Kim So-yeong (Korean: 김소영; born 9 July 1992) is a South Korean badminton player. Kim, who attended the University of Incheon, was the triple crowns at the 2013 Summer Universiade, by winning the gold medals in the women's doubles, mixed doubles and team event. She competed at the 2014 Asian Games, clinched the silver medal in the women's team event. Together with Kong Hee-yong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year.
Achievements
Olympic Games
Women's doubles
World Championships
Women's doubles
Asian Games
Women's doubles
Asian Championships
Women's doubles
Summer Universiade
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF World Tour (11 titles, 7 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 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.
Women's doubles
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)
Women's doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
External links
- Kim So Yeong at BWFBadminton.com
- Kim So Yeong at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
- Kim So-Yeong at Olympedia
- Kim Soyeong at Olympics.com
- Official page on Instagram
