Choi Sol-gyu


Choi Sol-gyu is a South Korean badminton player. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.

Career

Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup, and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013.
Choi competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Seo Seung-jae. His pace at the Games was stopped in the group stage.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China

World University Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy",
Ramenskoe, Russia

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea

BWF World Tour (4 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. 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.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Korea MastersSuper 300

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and played between 2007 and 2017.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Macau Open

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Norwegian International