Choi Sol-gyu

Choi Sol-gyu (Korean최솔규; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.[2]

Choi Sol-gyu
최솔규
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995 (age 28)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking7 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 19 November 2019)
11 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung, 21 September 2017)
Current ranking40 (MD with Kim Won-ho 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tianjin Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile
Choi Sol-gyu
Hangul
최솔규
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChoi Sol-gyu
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Sol-kyu
Choi Sol-gyu and Seo Seung-jae against Malaysian pair in the final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

Career

Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup,[3] and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013.[4]

Choi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Seo Seung-jae. His pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage.[5]

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Kim Won-ho Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
18–21, 16–21 Silver

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China
Chae Yoo-jung Xu Chen
Ma Jin
10–21, 15–21 Bronze

World University Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",
Ramenskoe, Russia
Kim Jae-hwan Lee Jhe-huei
Lee Yang
19–21, 21–14, 21–17 Gold

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan
Chae Yoo-jung Alfian Eko Prasetya
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
18–21, 13–21 Bronze
2013Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen
13–21, 11–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Chae Yoo-jung Liu Yuchen
Huang Dongping
21–11, 19–21, 21–13 Gold
2013Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Chae Yoo-jung Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
17–21, 25–23, 23–21 Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Korea MastersSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Po Li-wei
Wang Chi-lin
21–12, 17–21, 21–18 Winner
2019Chinese Taipei OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
19–21, 21–15, 21–23 Runner-up
2019Vietnam OpenSuper 100 Seo Seung-jae Na Sung-seung
Wang Chan
18–21, 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2019Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Seo Seung-jae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
13–21, 21–12, 21–13 Winner
2019Syed Modi InternationalSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae He Jiting
Tan Qiang
18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2022Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Kim Won-ho Liu Yuchen
Ou Xuanyi
17–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2023German OpenSuper 300 Kim Won-ho Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae
21–19, 18–21, 21–19 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Korea MastersSuper 300 Shin Seung-chan Ko Sung-hyun
Eom Hye-won
12–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Macau Open Chae Yoo-jung Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Liao Min-chun
Chen Hsiao-huan
22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner
2014Korea Grand Prix Shin Seung-chan Shin Baek-cheol
Chang Ye-na
Walkover Winner
2015Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang
Huang Dongping
19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015Thailand Open Eom Hye-won Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner
2015Macau Open Eom Hye-won Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung
18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015U.S. Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels
21–12, 21–14 Winner
2015Mexico City Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2017Canada Open Chae Yoo-jung Kim Won-ho
Shin Seung-chan
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017Korea Masters Chae Yoo-jung Seo Seung-jae
Kim Ha-na
21–17, 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Norwegian International Seo Seung-jae Mads Emil Christensen
Kristoffer Knudsen
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2018Irish Open Seo Seung-jae Jack MacGregor
Ciar Pringle
21–17, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Romanian International Kim Hye-rin Ramazan Öztürk
Neslihan Kılıç
21–16, 21–13 Winner
2014Osaka International Chae Yoo-jung Muhammad Rijal
Vita Marissa
18–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Thailand International Chae Yoo-jung Tan Chee Tean
Shevon Jemie Lai
18–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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