Park Tae-sang
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Park Tae-sang (Template:Korean; born June 20, 1979) is a South Korean coach and former badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with the South Korean national team and now coaches the Indian junior national team at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, India.
Career
2004
Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.
Coaching career
Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018.<ref name="coach1">Template:Cite web</ref> Park joined the India national team in 2019 where he coached P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.<ref name="coach1"/> He is currently based in Guwahati and trains the junior badminton players.
Achievements
Asian Championships
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Template:Flagicon Sony Dwi Kuncoro | 13–15, 2–15 | Bronze Bronze |
IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Korea Open | Template:Flagicon Kenneth Jonassen | 12–15, 15–17 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Australian Open | Template:Flagicon Kang Woo-kyum | Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Endo Template:Flagicon Kenichi Hayakawa |
15–21, 16–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
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IBF International
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Malaysia Satellite | Template:Flagicon Ramesh Nathan | 15–5, 12–15, 15–1 | Template:Gold1 Winner |
References
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Badminton players from Busan
- South Korean male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for South Korea
- Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games badminton players for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- South Korean badminton coaches
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in India
- Asian Games gold medalists in badminton