Bae Yeon-ju
Bae Yeon-ju is a retired international badminton player from South Korea.
Career
Bae started playing badminton at aged 10, and first gained international attention in 2006 when she reached the semifinals in the women's singles and won the gold medal as a member of the South Korean mixed team at the 2006 BWF [World Junior Championships|BWF World Junior Championships]. Bae joined the South Korean national team in 2008 and in the same year she won her first international title at the Indonesia International tournament. In 2010, she became the runner-up at the BWF Superseries Finals after being defeated by Wang Shixian of China with the score 21–13, 21–15.In 2012, she competed at the London Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, and was defeated by Wang Yihan in the round of 16. In 2013, she won the 2013 Korea Open [Grand Prix Gold|Korea Masters] tournament after beating her team-mate Sung Ji-hyun with the score 21–19, 15–21, 21–9.
In 2016, she competed at the Rio Summer Olympics and was defeated in the last 16 by eventual bronze medallist Nozomi Okuhara. Bae was one of four Korean players who announced that they would be retiring from the national team at the end of the tournament.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Women's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China |  Asian GamesWomen's singles
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