Yoo Chae-ran (born 7 November 1992 as Yoo Hae-won Korean유해원) is a South Korean badminton player who joined the South Korea national badminton team in 2011.[1] At the Asian Championships, she won women's doubles bronze medal in 2013 and silver medal in 2017.[2][3]

Yoo Chae-ran
Personal information
Birth nameYoo Hae-won
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 32)
Gwangju, South Korea
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking9 (WD 12 December 2013)
94 (XD 4 December 2017)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 Kunsan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuhan Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Taipei Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Women's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Women's doubles
BWF profile
Yoo Chae-ran
Korean name
Hangul
유해원
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Haewon
McCune–ReischauerYu Haewŏn

Achievements

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Asia Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Taipei Arena,
Taipei, Taiwan
  Go Ah-ra   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
15–21, 17–21   Bronze
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Kim Hye-rin   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
19–21, 21–16, 10–21   Silver

Summer Universiade

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center,
Hwasun, South Korea
  Go Ah-ra   Ou Dongni
  Yu Xiaohan
(disqualified)
22–24, 21–15, 15–21   Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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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
2013 Vietnam Open   Go Ah-ra   Amelia Alicia Anscelly
  Soong Fie Cho
12–21, 21–10, 21–9   Winner
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold   Go Ah-ra   Jang Ye-na
  Kim So-young
15–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2014 Korea Grand Prix   Chang Ye-na   Lee So-hee
  Shin Seung-chan
8–15 retired   Runner-up
2017 Chinese Taipei Open   Kim Hye-rin   Chae Yoo-jung
  Kim So-yeong
12–21, 11–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Iceland International   Go Ah-ra   Lee So-hee
  Shin Seung-chan
18–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2017 Osaka International   Kim So-yeong   Ayako Sakuramoto
  Yukiko Takahata
16–21, 21–17, 21–19   Winner
2018 Dubai International   Go Ah-ra   Bang Ji-sun
  Jeon Joo-i
21–14, 21–15   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Yoo Chae Ran". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ "화순군청 소속 고아라,유해원 선수 3위". www.ngtv.tv (in Korean). 엔지티비. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ "배드민턴 유해원-김혜린, 아시아선수권 깜짝 준우승". www.yonhapnews.co.kr (in Korean). Yonhap. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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