Son Wan-ho

Son Wan-ho
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 Changwon
Residence	Gyeongsangnam-do
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	143 lb (65 kg)
Years active	8
Handedness	Right
Coach	Shon Seung-Mo
Men's singles
Career record	231 wins, 130 losses
Career title(s)	5
Highest ranking	4 (5 March 2015)
Current ranking	5 (5 November 2016 2016)
BWF profile
Updated on 4 Aug 2016.

Son Wan-ho (Hangul: 손완호) (born 17 May 1988, in Changwon^[1]) is a South Korean badminton player. He competed in the singles event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.He completed the 2016 Rio Olympic,but was defeated by Chen Long from China in Quater finals. He is coached by the South Korean former Olympic badminton player, Shon Seung-Mo. He plays primarily defensively, and began playing badminton after a teacher suggested it to him in elementary school. He holds a bachelor's degree from Inha University in Incheon, South Korea. He currently resides in Gyeongsangnam-do.^[2]

Achievements

Individual titles

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2014	Hong Kong Open Super Series	Chen Long	21-19, 21–16
2013	Vietnam Open Grand Prix	Tan Chun Seang	21-14, 21-9
2013	Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	Hsueh Hsuan-yi	21-11, 21-15
2013	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Nguyen Tien Minh	19–21, 21-9, 21-18
2012	India Open Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	21-18, 14–21, 21–19

Runners-up

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2016	Singapore Open Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	16-21, 21-13, 14-21
2014	Denmark Open Super Series Premier	Chen Long	19–21, 22–24
2010	Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	Simon Santoso	14–21, 11–21

Key

BWF World Championships
BWF World Superseries Premier
BWF World Superseries
BWF Grand Prix Gold
BWF Grand Prix
BWF International Challenge
BWF International Series

References

Asian Games Badminton Champions in Men's Team

1962: INA (Tutang Djamaluddin & Liem Tjeng Kiang & Ferry Sonneville & Tan Joe Hok & Abdul Patah Unang)
1966: THA (Narong Bhornchima & Chavalert Chumkum & Raphi Kanchanaraphi & Channarong Ratanaseangsuang & Sangob Rattanusorn & Tuly Ulao & Charoen Wattanasin)
1970: INA (Indra Gunawan & Rudy Hartono & Indratno & Mintarja & Muljadi)
1974: CHN (Chen Tianxiang & Chen Xinhui & Fang Kaixiang & Hou Jiachang & Tang Xianhu & Yu Yaodong)
1978: INA (Ade Chandra & Christian Hadinata & Rudy Heryanto & Liem Swie King & Iie Sumirat)
1982: CHN (Chen Changjie & Han Jian & Lin Jiangli & Luan Jin & Sun Zhian & Yao Ximing)
1986: KOR (Choi Byung-hak & Kim Chang-kook & Kim Chung-soo & Kim Moon-soo & Lee Deuk-choon & Park Joo-bong & Park Sung-bae & Sung Han-kook)
1990: CHN (Huang Zhanzhong & Li Yongbo & Tian Bingyi & Wu Wenkai & Xiong Guobao & Yang Yang & Zhao Jianhua & Zheng Yumin)
1994: INA (Hariyanto Arbi & Rudy Gunawan & Rexy Mainaky & Ricky Subagja & Bambang Suprianto & Joko Suprianto & Hermawan Susanto & Ardy Wiranata)
1998: INA (Tony Gunawan & Hendrawan & Taufik Hidayat & Tri Kusharjanto & Rexy Mainaky & Budi Santoso & Ricky Subagja & Candra Wijaya)
2002: KOR (Ha Tae-kwon & Jang Young-soo & Kim Dong-moon & Lee Dong-soo & Lee Hyun-il & Lee Jae-jin & Park Tae-sang & Shon Seung-mo & Yim Bang-eun & Yoo Yong-sung)
2006: CHN (Bao Chunlai & Cai Yun & Chen Jin & Fu Haifeng & Guo Zhendong & Lin Dan & Xie Zhongbo & Zheng Bo)
2010: CHN (Bao Chunlai & Cai Yun & Chen Jin & Chen Long & Fu Haifeng & Guo Zhendong & He Hanbin & Lin Dan & Xu Chen & Zhang Nan)
2014: KOR (Jeon Hyeok-jin & Kim Gi-jung & Kim Sa-rang & Ko Sung-hyun & Lee Dong-keun & Lee Hyun-il & Lee Yong-dae & Shin Baek-cheol & Son Wan-ho & Yoo Yeon-seong)

World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of December 8, 2016

Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles

Lee C W Chen L J Ø Jørgensen V Axelsen Lin D Son W-h Tian HW Chou T-c Angus Ng K L Shi YQ	Tai T-y C Marín R Intanon N Okuhara Sung J-h Sun Y 1 Li XR 1 A Yamaguchi 1 S Nehwal 3 P V Sindhu	Goh V S / Tan W K M Boe / C Mogensen Chai B / Hong W M F Gideon / K S Sukamuljo T Kamura / K Sonoda Fu HF / Zhang N M Ahsan / H Setiawan 1 A Pratama / R K Suwardi 1 Li JH / Liu YC V Ivanov / I Sozonov	M Matsutomo / A Takahashi K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen Jung K-e / Shin S-c Luo Ying / Luo Yu N K Maheswari / G Polii Chang Y-n / Lee S-h N Fukuman / K Yonao Chen QC / Jia YF S Matsuo / M Naito P Supajirakul / S Taerattanachai	Ko S-h / Kim H-n T Ahmad / L Natsir Zeng SW / Chen QC P Jordan / D Susanto Chan P S / Goh L Y J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen Lu K / Huang YQ C Adcock / G Adcock 1 Tan K M / Lai P J 1 Xu C / Ma J

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