Kang Min-hyuk (badminton)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Min-hyuk (Korean: 강민혁; RR: Gang Min-hyeok; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.^[1] He is the reigning men's doubles World Champions with his partner Seo Seung-jae.^[2] Educated at Maewon High School [ko], Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian Championships and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.^[3] He has joined the South Korea national badminton team since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the silver medal in 2023. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of 2017 Asian Junior Championships mixed team champion as well.^[4]

Kang Min-hyuk
Kang at the 2025 Taipei Open
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 (age 26) Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Residence	Suwon, South Korea
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	2 (with Seo Seung-jae, 20 February 2024)
Current ranking	40 (with Ki Dong-ju, 22 July 2025)
Medal record Men 's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2025 Xiamen Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team Asian Championships 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Men's team 2024 Selangor Men's team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2017 Jakarta Mixed team 2016 Bangkok Mixed team 2017 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Seo Seung-jae	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	14–21, 21–15, 21–17	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim Won-ho	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	17–21, 22–20, 25–27	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Kim Won-ho	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	21–19, 17–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Baek Ha-na	Na Sung-seung Seong Ah-yeong	20–22, 21–18, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kim Won-ho	Ou Xuanyi Ren Xiangyu	21–16, 16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2023	German Open	Super 300	Seo Seung-jae	Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	21–15, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2023	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Seo Seung-jae	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2024	India Open	Super 750	Seo Seung-jae	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	15–21, 21–11, 21–18	Winner
2024	Japan Open	Super 750	Seo Seung-jae	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Leo Rolly Carnando Bagas Maulana	21–18, 9–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2024	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Seo Seung-jae	Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2025	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Ki Dong-ju	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–13, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	Taipei Open	Super 300	Ki Dong-ju	Chiu Hsiang-chieh Wang Chi-lin	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Osaka International	Kim Jae-hwan	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Vietnam International	Kim Jae-hwan	Kenas Adi Haryanto Rian Agung Saputro	19–21, 21–15, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Mongolia International	Kim Jae-hwan	Kim Won-ho Park Kyung-hoon	21–14, 27–29, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Indonesia International	Kim Jae-hwan	Muhammad Fachrikar Amri Syahnawi	21–17, 11–21, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Su Li-wei Ye Hong-wei	11–3, 9–11, 7–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2017	Banthongyord Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Kim Moon-jun Wang Chan	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2017	Jaya Raya Junior International	Kim Won-ho	Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung	21–13, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Sim Yu-jin	Wu Seung-hoon Kim Min-ji	12–10, 11–7, 10–12, 11–6	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament