Kong Hee-yong

In this Korean name, the family name is Kong.

Kong Hee-yong (Korean: 공희용; born 11 December 1996) is a South Korean badminton player.^[1] In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships.^[2] In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the silver medals in the mixed team and doubles event.^[3] She also play for the Jeonbuk Bank at the national event, and at the 2017 Japan Open, she became the runner-up in the women's doubles event partnered with Kim Ha-na.^[4] Together with Kim So-yeong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year.^[5]

Kong Hee-yong
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1996-12-11) 11 December 1996 (age 28) Daejeon, South Korea
Residence	Jincheon, South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD with Kim So-yeong 4 October 2022) 91 (XD with Chung Eui-seok 17 December 2015)
Current ranking	9 (WD with Kim Hye-jeong) 23 (WD with Kim So-yeong) (15 April 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles World Championships 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles 2021 Huelva Women's doubles 2023 Copenhagen Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2025 Xiamen Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team Uber Cup 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2018 Bangkok Women's team 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles Asian Championships 2018 Wuhan Women's doubles Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team World Junior Championships 2013 Bangkok Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2014 Taipei Mixed team 2014 Taipei Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–10, 21–17	Bronze

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	18–21, 17–21	Bronze
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kim So-yeong	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	20–22, 14–21	Silver
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Kim So-yeong	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	9–21, 20–22	Bronze

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Kim So-yeong	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–16, 9–21, 12–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim So-yeong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	17–21, 22–20, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Jung-ho	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen	14–21, 13–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (14 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] 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.^[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Kim So-yeong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Kim So-yeong	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	23–21, 15–21, 21–17	Winner
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Kim Hye-jeong	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Kim So-yeong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2019	Japan Open	Super 750	Kim So-yeong	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2019	Chinese Taipei Open	Super 300	Kim So-yeong	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	19–21, 21–18, 26–28	Runner-up
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	13–21, 21–19, 21–17	Winner
2019	French Open	Super 750	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–16, 19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2020 (II)	Thailand Open	Super 1000	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–18, 21–19	Winner
2020	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–15, 24–26, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	French Open	Super 750	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Kim So-yeong	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2022	Korea Masters	Super 300	Kim So-yeong	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2023	All England Open	Super 1000	Kim So-yeong	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–5, 21–12	Winner
2023	Thailand Open	Super 500	Kim So-yeong	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2023	Korea Open	Super 500	Kim So-yeong	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	10–21, 21–17, 7–21	Runner-up
2023	Japan Open	Super 750	Kim So-yeong	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Kim So-yeong	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2024	Korea Masters	Super 300	Kim Hye-jeong	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	21–14, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	India Open	Super 750	Kim Hye-jeong	Arisa Igarashi Ayako Sakuramoto	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Kim Hye-jeong	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	21–12, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Kim Hye-jeong	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–18, 23–21	Winner

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[8] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Japan Open	Kim Ha-na	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Korea Masters	Kim So-yeong	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	18–21, 21–23	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Indonesia International	Chung Eui-seok	Fran Kurniawan Komala Dewi	12–21, 21–16, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	Osaka International	Park Kyung-hoon	Wang Sijie Ni Bowen	21–18, 16–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament