Choi Sol-gyu

Choi Sol-gyu
최솔규
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995
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)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Men's team
2018 Alor Setar Men's team
East Asian Games
2013 Tianjin Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
2013 Bangkok Mixed team
2011 Taipei Mixed team
2011 Taipei Mixed doubles
2012 Chiba Mixed team
2013 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Mixed doubles
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed doubles
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile
Choi Sol-gyu
Hangul
최솔규
Hanja
催率圭
RRChoe Solgyu
MRCh'oe Solgyu

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]

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

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Kim Won-ho Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
18–21, 16–21 Silver

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China
Chae Yoo-jung Xu Chen
Ma Jin
10–21, 15–21 Bronze

World University Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",
Ramenskoe, Russia
Kim Jae-hwan Lee Jhe-huei
Lee Yang
19–21, 21–14, 21–17 Gold

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

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

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Chae Yoo-jung Liu Yuchen
Huang Dongping
21–11, 19–21, 21–13 Gold
2013 Likas 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

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Macau Open Chae Yoo-jung Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013 Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Liao Min-chun
Chen Hsiao-huan
22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner
2014 Korea Grand Prix Shin Seung-chan Shin Baek-cheol
Chang Ye-na
Walkover Winner
2015 Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang
Huang Dongping
19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015 Thailand Open Eom Hye-won Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner
2015 Macau Open Eom Hye-won Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung
18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels
21–12, 21–14 Winner
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2017 Canada Open Chae Yoo-jung Kim Won-ho
Shin Seung-chan
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 Korea 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 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Norwegian International Seo Seung-jae Mads Emil Christensen
Kristoffer Knudsen
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2018 Irish Open Seo Seung-jae Jack MacGregor
Ciar Pringle
21–17, 21–12 Winner
2024 Thailand International Lim Su-min Thanawin Madee
Wachirawit Sothon
17–21, 21–18, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Romanian International Kim Hye-rin Ramazan Öztürk
Neslihan Kılıç
21–16, 21–13 Winner
2014 Osaka International Chae Yoo-jung Muhammad Rijal
Vita Marissa
18–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Thailand 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

References

  1. ^ "Players: SolGyu Choi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ "2011 Surabaya Cup Results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Malaysia International Youth - Choi Sol-gyu results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Badminton - CHOI Solgyu". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.