Jang Hye-ock

Jang Hye-ock ( Korean 장혜옥 ; born February 9, 1977 ) is a former badminton player from South Korea .

Athletic career

Jang Hye-ock won gold in women's doubles at the 1995 World Championships together with her partner Gil Young-ah . At 18 years and three months, she is the youngest player to date to have won a badminton world championship title. In 1994 she was already successful in doubles with Shim Eun-jung at the Asian Games . At the 1996 Olympics, she took silver with Gil Young-ah. She also won the All England , Japan Open and the Swedish Open .

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1993	China Open	Mixed	2	Yoo Yong-sung / Jang Hye-ock
1994	Asian Games	Mixed	2	Kang Kyung-jin / Jang Hye-ock
1994	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	1	Shim Eun-jung / Jang Hye-ock
1994	Swedish Open	Mixed	1	Yoo Yong-sung / Jang Hye-ock
1994	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Jang Hye-ock / Shim Eun-jung
1995	China Open	Ladies doubles	2	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1995	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1995	World Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1996	Olympia	Ladies doubles	2	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1996	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1997	Swiss Open	Ladies doubles	3	Jang Hye-ock / Kim Shin-young
1998	Swedish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Jang Hye-ock / Ra Kyung-min
1998	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Jang Hye-ock / Ra Kyung-min

Web links

• Jang Hye-ock in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Hye-ock is the first name.