Seo Yoon-hee (; born 10 November 1984) is a South Korean badminton player. She graduated from the SacredHeart Girl's High School, and later joined the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.
Seo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Korea, defeating Pi Hongyan of France in the first round("Pi played badminton for France at the 2004 Athens Olympics, losing to Seo Yoon-hee of South Korea in the round of 32.")("South Korea’s Seo Yoon-Hee provided the tournament’s first upset, defeating China-born French number eight seed Pi Hongyan in a gripping three-setter. Ranked 28th in the world, Seo showed plenty of guts and determination and will fancy her chances when she meets Petya Nedelcheva in the next round.") but losing to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria in the round of 16.Getty Images Photo ("Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva celebrates after beating South Korea's Seo Yoon Hee in the women's singles round of 16 of the Olympic Games badminton competition, at the Goudi Olympic Hall in Athens 15 August 2004. Nedelcheva beat Seo 7-11, 11-5, 11-8")
Achievements
World Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2002 Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa Jiang Yanjiao 0–11, 11–8, 3–11 Silver
Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2001 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Jun Jae-youn 8–11, 11–8, 6–11 Silver
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 (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2005 Chinese Taipei Open Tracey Hallam 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up 2010 Australian Open Minatsu Mitani 22–20, 14–21, 21–19 Winner
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Australian Open Kang Hae-won Kim Min-seo Lee Kyung-won 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
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