Jeong Na-eun

Jeong Na-eun
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 24)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
HandednessRight
Women's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking3 (WD with Kim Hye-jeong, 27 December 2022)
3 (XD with Kim Won-ho, 31 December 2024)
Current ranking14 (WD with Kim Hye-jeong)
3 (XD with Kim Won-ho) (31 December 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
2022 Bangkok Women's team
2024 Chengdu Women's team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2023 Dubai Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2018 Markham Mixed team
2018 Markham Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Jeong Na-eun (Korean정나은; born 27 June 2000) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Hwasun County team. She was the silver medalist in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was part of Korean winning team in the 2022 Uber Cup and 2022 Asian Games. Jeong reached a career-high as world number 3 in women's doubles with Kim Hye-jeong, and number 3 in mixed doubles with Kim Won-ho.

In her junior, Jeong won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships and a silver at the Asian Junior Championships with her partner Wang Chan.

Career

Partnered with Kim Hye-jeong, they reached the finals of the Indonesia Masters in 2021 but lost to Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan.

In 2022, they were semi-finalists at the All England Open. Months later, they would go onto win the Korea Open by beating Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard with a score of 21–16, 21–12. She was part of the South Korean team that won gold in the 2022 Uber Cup.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Kim Won-ho Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
8–21, 11–21 Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada
Wang Chan Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
18–21, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Wang Chan Guo Xinwa
Liu Xuanxuan
21–15, 19–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
9–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2022 Korea Open Super 500 Kim Hye-jeong Benyapa Aimsaard
Nuntakarn Aimsaard
21–16, 21–12 Winner
2022 Japan Open Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Baek Ha-na
Lee Yu-lim
23–21, 28–26 Winner
2023 Korea Masters Super 300 Kim Hye-jeong Rui Hirokami
Yuna Kato
21–12, 21–19 Winner
2024 Korea Open Super 500 Kim Hye-jeong Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
21–12, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Australian Open Super 300 Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
9–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2023 German Open Super 300 Kim Won-ho Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping
4–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2023 Thailand Open Super 500 Kim Won-ho Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Kim Won-ho Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2024 German Open Super 300 Kim Won-ho Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
13–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Mongolia International Jang Eun-seo Shinta Mulia Sari
Crystal Wong
21–15, 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Osaka International Kim Won-ho Guo Xinwa
Zhang Shuxian
21–17, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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