Lee Sam-seop

Lee Sam-seop
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1970-03-19) 19 March 1970
Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
HandednessRight
Men's singles WH1
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Mixed doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking1 (MS 30 April 2019)
1 (MD with Kim Jung-jun 25 June 2019)
3 (XD with Lee Sun-ae 1 January 2019)
Current ranking13 (MS) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing  South Korea
Paralympic Games
2020 Tokyo Men's singles
World Championships
2007 Bangkok Men's singles
2007 Bangkok Men's doubles
2009 Seoul Men's singles
2009 Seoul Men's doubles
2009 Seoul Mixed doubles
2011 Guatemala City Men's singles
2011 Guatemala City Men's doubles
2011 Guatemala City Mixed doubles
2013 Dortmund Men's singles
2015 Stoke Mandeville Men's singles
2015 Stoke Mandeville Men's doubles
2015 Stoke Mandeville Mixed doubles
2017 Ulsan Men's singles
2017 Ulsan Men's doubles
2005 Hsinchu Men's singles
2005 Hsinchu Men's doubles
2007 Bangkok Mixed doubles
2013 Dortmund Men's doubles
2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles
2017 Ulsan Mixed doubles
Asian Para Games
2010 Guangzhou Men's singles
2014 Incheon Men's doubles
2014 Incheon Men's singles
2014 Incheon Mixed doubles
2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Asian Championships
2012 Yeoju Men's doubles
2016 Beijing Men's singles
2016 Beijing Men's doubles
2012 Yeoju Men's singles
2012 Yeoju Mixed doubles
2016 Beijing Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Lee Sam-seop (Korean이삼섭; Hanja李三燮, born 19 March 1970) is a South Korean paralympic badminton player.[1][2] He participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the badminton competition, being awarded the silver medal in the men's singles WH1 event.[3]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Qu Zimo 6–21, 6r–11 Silver

World Championships

Men's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2005 Hsinchu Municipal Gymnasium, Hsinchu, Taiwan Thomas Wandschneider 0–2 Silver
2007 Gymnasium 1, Bangkok, Thailand Choi Jung-man 21–13, 21–11 Gold
2009 Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Lee Yong-ho 21–8, 21–12 Gold
2011 Coliseo Deportivo, Guatemala City, Guatemala Thomas Wandschneider 21–14, 21–11 Gold
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany Jakarin Homhual 21–10, 22–20 Gold
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England Thomas Wandschneider 21–9, 21–12 Gold
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea Qu Zimo 21–10, 21–9 Gold

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Hsinchu Municipal Gymnasium,
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Choi Jung-man Avni Kertmen
Thomas Wandschneider
0–2 Silver
2007 Gymnasium 1,
Bangkok, Thailand
Choi Jung-man Avni Kertmen
Thomas Wandschneider
21–17, 21–16 Gold
2009 Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Lee Yong-ho Hiroki Fujino
Mitsuyoshi Noine
21–7, 21–7 Gold
Osamu Nagashima
Tsutomu Shimada
21–16, 21–14
Avni Kertmen
David Toupé
19–21, 21–9, 21–8
Shalom Kalvansky
Shimon Shalom
21–5, 21–6
2011 Coliseo Deportivo, Guatemala City, Guatemala Shim Jae-yeol Amir Levi
Makbel Shefanya
21–18, 21–15 Gold
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Avni Kertmen David Toupé
Thomas Wandschneider
10–21, 16–21 Silver
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Stoke Mandeville, England
Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Jung-jun
Lee Dong-seop
21–17, 19–21, 26–14 Gold
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium,
Ulsan, South Korea
Kim Jung-jun Choi Jung-man
Kim Sung-hun
16–21, 21–10, 21–8 Gold

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Gymnasium 1,
Bangkok, Thailand
Lee Ae-kyung Choi Jung-man
Lee Mi-ok
21–18, 21–16, 18–21 Silver
2009 Olympic Fencing Gymnasium,
Seoul, South Korea
Lee Mi-ok Osamu Nagashima
Midori Shimada
21–14, 22–20 Gold
2011 Coliseo Deportivo,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Son Ok-cha David Toupé
Sonja Häsler
21–17, 21–16 Gold
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Son Ok-cha Jakarin Homhual
Sujirat Pookkham
15–21, 20–22 Silver
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Stoke Mandeville, England
Kim Yun-sim Jakarin Homhual
Amnouy Wetwithan
23–21, 21–17 Gold
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium,
Ulsan, South Korea
Lee Sun-ae Jakarin Homhual
Amnouy Wetwithan
14–21, 21–19, 18–21 Silver

Asian Para Games

Men's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Choi Jung-man 21–7, 22–24, 21–12 Gold
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Choi Jung-man 18–21, 21–18, 18–21 Silver

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
Kim Kyung-hoon Choi Jung-man
Kim Sung-hun
21–13, 20–22, 17–21 Silver
Osamu Nagashima
Seiji Yamami
21–12, 21–12
Trần Mai Anh
Trương Ngọc Bình
21–12, 21–16
Jakarin Homhual
Dumnern Junthong
21–13, 21–14
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium,
Hangzhou, China
Yu Soo-young Mai Jianpeng
Qu Zimo
9–21, 12–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea
Lee Sun-ae Jakarin Homhual
Amnouy Wetwithan
16–21, 15–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Men's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Yeoju Sports Center, Yeoju, South Korea Kim Jung-jun 21–10, 15–21, 11–21 Silver
2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China Lee Dong-seop 21–19, 21–19 Gold

