Sung Han-kook


Sung Han-kook is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea.

Career

Sung won the men's singles title at the 1986 U.S. Open and earlier that year, he won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games as well as men's team gold. He was also a part of the team that finished as runner-up at the inaugural Sudirman Cup in 1989.
In 1989, Sung married two-time All England winner Kim Yun-ja. Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.
After retiring, Sung had a long career as a coach, both for Korean professional teams and for the national team. He became the head coach of the national team in December 2010 and held the post until he was dismissed in August 2012 following a match-throwing scandal at the London Olympics.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1986Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Yang Yang7–15, 14–17 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Malaysia Open Park Joo-bong Bobby Ertanto
Christian Hadinata
16–18, 15–12, 3–15 Runner-up
1988French Open Park Joo-bong Razif Sidek
Jalani Sidek
15–8, 12–15, 15–12 Winner

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1985Denmark Open Morten Frost4–15, 5–15 Runner-up