Sung Han-kook (; born November 19, 1963) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea.
Career Sung won the men's singles title at the 1986 U.S. Open and earlier that year, he won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games as well as men's team gold. He was also a part of the team that finished as runner-up at the inaugural Sudirman Cup in 1989.
In 1989, Sung married two-time All England winner Kim Yun-ja. Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.
After retiring, Sung had a long career as a coach, both for Korean professional teams and for the national team. He became the head coach of the national team in December 2010 and held the post until he was dismissed in August 2012 following a match-throwing scandal at the London Olympics.
Achievements Asian Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1986 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Yang Yang 7–15, 14–17 Bronze
Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1983 Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India Yoo Byung-hwan He Shangquan Jiang Guoliang 15–18, 4–15 Silver
IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result1983Malaysia Open Park Joo-bong Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata10–15, 5–15 Runner-up1988French Open Park Joo-bong Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek15–8, 12–15, 15–12 Winner
Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result1985Denmark Open Morten Frost4–15, 5–15 Runner-up
IBF International Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result1986U.S. Open Mike Butler15–3, 15–9 Winner
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1989 Hungarian International Shon Jin-hwan Andrey Antropov Sergey Sevryukov 15–11, 15–11 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1989 Hungarian International Chung Myung-hee Shon Jin-hwan Chung So-young 9–15, 15–10, 15–4 Winner
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