Choi Sol-gyu

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.
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 (Korean: 최솔규; 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 and Seo Seung-jae against Malaysian pair in the final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

Career

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

Asian Games

Men's doubles

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

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

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

World University Championships

Men's doubles

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

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

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

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

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

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

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 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Chinese Taipei Po Li-wei
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin 		21–12, 17–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong 		19–21, 21–15, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Vietnam Open Super 100 South Korea Seo Seung-jae South Korea Na Sung-seung
South Korea Wang Chan 		18–21, 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 South Korea Seo Seung-jae Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		13–21, 21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 South Korea Seo Seung-jae China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang 		18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 South Korea Kim Won-ho China Liu Yuchen
China Ou Xuanyi 		17–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 German Open Super 300 South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae 		21–19, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Shin Seung-chan South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Eom Hye-won 		12–21, 21–15, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

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

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 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Lu Kai
China Huang Yaqiong 		21–17, 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Vietnam Open South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Chinese Taipei Liao Min-chun
Chinese Taipei Chen Hsiao-huan 		22–20, 19–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Shin Seung-chan South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Chang Ye-na 		Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Vietnam Open South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Huang Kaixiang
China Huang Dongping 		19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Thailand Open South Korea Eom Hye-won Indonesia Praveen Jordan
Indonesia Debby Susanto 		21–19, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Macau Open South Korea Eom Hye-won South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung 		18–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix South Korea Eom Hye-won Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Birgit Michels 		21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix South Korea Eom Hye-won Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying 		14–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Canada Open South Korea Chae Yoo-jung South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters South Korea Chae Yoo-jung South Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Kim Ha-na 		21–17, 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Norwegian International South Korea Seo Seung-jae Denmark Mads Emil Christensen
Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen 		21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Irish Open South Korea Seo Seung-jae Scotland Jack MacGregor
Scotland Ciar Pringle 		21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Romanian International South Korea Kim Hye-rin Turkey Ramazan Öztürk
Turkey Neslihan Kılıç 		21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Osaka International South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Indonesia Muhammad Rijal
Indonesia Vita Marissa 		18–21, 21–17, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Thailand International South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Malaysia Tan Chee Tean
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai 		18–21, 21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  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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