Young-Chin Mi
Young-Chin Mi |
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Type of disability (class): | WH1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Birthday: | June 6, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||||
Society: | RBG Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||||
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Young-Chin Mi (born June 6, 1979 in Dortmund ) is a German badminton player for RBG Dortmund . He is paraplegic and starts in Parabadminton in the starting class WH1, both in singles, doubles and mixed.
Life
Young-Chin Mi suffered paraplegia in a traffic accident in southern France in 2005. As a result, he had to break off his training as a physiotherapist and is aiming for the profession of social worker. Even before the accident, he was active in soccer, Hapkido , swimming and jogging. After researching the Internet, he came to the RBG Dortmund, where he has been playing parabadminton since 2008 .
In 2017, Mi started singles at the Badminton World Cup for the disabled in Ulsan, South Korea, and reached the quarter-finals. At the European Badminton Championships for the disabled in Rodez in 2018, he finished third in singles, doubles with Rick Hellmann and mixed with his partner Valeska Knoblauch . In August 2019, Mi was able to fight for the bronze medal in mixed with Vanessa Knoblauch at the World Championships in Basel . He reached the quarterfinals in singles and doubles. He is aiming to take part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics , which will feature badminton competitions for the first time.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Young-Chin Mi. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Peter Middel: Young-Chin Mi found new courage to live. In: Westfälische Rundschau . April 13, 2010, accessed February 8, 2020 .
- ^ Wilhelm Seibert: Two bronze medals at the Para Badminton World Cup. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. November 28, 2017, accessed February 8, 2020 .
- ^ Para Badminton EM: Five EM titles and ten other medals. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. November 5, 2018, accessed February 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Silver and bronze at the Tokyo dress rehearsal. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. August 26, 2019, accessed February 8, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Wed, Young-Chin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German badminton player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |