Shon Seung-mo
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Shon Seung-mo (born July 1, 1980 in Milyang, Gyeongsangnam-do
) is a male badminton
player from South Korea
.
Shon played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in men' singles, defeating Antti Viitikko
of Finland
and Richard Vaughan
of Great Britain
in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Shon defeated Chen Hong of People's Republic of China
10-15, 15-4, 15-10. Shon advanced to the semifinals, in which he beat Soni Dwi Kuncoro
of Indonesia
15-6, 9-15, 15-9. Playing in the gold medal match, he lost to Indonesian Taufik Hidayat
by a score of 15-8, 15-7 to finish with the silver medal
.
Shon is partially blind, after being hit in the eye by a shuttlecock in his youth.
Bao Chunlai
1-3 Chen Hong 3-2 Chen Yu
0-3 Lin Dan
1-6 Xia Xuanze
0-2 Hsieh Yu-hsing
2-0 Peter Gade
0-2 Jan Ø. Jørgensen
1-0 Joachim Persson
1-1 Antti Viitikko
1-0 Hendrawan
0-1 Taufik Hidayat
1-4 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 2-3 Simon Santoso
0-1 Ardy Wiranata
0-1 Lee Hyun-il
1-2 Park Sung-hwan
2-0 Park Tae-sang
1-1 Lee Chong Wei
0-2 Rashid Sidek
0-2 Wong Choong Hann
2-3 Ronald Susilo
4-3 Boonsak Ponsana
3-1 Richard Vaughan
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Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon. It contains the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. Located there is UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that houses the Tripitaka Koreana and attracts many...
) is a male badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player from South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
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Shon played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....
in men' singles, defeating Antti Viitikko
Antti Viitikko
Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*...
of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and Richard Vaughan
Richard Vaughan (badminton)
Richard Vaughan is a Welsh badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales. Vaughan is currently the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland and has a MBA from Leicester University; MA Sports Development from Bath University, having previously achieved a BSc in Economics and Politics.Vaughan...
of Great Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Shon defeated Chen Hong of People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
10-15, 15-4, 15-10. Shon advanced to the semifinals, in which he beat Soni Dwi Kuncoro
Soni Dwi Kuncoro
Sony Dwi Kuncoro is a male badminton singles player from Indonesia.-Personal life:When he was young, he joined the Suryanaga Surabaya badminton club. His parents are Moch. Sumadji and Asmiati . His hobbies are fixing automobiles and hanging-out or travelling...
of Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
15-6, 9-15, 15-9. Playing in the gold medal match, he lost to Indonesian Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former World and Olympic champion in men's singles...
by a score of 15-8, 15-7 to finish with the silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
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Shon is partially blind, after being hit in the eye by a shuttlecock in his youth.
Record Against Selected Opponents
Includes results against athletes who competed in Super Series finals, World Championships semifinals, and Olympic quarterfinals.Bao Chunlai
Bao Chunlai
Bao Chunlai is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:The tall, powerful Bao has ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century...
1-3 Chen Hong 3-2 Chen Yu
Chen Yu (badminton)
Chen Yu is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Chen won men's singles at the Chinese National Championships in 2002 and 2003. On the international badminton circuit he won the 2006 Thailand Open by defeating two fellow countrymen , Chen Hong in the semifinals, and...
0-3 Lin Dan
Lin Dan
Lin Dan is a professional badminton player from China. He is a four-time world champion and the reigning Olympic champion. Widely considered to be the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 27 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all major titles in world badminton:...
1-6 Xia Xuanze
Xia Xuanze
Xia Xuanze is a former male Chinese badminton player who played singles at the world level from the late 1990s through the first few years of the 21st century. Now he is a men's singles coach for the national team of China.-Player Attributes:...
0-2 Hsieh Yu-hsing
Hsieh Yu-Hsing
Hsieh Yu-Hsin or Yu Hsin Hsieh . Hsieh started to play badminton international championships since 2002. At the moment, Hsieh had become the men singles No.1 international player in Taiwan, but he always being drawn to face more stronger players in the overseas countries tournament...
2-0 Peter Gade
Peter Gade
Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen...
0-2 Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Jan Ø. Jørgensen is a male badminton player from Denmark.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships in men's singles and the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships...
1-0 Joachim Persson
Joachim Persson
Joachim Persson is a badminton player from Denmark. Persson is currently the 3rd highest ranked singles player in Denmark. He is set to take over Kenneth Jonassen as Denmark's second singles after Kenneth's retirement in the months to come....
1-1 Antti Viitikko
Antti Viitikko
Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*...
1-0 Hendrawan
Hendrawan
Hendrawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players...
0-1 Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former World and Olympic champion in men's singles...
1-4 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 2-3 Simon Santoso
Simon Santoso
Simon Santoso is a male badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:When he was young, he joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team PBSI. In 2005 he won the Robot HCMC Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games...
0-1 Ardy Wiranata
Ardy Wiranata
Ardy Bernardus Wiranata was an Indonesian badminton player who rated among the top singles players in the world during most of the 1990s...
0-1 Lee Hyun-il
Lee Hyun-il
Lee Hyun-il is a male badminton player from South Korea.- 2002 Asian Games:Lee competed in the 2002 Asian Games where he showed signs of promise as an ace singles player for Team Korea...
1-2 Park Sung-hwan
Park Sung-hwan
Park Sung-hwan is a male badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top ranked men's singles player in Korea and has also enjoyed success at international level, winning individual medals at both the 2010 World Championships and 2010 Asian Games.-2004-2007:2005 Park won the Indonesia...
2-0 Park Tae-sang
Park Tae-sang
Park Tae-sang is a male badminton player from South Korea.Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men' singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China in the first two rounds...
1-1 Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei
Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games...
0-2 Rashid Sidek
Rashid Sidek
Rashid Sidek was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the six Sidek brothers. He and his siblings were all actively involved in the international badminton scene...
0-2 Wong Choong Hann
Wong Choong Hann
Wong Choong Hann is a professional Malaysian badminton player.He currently resides in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.-Career:Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open.The first tournament he won was the 1997 Dutch Open...
2-3 Ronald Susilo
Ronald Susilo
Ronald Susilo is a Singaporean badminton player of a Chinese-Indonesian origin.He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Pelita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he...
4-3 Boonsak Ponsana
Boonsak Ponsana
Boonsak Ponsana is a male badminton player from Thailand.His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team.-Career:...
3-1 Richard Vaughan
Richard Vaughan
Richard Vaughan may refer to:* Richard Vaughan , an English language radio and television teacher based in Spain* Richard Vaughan , bishop of Chester, 1597–1604* Richard Vaughan large Welsh MP for Merioneth in 1628...
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