Sung Han-kook

 ( South Korean Male Badminton Players ) 

Sung Han-kook (; born November 19, 1963) is a former badminton player and coach from South Korea.

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Career Sung won the men's singles title at the 1986 U.S. Open and earlier that year, he won bronze at the 1986 Asian Games as well as men's team gold. He was also a part of the team that finished as runner-up at the inaugural Sudirman Cup in 1989.

In 1989, Sung married two-time All England winner Kim Yun-ja. Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.

After retiring, Sung had a long career as a coach, both for Korean professional teams and for the national team. He became the head coach of the national team in December 2010 and held the post until he was dismissed in August 2012 following a match-throwing scandal at the London Olympics.

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Achievements

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Asian Games Men's singles

1986	Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea	Yang Yang	7–15, 14–17	Bronze

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Asian Championships Men's doubles

1983	Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India	Yoo Byung-hwan	He Shangquan Jiang Guoliang	15–18, 4–15	Silver

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IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

1983	Malaysia Open	Park Joo-bong	Bobby Ertanto Christian Hadinata	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1988	French Open	Park Joo-bong	Razif Sidek Jalani Sidek	15–8, 12–15, 15–12	Winner

Men's singles

1985	Denmark Open	Morten Frost	4–15, 5–15	Runner-up

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IBF International Men's singles

1986	U.S. Open	Mike Butler	15–3, 15–9	Winner

Men's doubles

1989	Hungarian International	Shon Jin-hwan	Andrey Antropov Sergey Sevryukov	15–11, 15–11	Winner

Mixed doubles

1989	Hungarian International	Chung Myung-hee	Shon Jin-hwan Chung So-young	9–15, 15–10, 15–4	Winner

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