Eom Hye-won

Eom Hye-won (Korean: 엄혜원; born 8 September 1991) is a South Korean badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] She became a national representative since 2004, and was selected to join the national team in 2008. As a member of the Korea National Sport University team, she was awarded as the best player by the Badminton Korea Association in 2011.[2]

Eom Hye-won
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD 19 September 2013)
12 (XD 29 September 2016)
Current ranking110 (WD with Kim Bo-ryeong),
16 (XD with Ko Sung-hyun) (29 November 2022)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Guangzhou Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Guangzhou Mixed doubles
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wuhan Women's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Qingdao Mixed doubles
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Women's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Pune Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Pune Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile
Eom Hye-won
Hangul
엄혜원
Hanja
嚴惠媛
Revised RomanizationEom Hyewon
McCune–ReischauerŎm Hyewŏn

Career

In 2008, she won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Kim Gi-jung.[3] She came to international prominence playing women's doubles with Jang Ye-na, with whom she reached the finals of the 2013 BWF World Championships, but Badminton Korea Association decided to let her concentrate on playing mixed doubles for the subsequent Asian Games, in Incheon, Korea.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China
South Korea Jang Ye-na China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang
14–21, 21–18, 8–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol China Xu Chen
China Ma Jin
15–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China
South Korea Kang Ji-wook China Xu Chen
China Ma Jin
14–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Gymnasium of SZIIT,
Shenzhen, China
South Korea Chang Ye-na Chinese Taipei Cheng Shao-chieh
Chinese Taipei Pai Hsiao-ma
21–11, 21–14 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Gymnasium of SZIIT,
Shenzhen, China
South Korea Shin Baek-choel Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Pei-chen
15–21, 21–11, 21–19 Gold Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall,
Pune, India
South Korea Kim Gi-jung China Chai Biao
China Xie Jing
13–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
South Korea Kim Gi-jung China Zhang Nan
China Lu Lu
21–14, 15–21, 22–24 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Ko Sung-hyun South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–12, 15–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Canada Open Super 100 South Korea Ko Sung-hyun China Guo Xinwa
China Zhang Shuxian
21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Japan Kyohei Yamashita
Japan Naru Shinoya
21–10, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Korea Open Super 500 South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Malaysia Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Lai Pei Jing
15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[7] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Singapore Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir
12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 China Masters South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong China Zhang Nan
China Zhao Yunlei
18–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 China Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong China Zhang Nan
China Zhao Yunlei
25–23, 14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (7 titles, 7 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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Kim Ha-na South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
South Korea Yoo Hyun-young
16–21, 21–18, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Macau Open South Korea Jang Ye-na South Korea Jung Kyung-eun
South Korea Kim Ha-na
4–8 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Jang Ye-na Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei
21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold South Korea Jang Ye-na Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi
12–21,21–12, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Macau Open South Korea Jang Ye-na South Korea Choi Hye-in
South Korea Kim So-young
21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Jang Ye-na South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Choi Young-woo South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
South Korea Kim Min-jung
15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Indonesia Tantowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir
24–22, 16–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Shin Baek-choel South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
South Korea Jang Ye-na
11–21, 21–18, 25–23 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Jang Ye-na
20–22, 21–12, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Thailand Open South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Indonesia Praveen Jordan
Indonesia Debby Susanto
21–19, 17–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Macau Open South Korea Choi Sol-gyu South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
18–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Birgit Michels
21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying
14–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Osaka International South Korea Kim Duk-young China Liu Yuchen
China Huang Dongping
21–17, 16–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Italian International South Korea Kim Sa-rang Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia Ekaterina Bolotova
12–21, 21–18, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Eom Hye Won". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. "엄혜원, 대한배드민턴협회 2011 최우수선수 선정" (in Korean). 배드민턴타임즈. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "India, Singapore create history in BWF Junior Championships 2008". en.olympic.cn. Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  7. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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