Jeong Na-eun
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| Country | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 2000 Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 3 (WD with Kim Hye-jeong, 27 December 2022) 4 (XD with Kim Won-ho, 19 November 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 10 (WD with Kim Hye-jeong) 4 (XD with Kim Won-ho) (19 November 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jeong Na-eun (Korean: 정나은; born 27 June 2000) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Hwasun County team.[1] She was the silver medalist in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] She was part of Korean winning team in the 2022 Uber Cup and 2022 Asian Games.[3][4] Jeong reached a career-high as world number 3 in women's doubles with Kim Hye-jeong, and number 4 in mixed doubles with Kim Won-ho.
In her junior, Jeong won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships and a silver at the Asian Junior Championships with her partner Wang Chan.[5]
Career
[edit]Partnered with Kim Hye-jeong, they reached the finals of the Indonesia Masters in 2021 but lost to Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan.
In 2022, they were semi-finalists at the All England Open. Months later, they would go onto win the Korea Open by beating Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard with a score of 21–16, 21–12.[6] She was part of the South Korean team that won gold in the 2022 Uber Cup.[3]
Achievements
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France |  Kim Won-ho
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 Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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8–21, 11–21 |  Silver
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BWF World Junior Championships
[edit]Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada |
Wang Chan
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 Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
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18–21, 18–21 |  Bronze
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Asian Junior Championships
[edit]Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia |
Wang Chan
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Guo Xinwa Liu Xuanxuan
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21–15, 19–21, 15–21 |  Silver
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BWF World Tour (5 titles, 5 runners-up)
[edit]The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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.[8]
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Indonesia Masters | Super 750 | Kim Hye-jeong
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 Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida
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9–21, 11–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2022 | Korea Open | Super 500 | Kim Hye-jeong
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 Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard
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21–16, 21–12 |  Winner
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| 2022 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Kim Hye-jeong
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Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim
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23–21, 28–26 | Winner
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| 2023 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Kim Hye-jeong
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Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato
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21–12, 21–19 | Winner
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| 2024 | Korea Open | Super 500 | Kim Hye-jeong
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 Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan
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21–12, 21–11 | Winner
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Australian Open | Super 300 | Kim Won-ho
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Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung
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9–21, 17–21 | Runner-up
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| 2023 | German Open | Super 300 | Kim Won-ho
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Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
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4–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2023 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | Kim Won-ho
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Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
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11–21, 21–19, 22–20 | Winner
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| 2024 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Kim Won-ho
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Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
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18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2024 | German Open | Super 300 | Kim Won-ho
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 Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet
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13–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
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BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Mongolia International | Jang Eun-seo
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 Shinta Mulia Sari Crystal Wong
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21–15, 19–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Osaka International | Kim Won-ho
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Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian
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21–17, 21–15 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Jeong Na Eun | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (2 August 2024). "(Olympics) Kim Won-ho, Jeong Na-eun win silver in badminton mixed doubles". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ a b Palar, Sanjeev (23 May 2022). "Badminton BWF Uber Cup Final 2022 - South Korea beat China 3-2, re-live all the action as it happened". Olympics. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Jeong Naeun". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "왕찬-정나은 조, 아시아주니어배드민턴 준우승" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ 김, 동언 (11 April 2022). "화순군청 배드민턴부 정나은, 코리아오픈 여자복식 우승" (in Korean). Pressian. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Jeong Na-eun at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Jeong Na-eun at BWFBadminton.com
- Jeong Na-eun at Olympics.com
- Jeong Na-eun at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 24 December 2024 | |
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Seoul
- Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province
- South Korean female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for South Korea
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- 21st-century South Korean sportswomen