Kang Kyung-jin
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Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-03-24) 24 March 1973 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Left[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's & mixed doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kang Kyung-jin (Korean: 강경진; Hanja: 姜京珍; born 24 March 1973[3]) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea. He was the men's doubles champion at the 1997 All England Open and 1998 Asian Championships. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4]
Early life
The left-handler Kang Kyung-jin, began to play badminton when he was in the third grade of Dongdaegu Elementary School, recognized by his teacher who is also a badminton coach in a club. In the beginning, he wanted to be a baseball player, following his father, who was also a baseball player.[2]
Career
As a player, Kang was best known for winning the 1997 All England Open men's doubles title with Ha Tae-kwon. In the same year, Kang and Ha also won major titles at the Swedish Open and the Korea Open and the following year, they won the Badminton Asia Championships. In the 1994 Asian Games, he won two silver medals, in mixed doubles and in the men's team event.
Coach
Kang graduated from Inha University, and after that he started his career as a coach in Gangnam-gu office team. He later was selected to join the national team as men's doubles coach in 2003, and took part at the Summer Olympics from 2004–2016, with his best achievements was managed to lead Ha Tae-kwon and Kim Dong-moon to win a gold medal in 2004.[2] He spent one year as the head coach of the national junior team, and then Kang was named as the head coach of the senior national team in December 2016, with his term to run from 1 January 2017 to 30 October 2018.[5] Following the Korean team's disappointing results at the 2018 Asian Games, Kang with some of Korean coaching staff were fired by the Badminton Korea Association (BKA). In September 2019, he was hired to join Chinese national team coaching staff, and made history in China badminton as the first foreign coach on their team.[6]
Personal life
Kang wife, Park Soo-yun, is also a former badminton player.[7]
Achievements
World Championships
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1991 | Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–15, 17–15, 7–15 | ![]() |
Asian Games
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1994 | Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 10–15, 12–15 | ![]() |
Asian Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1996 | Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 8–15, 17–15, 11–15 | ![]() |
1998 | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 12–15, 15–11, 15–13 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1996 | Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–15, 6–15 | ![]() |
Asian Cup
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1996 | Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–15, 8–15 | ![]() |
East Asian Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1993 | Shanghai, China | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–15, 15–6, 7–15 | ![]() |
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1995 | Swedish Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–15, 9–15 | ![]() |
1995 | Canadian Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 12–15, 15–6, 15–8 | ![]() |
1995 | Hong Kong Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 17–15, 12–15, 15–3 | ![]() |
1996 | Thailand Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 11–15, 15–10, 12–15 | ![]() |
1997 | Korea Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–15, 15–3, 15–5 | ![]() |
1997 | Swedish Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–3, 15–11 | ![]() |
1997 | All England Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–11, 17–16 | ![]() |
2001 | U.S. Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–0, 7–3, 7–3 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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1995 | Canadian Open | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–15, 8–15 | ![]() |
IBF International
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2005 | Canadian International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–12, 15–13 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2005 | Canadian International | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 15–12, 15–13 | ![]() |
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gang Gyeong-Jin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "강경진 국가대표 감독과 지도자 선발". www.ibadmintonnews.com (in Korean). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "BKA tournament personnel data". Badminton Korea Association. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Kang Kyung-jin". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Choi, In-young (29 December 2016). "National Badminton Team: New Start with Kang Kyung-jin as Head Coach". Yonhap. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Hearn, Don (2 September 2019). "Historic change for Team China announced in Korean media". www.badzine.net. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "왜 힘들게 국가대표 코치를 하냐구요? 강경진 코치 인터뷰". badmintonkorea.co.kr (in Korean). 27 April 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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