Hwang Sun-ai

Hwang Sun-ai
Medal record
Women's badminton
Competitor for  South Korea
World Championships
1985 Calgary Doubles
Asian Games
1982 New Delhi Doubles
1982 New Delhi Team

Hwang Sun-ai (Hangul: 황선애, Hanja: 黄善愛) (born 1962 in Daejeon) is a retired female badminton player from South Korea.

Career

Hwang gained international attention in 1981 when she swept four championships including All England Open in the early season. In the final of the women's singles at the 1981 All England Open Badminton Championships, she easily defeated two-time All England champion Lene Køppen of Denmark, allowing only three points. In June, Hwang was ranked number 1 in the world by Badminton World Federation.

Hwang began the 1982 season in a slump due to a waist injury that she got at the end of the 1981 season, winning only one bronze medal in women's singles; at Japan Open. However, she won her first international doubles gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games, with partner Kang Haeng-suk.

In 1983 Hwang continued to suffer the injury that seriously hampered the pace of her training. She was finally omitted from the South Korean national team and only played in South Korea's collegiate competitions.

In March 1985 Hwang was called up to the national team again but mainly played in international competitions as a doubles player. In June 1985 She won the bronze medal at the World Championships in women's doubles with Kang Haeng-suk.

Hwang withdrew the match due to the injury in women's doubles at the Scandinavian Open in March 1986 and damaged her waist again at the Uber Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia in April 1986 and was permanently left out of the national team squad. She retired from playing badminton for good next year.

Titles

Singles

Outcome Event Year Venue Opponent in the final Score in the final
All England Open
1 Singles 1981 England London, England Denmark Lene Køppen 11-1, 11-2
Other Open Tournaments
1 Singles 1981 Sweden Swedish Open Indonesia Ivana Lie 11-2, 11-8
1 Singles 1981 Japan Japan Open Japan Atsuko Tokuda 11-3, 11-5
1 Singles 1981 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open England Jane Webster

Doubles

Outcome Event Year Venue Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
World Championships
3 WD 1985 Canada Calgary, Canada South Korea Kang Haeng-suk
Asian Games
1 WD 1982 India New Delhi, India South Korea Kang Haeng-suk South Korea Kim & Yoo 18-13, 7-15, 15-7
Other Open Tournaments
1 WD 1985 India India Open South Korea Kang Haeng-suk England Clark & Gowers 15-7, 15-9

References

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