An Se-young is a South Korean badminton player who was awarded as 2019 BWF Most Promising Player of the Year. Young won 9 Gold and 5 Silver medals in BWF World Tour Tournaments.
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Best Ranking
4
Current ranking
4
Born in Feb 2002
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Young received the Rookie Award at the Coca-Cola Sports Awards in the Republic of Korea in 2020. She was named 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year by the Badminton World Federation. She received the Rising Star Award at the 2017 Korean Women's Sports Grand Awards. In 2016 and 2017 she was given an Excellence Award by the Badminton Korea Association.
In 2018, Young was selected to join the national team and became the first junior high school student in the Korean national team.
Achievements
Sudirman Cup
2021 Vantaa Team Bronze
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team Bronze
2020 Aarhus Women's team Bronze
2020 Manila Women's Team Silver
2018 Manila Women's Team Bronze
2018 Buenos Aires Boys' singles Silver
2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team Bronze
2017 Jakarta Mixed team Gold
Young bagged victory at the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022, becoming the first home player to win the women's singles at the event in seven years.
BWF Tournaments
2019 New Zealand Open Gold
2019 Canada Open Gold
2019 Hyderabad Open Silver
2019 Akita Masters Gold
2019 French Open Gold
2019 Korea Masters Gold
2020 Thailand Masters Silver
2021 Denmark Open Silver
2021 Indonesia Masters Gold
2021 Indonesia Open Gold
2021 BWF World Tour Finals Gold
2022 All England Open Silver
2022 Korea Ope Gold
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