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| Birth name | Heo Kwang-hee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1995 Daejeon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 28 (16 November 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 37 (31 January 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Heo Kwang-hee (Korean: 허광희; born 11 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who was educated at the Dankook University. He was selected to join the national team in 2012, and joined the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team in 2014.[1] Heo was the bronze medalists at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the boys' singles and team event,[2] and Asian Junior Championships in the team event.[3] Heo later won the boys' singles and mixed team gold medals at the 2013 World Junior Championships,[4][5] and the mixed team silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships.[6] In the senior level tournament, Heo was the semi-finalists at the 2017 U.S. and 2018 New Zealand Open.[7][8] He competed at the 2018 Asian Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, is best known for upsetting top-seeded Kento Momota in the group stage of the latter tournament.[9]