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012[a] Yeoju Sports Center,
Yeoju, South Korea
Kim Jung-jun Fang Chih-tsung
Ong Yu-yu
21–6, 21–1 Gold
Osamu Nagashima
Tsutomu Shimada
21–9, 21–12
Jakarin Homhual
Chatchai Kornpeekanok
21–8, 21–12
2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities,
Beijing, China
Kim Jung-jun Kim Kyung-hoon
Lee Dong-seop
17–21, 16–21 Silver

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012[a] Yeo-ju Sports Center,
Yeoju, South Korea
Lee Mi-ok Kim Jung-jun
Son Ok-cha
15–21, 17–21 Silver
Hiroki Fujino
Midori Shimada
21–8, 21–5
Chatchai Kornpeekanok
Piyawan Thinjun
21–12, 21–15
Jakarin Homhual
Sujirat Pookkham
18–21, 21–13, 21–16
2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities,
Beijing, China
Kim Yun-sim Lee Dong-seop
Lee Sun-ae
12–21, 19–21 Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (1 title, 2 runner-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[4][5]

Men's singles WH1

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2024 Spanish Para-Badminton International Level 1 Choi Jung-man 12–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Canada Para-Badminton International Level 1 Kim Kyung-hoon Jeong Jae-gun
Kim Jung-jun
22–20, 11–21, 21–18 Winner
2024 Indonesia Para-Badminton International Level 2 Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Jung-jun
Ryu Dong-hyun
20–22, 21–17, 20–22 Runner-up

International tournaments (2011–2021) (21 titles, 12 runners-up)

Men's singles WH1

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Spanish Para-Badminton International Choi Jung-man 21–15, 21–19 Winner
2013 Spanish Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun 19–21, 21–18, 16–21 Runner-up
2014 England Para-Badminton Championships Jakarin Homhual 21–16, 21–8 Winner
2015 China Para-Badminton International Jeong Jae-gun 16–21, 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Thomas Wandschneider 21–15, 21–15 Winner
2017 Spanish Para-Badminton International Choi Jung-man 13–21, 21–18, 11–21 Winner
2017 Irish Para-Badminton International David Toupé 11–2 retired Winner
2017 USA Para-Badminton International Lee Dong-seop 21–16, 21–23, 11–21 Runner-up
2018 Spanish Para-Badminton International Choi Jung-man 17–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2018 Japan Para-Badminton International Jeong Jae-gun 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2019 Irish Para-Badminton International Jeong Jae-gun 21–19, 17–21, 21–17 Winner
2019 Thailand Para-Badminton International Lee Dong-seop 16–21, 21–17, 21–17 Winner
2020 Brazil Para-Badminton International Jeong Jae-gun 23–21, 21–17 Winner
2020 Peru Para-Badminton International Lee Dong-seop 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Spanish Para-Badminton International Choi Jung-man Avni Kertmen
Thomas Wandschneider
21–13, 21–17 Winner
2013[a] Spanish Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Sébastien Martin
Seiji Yamami
21–9, 21–8 Winner
Javier Fernández
Roberto Galdos
21–11, 21–8
David Toupé
Thomas Wandschneider
21–11, 21–14
2014 England Para Badminton Championships Kim Jung-jun Chan Ho Yuen
Jakarin Homhual
21–15, 21–8 Winner
2015 China Para-Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Chan Ho Yuen
David Toupé
21–10, 21–14 Winner
2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun David Toupé
Thomas Wandschneider
21–14, 21–9 Winner
2017 Spanish Para-Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Choi Jung-man
Kim Jung-jun
14–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017 Thailand Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Kim Kyung-hoon
Lee Dong-seop
21–16, 21–12 Winner
2017 Irish Para-Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Chan Ho Yuen
Thomas Wandschneider
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2017 Japan Para-Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Choi Jung-man
Kim Jung-jun
16–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2017 USA Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Chan Ho Yuen
Osamu Nagashima
21–11, 21–16 Winner
2018 Spanish Para-Badminton International Jeong Jae-gun Choi Jung-man
Kim Jung-jun
21–16, 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2018 Japan Para-Badminton International Jeong Jae-gun Kim Sung-hun
David Toupé
17–21, 22–20, 13–21 Runner-up
2019 Turkish Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Mai Jianpeng
Qu Zimo
11–21, 21–18, 14–21 Runner-up
2019 Irish Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Chatchai Kornpeekanok
Aphichat Sumpradit
21–13, 21–6 Winner
2019 Thailand Para-Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Jeong Jae-gun
Kim Kyung-hoon
19–21, 21–11, 24–22 Winner
2021 Spanish Para-Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Jung-jun
Lee Dong-seop
12–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Chan Ho Yuen
Nina Gorodetzky
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2017 Thailand Para-Badminton International Lee Sun-ae Lee Dong-seop
Kim Yun-sim
21–15, 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2018 Japan Para-Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Hiroshi Murayama
Rie Ogura
19–21, 21–14, 21–15 Winner

Notes

  1. ^ a b c This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

  1. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (10 May 2021). "Spanish Para Badminton International offers last qualifying chance for sport's Paralympic debut in Tokyo". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: full medal table". The Guardian. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
  5. ^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.