Young-Chin Mi

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Young-Chin Mi
Parabadminton

Personal information
Type of disability (class): WH1
Nationality: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: June 6, 1979
Place of birth: Dortmund
Society: RBG Dortmund
Medals
 

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

  1. ↑ a b Young-Chin Mi. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Peter Middel: Young-Chin Mi found new courage to live. In: Westfälische Rundschau . April 13, 2010, accessed February 8, 2020 .
  3. ^ Wilhelm Seibert: Two bronze medals at the Para Badminton World Cup. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. November 28, 2017, accessed February 8, 2020 .
  4. ^ Para Badminton EM: Five EM titles and ten other medals. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. November 5, 2018, accessed February 8, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Silver and bronze at the Tokyo dress rehearsal. In: teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. August 26, 2019, accessed February 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wed, Young-Chin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund