Kong Hee-yong

Kong Hee-yong
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1996-12-11) 11 December 1996 (age 27)
Daejeon, South Korea
ResidenceJincheon, South Korea
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD with Kim So-yeong 4 October 2022)
91 (XD with Chung Eui-seok 17 December 2015)
Current ranking9 (WD with Kim So-yeong 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Huelva Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Copenhagen Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Chengdu Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Manila Women's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Kong Hee-yong (Korean공희용; born 11 December 1996) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships.[2] In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the silver medals in the mixed team and doubles event.[3] She also play for the Jeonbuk Bank at the national event, and at the 2017 Japan Open, she became the runner-up in the women's doubles event partnered with Kim Ha-na.[4] Together with Kim So-yeong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year.[5]

  1. ^ "Players: Hee Yong Kong". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ "亞青羽賽》韓系笑星甜姐 孔熙容個雖小拚勁強" (in Chinese). LTSports. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. ^ "[아시아주니어대회] 혼합단체전 2위, 개인전 남복, 혼복 2위 차지!" (in Korean). 배드민턴데일리. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. ^ "배드민턴 여자복식 김하나-공희용, 일본오픈 준우승" (in Korean). MBC. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Momota, Huang are BWF Players of the Year". Badminton World Federation. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.