Kim Won-ho


Kim Won-ho is a South Korean badminton player. He was the silver medalists in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and in the men's doubles at the 2022 Asian Games. He was part of Korea winning team at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Kim reached a career-high as world number 1 in men's doubles with Seo Seung-jae and world number 3 in mixed doubles with Jeong Na-eun.
Kim is the son of the Olympic gold medalist Gil Young-ah. When he was educated in the Maewon High School, he competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2017 BWF [World Junior Championships|2017 World Junior Championships] in the boys' doubles and team event. He was the youngest player from the Korea national [badminton team|Korean national team] who competed at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. He played one match, in the opening tie with Russia in the round robin stage. In the final round, Korea won the title after beating China by the score of 3–2.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2024Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France

World Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2025Adidas Arena, Paris, France

Asian Games

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

Asian Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017GOR Among Rogo,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand

BWF World Tour (13 titles, 10 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
2018U.S. OpenSuper 300

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 3 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.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Canada Open

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Mongolia International