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Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Busan, South Korea | 20 June 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Park Tae-sang ( Korean: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a retired South Korean professional badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with South Korea national team.
Park Tae-sang | |
Hangul | 박태상 |
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Hanja | 朴泰相 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Tae-sang |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak T'ae-sang |
Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China [1] in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.
Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018. [2] Park joined the India national team in 2019 until 2023 where he coached P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, [3] [4] and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. [2]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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13–15, 2–15 |
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The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | Korea Open |
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12–15, 15–17 | ![]() |
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Australian Open |
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15–21, 16–21 | ![]() |
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2002 | Malaysia Satellite |
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15–5, 12–15, 15–1 | ![]() |