Lee Jae-jin (badminton)

Lee Jae-jin
Personal information
Birth name 이재진
Country  South Korea
Born (1983-01-26) January 26, 1983
South Korea Miryang, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Years active 1999 - present
Handedness Right
Men's Doubles
Current ranking 11 (September 25, 2008)
BWF profile
Lee Jae-jin
Hangul 이재진
Hanja 李在珍
Revised Romanization I Jaejin
McCune–Reischauer I Chaejin
Olympic medal record
Competitor for  South Korea
Men's badminton
2008 Beijing Doubles

Lee Jae-jin (born January 26, 1983) is a male badminton player from South Korea.

Career

Lee played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Hwang Ji-man. They were seeded 10 and were defeated in the third round by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 21-17, 21-16.

In Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Lee and his partner Hwang won their first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in the first round, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but defeated by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the semifinal. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Lee and Hwang subdued Danish Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.

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