Kim Ha-na

Summary

Kim Ha-na (Korean김하나; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɦa.na] or [kim] [ha.na]; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim won her first Superseries title at the 2012 India Open in the women's doubles event.[2] She reached a career high of world no. 1 in the mixed doubles in September 2016.[3]

Kim Ha-na
김하나
Kim Ha-na at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1989-12-27) 27 December 1989 (age 34)
Jeju, South Korea[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD 16 January 2014)
1 (XD 22 September 2016)[1]
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wuhan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Donggguan Mixed team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Taipei Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gimcheon Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Incheon Mixed team
BWF profile
Kim Ha-na (right) with Jung Kyung-eun became the runner-up at the 2011 U.S. Open.
Kim Ha-na (right) with her partner in mixed doubles Ko Sung-hyun (June 2016).

Sport career edit

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kim and her partner Jung Kyung-eun, along with Ha Jung-eun, Kim Min-jung, Wang Xiaoli, Yu Yang, Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii were disqualified from the competition because their efforts were not focused on winning their matches, and their conduct was in a way that was harmful and violent to the sport.[4] They were also accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw.[4] Kim and her partner Jung Kyung-eun played against China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.[5] South Korea filed an appeal to the Badminton World Federation at the Olympics, but it was rejected.[4]

She competed at the 2014 Asian Games.[6]

She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the mixed doubles with Ko Sung-hyun.[7] They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by the Chinese pair of Xu Chen and Ma Jin.[7]

In 2017, she helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and won that tournament.[8][9]

Achievements edit

Asian Championships edit

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea   Jung Kyung-eun   Luo Ying
  Luo Yu
18–21, 18–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei   Ko Sung-hyun   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
22–20, 21–17   Gold
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China   Ko Sung-hyun   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
19–21, 11–21   Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] 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.[11]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Spain Masters Super 300   Kim Sa-rang   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
15–21, 21–11, 21–10   Winner

BWF Superseries (6 titles, 8 runners-up) edit

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[12] 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,[13] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 India Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Bao Yixin
  Zhong Qianxin
21–17, 21–18   Winner
2014 India Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Tang Yuanting
  Yu Yang
10–21, 21–13, 16–21   Runner-up
2017 Japan Open   Kong Hee-yong   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
18–21, 16–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 India Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
16–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2014 India Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Christinna Pedersen
16–21, 21–18, 18–21   Runner-up
2014 Australian Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Michael Fuchs
  Birgit Michels
21–16, 21–17   Winner
2015 Denmark Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
20–22, 21–18, 21–9   Winner
2015 French Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto
21–10, 15–21, 21–19   Winner
2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals   Ko Sung-hyun   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
14–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2016 Singapore Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
21–17, 21–14   Winner
2016 Indonesia Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
15–21, 21–16, 13–21   Runner-up
2016 Japan Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen
10–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2016 Korea Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen
21–14, 21–19   Winner
2016 French Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen
16–21, 15–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (11 titles, 7 runners-up) edit

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Korea Grand Prix   Eom Hye-won   Jung Kyung-eun
  Yoo Hyun-young
16–21, 21–18, 19–21   Runner-up
2011 Swiss Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Ha Jung-eun
  Kim Min-jung
12–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2011 U.S. Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Ha Jung-eun
  Kim Min-jung
21–14, 20–22, 18–21   Runner-up
2011 Macau Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Eom Hye-won
  Jang Ye-na
8–4 retired   Winner
2012 German Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Tang Jinhua
  Xia Huan
21–23, 13–21   Runner-up
2013 German Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Ma Jin
  Tang Jinhua
11–21, 21–14, 21–13   Winner
2013 Swiss Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Lee So-hee
  Shin Seung-chan
23–21, 21–16   Winner
2013 Chinese Taipei Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Lee So-hee
  Shin Seung-chan
Walkover   Winner
2014 German Open   Jung Kyung-eun   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
21–23, 22–24   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 German Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Robert Blair
  Imogen Bankier
15–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2015 Chinese Taipei Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Shin Baek-cheol
  Chae Yoo-jung
21–16, 21–18   Winner
2015 Korea Masters   Ko Sung-hyun   Shin Baek-cheol
  Chae Yoo-jung
19–21, 21–17, 21–19   Winner
2016 German Open   Ko Sung-hyun   Shin Baek-cheol
  Chae Yoo-jung
21–19, 21–12   Winner
2016 Korea Masters   Ko Sung-hyun   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–19, 21–16   Winner
2017 Chinese Taipei Open   Seo Seung-jae   Wang Chi-lin
  Lee Chia-hsin
22–20, 21–10   Winner
2017 U.S. Open   Seo Seung-jae   Kim Won-ho
  Shin Seung-chan
16–21, 21–14, 21–11   Winner
2017 Macau Open   Seo Seung-jae   Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong
14–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters   Seo Seung-jae   Choi Sol-gyu
  Chae Yoo-jung
17–21, 21–13, 21–18   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up) edit

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Dubai International   Kim Sa-rang   Rodion Alimov
  Alina Davletova
20–22, 16–21   Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International   Kim Sa-rang   Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
21–12, 21–15   Winner
2019 Nepal International   Kim Sa-rang   Supak Jomkoh
  Supissara Paewsampran
18–21, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "KIM Ha Na Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ "South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na". BBC.Com.UK. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. ^ "고성현·김하나, BWF 세계랭킹 '혼합복식 1위'". Korean Broadcasting System (in Korean). 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Olympics badminton: Eight women disqualified from doubles". BBC.Com.UK. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Reports: Eight Badminton Players Tossed Out Of Olympics". NPR.Org. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  6. ^ "KIM Hana". Incheon 2014 official website. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Kim Ha-Na Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Big Guns Prevail – Day 1 (Session 2):Total BWF Sudirman Cup 2017". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  12. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  13. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links edit

  • Kim Ha-na at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
  • Badminton pairs expelled from London 2012 Olympics after 'match-fixing' scandal