Park Tae-sang


Park Tae-sang is a South Korean coach and former badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with the South Korean national team and now coaches the Indian junior national team at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, India.

Career

2004

Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.

Coaching career

Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018. Park joined the India national team in 2019 where he coached P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. He is currently based in Guwahati and trains the junior badminton players.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2004Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2003Korea Opensilver2

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Australian Open

IBF International

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2002Malaysia Satellitegold1