Cho Gun-woo

Cho Gun-woo
Personal information
Birth name조건우
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1988-08-30) 30 August 1988 (age 36)
Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking11 (MD 23 June 2011)
59 (XD 14 July 2011)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 New Delhi Men's doubles
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong Men's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Incheon Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Incheon Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Jakarta Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2005 Jakarta Boys' team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Cho Gun-woo (Korean: 조건우; born 30 August 1988) is a South Korean badminton player from Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and joined the club since 2007.[1]

Cho Gun-woo has focused his career on men's doubles, although he has competed in mixed doubles. His longest partnership was with Kwon Yi-goo staying together for most of the 2011 season, but his most successful run was at the 2012 Malaysia Super Series with Shin Baek-cheol. He has also competed with Kim Min-seo in mixed doubles.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India 		South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Lin Yu-lang 		21–19, 12–21, 21–17 Gold Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Samsan World Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea 		South Korea Lee Yong-dae China Li Tian
China Liu Xiaolong 		21–12, 21–16 Gold Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Tennis Indoor Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		South Korea Lee Yong-dae China Shen Ye
China Zhang Wei 		8–15, 15–8, 15–8 Gold Gold
2006 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 		South Korea Lee Yong-dae Malaysia Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan 		21–12, 21–9 Gold Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[2] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[3] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Indonesia Open South Korea Kwon Yi-goo Chinese Taipei Fang Chieh-min
Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu 		16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Malaysia Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Chinese Taipei Fang Chieh-min
Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu 		21–16, 16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Vietnam Open South Korea Kang Myeong-won South Korea Kwon Yi-goo
South Korea Ko Sung-hyun 		17–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Kwon Yi-goo South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae 		10–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Australian Open South Korea Kim Min-seo Japan Hajime Komiyama
Japan Sayuri Asahara 		21–14, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Cheers Asian Satellite South Korea Lee Yong-dae Malaysia Hong Chieng Hun
Malaysia Ng Kean Kok 		15–13, 6–15, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Osaka International South Korea Han Sang-hoon Japan Shintaro Ikeda
Japan Shuichi Sakamoto 		21–18, 16–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Vietnam International South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Bona Septano 		15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Korean International South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae 		16–21, 24–26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Turkey International South Korea Shin Baek-choel South Korea Kim Ki-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang 		17–21, 21–16, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 India International South Korea Kim Dae-eun South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Lee Yong-dae 		11–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Osaka International South Korea Hong Soo-jung Japan Keita Masuda
Japan Miyuki Maeda 		10–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Cheers Asian Satellite South Korea Kim Min-jung South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
South Korea Ha Jung-eun 		21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Turkey International South Korea Yoo Hyun-young South Korea Kim Sa-rang
South Korea Lee So-hee 		23–25, 21–9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Shin Baek-cheol against Superseries Final finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[4]

References

  1. ^ "하니움체육관, 배드민턴 국가대표 평가전 열려" (in Korean). Hwasun Today. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "www.tournamentsoftware.com". Retrieved 21 August 2016.