Kong Hee-yong


Kong Hee-yong is a South Korean badminton player. In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships. In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the silver medals in the mixed team and doubles event. She also play for the Jeonbuk Bank at the national event, and at the 2017 Japan Open, she became the runner-up in the women's doubles event partnered with Kim Ha-na. Together with Kim So-yeong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year. Kong competed for South Korea at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan

World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain

Asian Games

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

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan

BWF World Tour (16 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.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Indonesia MastersSuper 500

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Japan Open

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Masters

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Indonesia International