Jung Jae-sung

Jung Jae-sung
Jung Jae-sung
	Jung at the 2011 German Open
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	25 August 1982; Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Died	9 March 2018 (aged 35); Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Ha Tae-kwon
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Lee Yong-dae January 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Cup
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; Korean: 정재성; Hanja: 鄭在成; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌŋ.dʑɛ̝.sʌŋ]; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles.

Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in the men's doubles discipline between 2009 and 2012, winning eighteen BWF World Superseries tournaments and placing second at the BWF World Championships on two occasions in 2007 and 2009. He was a two-time winner of the All-England Open, gold medalist at the 2008 Badminton Asian Championships, and won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in the final tournament of his professional career.

Career

Jung was born on 25 August 1982 in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. He started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, Jung was part of the Korean national junior team competed at the World Junior Championships in Guangzhou, China, and Asian Junior Championships in Kyoto, Japan. In Guangzhou, he won the mixed team bronze after his team lost 2–3 to China,^[1] and in Kyoto, he won the boys' doubles silver and boys' team bronze.^[2]

In 2003, Jung, who represented Wonkwang University, won the men's doubles title at the National Championships in Gyeonggi partnered with Lee Jae-jin.^[3] In 2004, he and Lee Jae-jin retained their title, and in 2006, Jung repeated his success partnered with Lee Yong-dae.^[4]

In 2005, Jung won the Thailand Open with his former partner Lee Jae-jin, beating the Danes Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in the finals. In 2006, Jung won the Thailand Open together with Lee Yong-dae; they had a walkover in the final against compatriots Lee Jae-jin, with whom Jung won the last Thailand Open, and Hwang Ji-man. At the Asian Games, Jung and Lee became bronze medalists after losing the semi-finals to Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia in the individual men's doubles event. In the team event, South Korea lost to China in the final 2–3, thus gaining Jung a silver medal.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Jung and Lee Yong-dae participated in the Malaysia Open, the first ever BWF Super Series event. There they got through the first round but had to resign due to injury. However a week later they blew away competition to take the first prize at the Korea Open. Jung and Lee lost to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the final of the German Open. Jung participated to the 2007 Sudirman Cup with the South Korea team. The team lost to China in the semi-finals with a score of 0–3. In July, after a period of disappointing results in men's doubles, Lee became runner-up with Jung at the Thailand Open, losing to Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man. Not much later, the pair went on to take the silver medal in the 2007 BWF World Championships. They were defeated in the final by Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia, 19–21, 19–21. The rest of the year also resulted in quite disappointing achievements, not getting past quarterfinals in any major events, except in the French Open. Jung and Lee there lost to the eventual winners, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China.^{[citation needed]}

To start 2008, Jung, together with Lee, disappointingly lost to the unseeded pair of Simon Mollyhus and Anders Kristiansen in the second round of the Malaysia Open. In South Korea, things went a bit better, achieving a quarterfinal. There they lost to eventual runners-up Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto of Indonesia. More than a month later, Jung and Lee came back with a bang to win the All England Open, beating Malaysians Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in a thrilling semi-final (coming back from a 16–20 deficit in the third game) and compatriots Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man in the finals. A week later, the pair were victorious in the Swiss Open too. At the Asian Championships Jung and Lee gained the gold medal, beating Candra Wijaya and Nova Widianto of Indonesia in the final. He competed at the Thomas Cup, helped his team reach the final round, where Jung and Lee were the only ones to score a point for South Korea against China in the final, which ended in a 3–1 win for China. In November, Jung also won the 2008 China Open Super Series.^{[citation needed]}

2008 Olympic Games

Not having participated in the two following Superseries events, supposedly because of their preparations for the Summer Olympics, Jung and Lee were disappointingly knocked out in the first round in Beijing. His partner went on to get the gold medal in mixed doubles.^{[citation needed]}

2012 Olympic Games

At the London Olympics, Jung, together with Lee, won the men's doubles bronze medal. The pair who were seeded two, advanced to the knock-out stage after placing first, won three matches in group D stage. They lost the match in the semi-final match against Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark, and in the bronze medal match, they beat the Malaysian pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong in straight games. This was Jung's final tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Death

On 9 March 2018, at the age of 35, Jung died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Hwaseong after reportedly suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.^[5]^[6] His funeral was held on 11 March at Ajou University Hospital, with his longtime doubles partner Lee Yong-dae acting as a pallbearer.^[7]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain	Lee Yong-dae	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	23–21, 21–10	Bronze

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Lee Yong-dae	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 19–21	Silver
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	18–21, 21–16, 26–28	Silver
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	18–21, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Lee Yong-dae	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	25–23, 18–21, 19–21	Bronze
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Lee Yong-dae	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	15–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Lee Jae-jin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	11–15, 7–15	Silver
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Lee Yong-dae	Nova Widianto Candra Wijaya	21–16, 21–18	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Lee Jae-jin	Sang Yang Zheng Bo	16–17, 15–11, 12–15	Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[8] 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,^[9] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2008	All England Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	20–22, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2008	Swiss Open	Lee Yong-dae	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	17–21, 21–16, 21–13	Winner
2008	China Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 21–17, 21–13	Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	25–23, 19–21, 22–20	Winner
2008	World Superseries Masters Finals	Lee Yong-dae	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Malaysia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto	18–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2009	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	12–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2009	Indonesia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2009	Hong Kong Open	Lee Yong-dae	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	13–21, 21–15, 21–8	Winner
2009	China Open	Lee Yong-dae	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–13, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2009	World Superseries Masters Finals	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2010	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–11, 14–21, 21–18	Winner
2010	China Open	Lee Yong-dae	Chai Biao Zhang Nan	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2010	World Superseries Finals	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–6, 21–13	Winner
2011	China Masters	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–17, 21–10	Winner
2011	Denmark Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2011	French Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	14–21, 21–15, 21–11	Winner
2011	Hong Kong Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–14, 22–24, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–18, 17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	All England Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–23, 21–9, 21–14	Winner
2012	Indonesia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	23–21, 19–21, 21–11	Winner

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Thailand Open	Lee Jae-jin	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	15–11, 15–5	Winner
2006	German Open	Lee Yong-dae	Robert Blair Anthony Clark	15–11, 15–6	Winner
2006	Chinese Taipei Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Thailand Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	Walkover	Winner
2007	German Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	Thailand Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	19–21, 21–19, 9–21	Runner-up
2008	German Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	Chinese Taipei Open	Lee Yong-dae	Cho Gun-woo Kwon Yi-goo	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	18–21, 21–18, 27–27	Winner
2011	German Open	Lee Yong-dae	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–19, 18–21, 21–11	Winner
2011	Swiss Open	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Thailand Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto	24–22, 21–14	Winner
2011	Chinese Taipei Open	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21–23, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	15–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2012	German Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hong Wei Shen Ye	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Vietnam Satellite	Hwang Ji-man	Rian Sukmawan Yoga Ukikasah	15–17, 7–15	Runner-up
2008	Korea International	Lee Yong-dae	Cho Gun-woo Yoo Yeon-seong	21–16, 26–24	Winner
2009	Korea International	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	21–19, 15–21, 21–15	Winner