Kang Min-hyuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea | 17 February 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Suwon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 2 (with Seo Seung-jae, 20 February 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 5 (with Seo Seung-jae, 27 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Kang Min-hyuk (Korean: 강민혁; RR: Gang Min-hyeok; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.[1] He is the reigning men's doubles World Champions with his partner Seo Seung-jae.[2] Educated at Maewon High School , Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian Championships and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.[3] He has joined the South Korea national badminton team since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the silver medal in 2023. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of 2017 Asian Junior Championships mixed team champion as well.[4]