Chung So-young

Chung So-young ( Korean 정소영 ; born March 4, 1967 ) is a former badminton player from South Korea .

Athletic career

Chung So-young won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics together with her partner Hwang Hye-young . Furthermore, she won almost all major international badminton tournaments such as the All England , Singapore Open , Thailand Open , French Open , Malaysian Open and Japan Open . In 1991 she won the Asian championship.

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1986	All of England	Mixed	2	Lee Deuk-choon / Chung So-young
1987	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Kim Ho-ja / Chung So-young
1987	US Open	Mixed	1	Lee Deuk-choon / Chung So-young
1988	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung Myung-hee / Chung So-young
1989	Swedish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung Myung-hee / Chung So-young
1988	French Open	Mixed	1	Park Joo-bong / Chung So-young
1989	Malaysian Open	Mixed	1	Park Joo-bong / Chung So-young
1989	Thailand Open	Ladies doubles	2	Chung Myung-hee / Chung So-young
1989	Hong Kong Open	Mixed	1	Choi Sang-bum / Chung So-young
1989	Hong Kong Open	Ladies doubles	2	Hwang Hye-young / Chung So-young
1990	French Open	Mixed	1	Kim Moon-soo / Chung So-young
1990	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	2	Gil Young-ah / Chung So-young
1990	Malaysian Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung Myung-hee / Chung So-young
1990	Thailand Open	Ladies doubles	2	Chung Myung-hee / Chung So-young
1991	Singapore Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung Myung-hee / Chung So-young
1991	Malaysian Open	Mixed	1	Lee Sang-bok / Chung So-young
1991	Malaysian Open	Ladies doubles	1	Hwang Hye-young / Chung So-young
1991	Thailand Open	Mixed	1	Lee Sang-bok / Chung So-young
1991	Asian Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Hwang Hye-young / Chung So-young
1992	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Hwang Hye-young / Chung So-young
1992	Olympia	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Hwang Hye-young
1993	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1993	Swedish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1993	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	2	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Swedish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Asian Games	Mixed	1	Yoo Yong-sung / Chung So-young
1994	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah

Web links

• Chung So-young in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Remarks

1. ↑ sports-reference.com gives March 4th as the date of birth, koreabadminton.org ( January 18, 2005 memento in the Internet Archive ) February 20.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Chung is the family name here, So-young is the first name.