Kim Jae-hwan (badminton)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Jae-hwan (Korean: 김재환; born 13 August 1996) is a South Korean badminton player.^[1] He graduated from the Jeonju Life Science High School, and now educated at the Wonkwang University.^[2] In his junior career, he had collected a gold and two bronzes at the World Junior Championships, and also three silvers and a bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, he won the men's doubles title with his partnered Choi Sol-gyu at the World University Championships in Russia.^[3] At the same year, he won the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament at the Korea Masters in the men's doubles event with Ko Sung-hyun.^[4] In 2017, he competed at the Taipei Summer Universiade and won the men's doubles gold together with Seo Seung-jae.^[5]

Kim Jae-hwan
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28) Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Residence	Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	38 (MD 18 February 2020) 46 (XD 16 November 2017)
Current ranking	48 (MD 22 February 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  South Korea Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team 2022 Selangor Men's team Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Men's doubles World Junior Championships 2013 Bangkok Mixed team 2012 Chiba Mixed team 2014 Alor Setar Boys' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team 2014 Taipei Boys' doubles 2014 Taipei Mixed team 2014 Taipei Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Kim Jae-hwan
Hangul	김재환
Hanja	金宰煥
Revised Romanization	Kim Jae-hwan
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chae-hwan

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Seo Seung-jae	Katsuki Tamate Kenya Mitsuhashi	21–12, 21–19	Gold

World University Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy", Ramenskoe, Russia	Choi Sol-gyu	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	19–21, 21–14, 21–17	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Kim Jung-ho	Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh	14–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Jung-ho	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	16–21, 14–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Hye-jeong	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen	9–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korea Masters	Ko Sung-hyun	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	21–19, 21–18	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Osaka International	Kang Min-hyuk	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Vietnam International	Kang Min-hyuk	Kenas Adi Haryanto Rian Agung Saputro	19–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Mongolia International	Kang Min-hyuk	Kim Won-ho Park Kyung-hoon	21–14, 27–29, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia International	Kang Min-hyuk	Muhammad Fachrikar Amri Syahnawi	21–17, 11–21, 21–15	Winner
2022	Italian International	Yoon Dae-il	Su Ching-heng Ye Hong-wei	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2023 (II)	Indonesia International	Ki Dong-ju	Kenya Mitsuhashi Hiroki Okamura	22–20, 16–21, 8–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament