Choi Sol-gyu

Choi Sol-gyu
Hangul	최솔규
Hanja	催率圭
Revised Romanization	Choi Sol-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sol-kyu

Choi Sol-gyu
최솔규
Choi Sol-gyu; 최솔규
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	5 August 1995 (age 29); Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	7 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 19 November 2019); 11 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung, 21 September 2017)
Current ranking	40 (MD with Kim Won-ho 16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Asia Team Championships
East Asian Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Choi Sol-gyu (Korean: 최솔규; 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 (4 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

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

^ "Players: SolGyu Choi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "2011 Surabaya Cup Results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Malaysia International Youth - Choi Sol-gyu results". Tournament Software. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

CHoi Solgyu at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
Choi Solgyu at BWFBadminton.com

[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.

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