally, he became the runner-up in the men's doubles event after defeated by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia.

In 2014, he and Lee Yong-dae have been handed one year suspensions for missing doping tests under the BWF Anti-Doping Regulations. He and Lee were required to provide whereabouts information for the BWF to conduct out-of-competition testing. In 2013, both athletes accumulated three whereabouts failures in connection with this administrative process. The Korea Badminton Association imposed $41,170 penalty for administrative failures. The panels that manage the doping tests reconsidered the case and decided to lift the punishment. The information and evidence presented at the January hearing was insufficient and ambiguous and there was no proof beyond reasonable doubt that the players were not at fault. In April 2014, after reviewing its original decision, the BWF panel wiped out the players missed tests and filing failures and expunged their records.

In 2015, he and Kim Sa-rang won the Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament in the men's doubles event. In the final round they beat Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol with the score 16-21, 21-18, 21-19. They also won the China Open Super Series Premier tournament, after beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei in the straight games. In 2016, they also won the Superseries Premier tournament in Malaysia. He and Kim Sa-rang beat the third seeded from China in the quarterfinal round, and the world No.1 pair, Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in the semifinal. In the final round they beat Chai Biao and Hong Wei with the score 21-19, 21-15. He and Kim Sa-rang also competed at the Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. They lost in the quarterfinal round , defeated by Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan of China with the score 21-11, 18-21 and 22-24.

BWF World Championships

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Kim Sa-rang	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Walkover	Bronze
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Kim Sa-rang	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	23-21, 18-21, 18-21	Bronze

Badminton Asia Championships

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim Sa-rang	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	18-21, 9-21	Bronze
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Kim Sa-rang	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	13-21, 20-22	Silver
2012	Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China	Kim Sa-rang	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	21-12, 21-16	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Pune, India	Eom Hye-Won	Chai Biao Xie Jing	13-21, 19-21	Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Japan Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12-21, 12-21	02 ! Runner-up
2016	Malaysia Open	Kim Sa-rang	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21-19, 21-15	01 ! Winner
2015	China Open	Kim Sa-rang	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21-13, 21-19	01 ! Winner
2015	Korea Open	Kim Sa-rang	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	16-21, 12-21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Super Series Masters Finals	Kim Sa-rang	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	14-21, 16-21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Hong Kong Open	Kim Sa-rang	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	21-12, 15-21, 18-21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Japan Open	Kim Sa-rang	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21-16, 21-19	01 ! Winner

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Masters	Kim Sa-rang	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	17-21, 14-21	02 ! Runner-up
2016	Thailand Masters	Kim Sa-rang	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21-12, 15-21, 12-21	02 ! Runner-up
2015	Korea Masters	Kim Sa-rang	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	16-21, 21-18, 21-19	01 ! Winner
2013	Korea Masters	Kim Sa-rang	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	21-15, 18-21, 25-23	01 ! Winner
2013	Chinese Taipei Open	Kim Sa-rang	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21-11, 21-11	01 ! Winner
2012	Korea Masters	Kim Sa-rang	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	12-21, 11-21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Indonesian Masters	Kim Sa-rang	Angga Pratama Ryan Agung Saputra	13-21, 9-21	01 ! Winner
2011	German Open	Kim Sa-rang	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	19-21, 21-18, 11-21	02 ! Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Korea Masters	Jung Kyung-eun	Yoo Yeon-seong Jang Ye-na	12-21, 11-21	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Turkey International	Kim Sa-rang	Cho Gun-woo Shin Baek-choel	21-17, 16-21, 21-15	01 ! Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

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