Park Tae-sang
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1979-06-20) 20 June 1979 (age 44)
Busan, South Korea
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
EventMen's singles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team
BWF profile

Park Tae-sang (Hangul: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a retired South Korean professional badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with South Korea national team.

Park Tae-sang
Hangul
박태상
Hanja
朴泰相
Revised RomanizationBak Tae-sang
McCune–ReischauerPak T'ae-sang

Career

2004

Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China[1] in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.

Coaching career

Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018.[2] Park joined the India national team in 2019 until 2023 where he coached P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,[3][4] and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.[2]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2004 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro 13–15, 2–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2003 Korea Open Denmark Kenneth Jonassen 12–15, 15–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Australian Open South Korea Kang Woo-kyum Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa 		15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2002 Malaysia Satellite Malaysia Ramesh Nathan 15–5, 12–15, 15–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

  1. ^ "Bao Chunlai disqualified from men's badminton quarterfinals". People's Daily. August 18, 2004.
  2. ^ a b Venkat, Rahul (22 September 2022). "Who is Park Tae-Sang?". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ "[올림픽] 인도 영웅의 스승 박태상 코치 "인도 새역사…눈물 난다"". 매일경제. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ Bhasin, Swati, ed. (4 August 2021). ""Every Indian Knows You": Minister Kiren Rijiju Thanks PV Sindhu's Coach". NDTV. Retrieved 2021-08-05.

External links

Asian Games badminton men's team champions
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