Lee Jae-jin
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| Lee Jae-jin | |
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | 이재진 |
| Born | January 26, 1983  Miryang, South Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Country | South Korea |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's Doubles | |
| Current Ranking | 11 (September 25, 2008) |
| BWF Profile | |
| Lee Jae-jin | |
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| Hangul | 이재진 |
| Hanja | 李在珍 |
| Revised Romanization | I Jaejin |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Chaejin |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Competitor for South Korea |
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| Men's badminton | ||
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Doubles |
- For the entertainer see Lee Jae Jin
Lee Jae-jin is a male badminton player from South Korea.
[edit] 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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