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The Korean badminton community today mourns the passing of two-time All England champion Jung Jae Sung. The 35-year-old died of a heart attack this morning at his home near Suwon, said a report today in the Korean sport paper Sports Hankook.
Jung Jae Sung is best known for his more than 6-year men’s doubles partnership with Lee Yong Dae, with whom he won two All England titles, three Korea Open titles, Olympic bronze, and two Asian Games bronze medals. His first big break came when he and Lee Jae Jin beat the reigning Olympic silver then gold medallists as they won two straight national titles in 2003 and 2004. He finished his career with a total of 18 Superseries titles, 7 Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold titles, and one Asian Championship.
Jung Jae Sung retired from international badminton immediately following his bronze medal performance at the 2012 Olympics but continued to play for the Samsung Electromechanics Badminton Team professionally inside Korea. He spent several years as a playing coach for Samsung and last year, he went from playing in the final of the Spring Championships, helping clinch the national title for his team, to being hired as the Head Coach after resigning a post as men’s doubles coach for the Korean National Badminton Team.
In September 2006, Jung Jae Sung was the first player ever interviewed for this webzine and in 2013, he shared with Badzine some of his memories from his first All England and from his two victories there. At the press conference following his victory at the Korea Open in 2011, Jung Jae Sung announced his plans to marry Choi Ah Ram, a former elite badminton player to whom he was introduced by a former Samsung team-mate and he is survived by Choi and their two children.
We at Badzine send our condolences to Choi Ah Ram and to all of Jung Jae Sung’s family and close friends.
Photos: Yves Lacroix / Badmintonphoto
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To further emphasise the glittering rilvary with Fu HaiFeng/Cai Yun of China, according to the Chinese badminton sports website, the Korean pair had won 12 of the 22 meetings though the Chinese had won mainly the important match-ups. Among the Super Series contests, the Koreans also won 6 times out of 8. Farewell Jung !
It was an amazing rivalry. Actually, both that site and tournamentsoftware seem to have incomplete head-to-head records. It was actually 13-11 (13 wins in 24 matches) for the Koreans. Tournamentsoftware says 12-9 but they missed Cai/Fu’s wins in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games and at the 2009 Sudirman Cup, and Jung/Lee’s win in the team event at the Guangzhou Asian Games. Jung Jae Sung spoke once of how much he enjoyed playing Cai/Fu. A week before the 2011 Superseries Finals, he said: “It is a very important event for us. We’ve been runners-up twice and won it once. We really hope we can play against Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in the final. We have been about 50/50 this year and they are such great opponents. Boe and Mogensen are always a challenge, too. We have so much trouble playing against players who are so tall, but we like to play a fast game so finishing the season against Cai/Fu would be best.” They did play Cai/Fu again soon, not in Liuzhou, but in the finals of the 2012 Korea Open and of the All England and were inches away from playing them for gold in London, too, but Boe/Mogensen were the better pair in that Olympic semi-final. So many amazing matches!
shocked and saddened but his shocking death at the age of only 35! Though never met him or seen him live, but I feel due to many Youtube videos I watched of him & LYD, he was a familiar face.
He & LYD were the sternest contestants to China’s Fu Hai Feng/Cai Yun in the last decade. Their games in the then world championships, Super Series, Sudirman or Thomas Cups were classics, get these videos & watch if you are to believe.
Heartbreaking 🙁 Such an amazing talent, wonderful funny guy, a legend who will be truly missed. RIP and condolences to his family and friends
My deeper condolences to his family’s and stay strong.
My favortite shortie
i recall a game he return 4 shots sitting on the floor…n win the points.
so sad…..j sit…