Sim Yu-jin

In this Korean name, the family name is Sim.

Sim Yu-jin (Korean: 심유진; born Shim Ye-rim,^[1] 13 May 1999) is a South Korean badminton player.^[2] She won a bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2025 Asian Championships.^[3]

Sim Yu-jin 심유진
Sim at the 2024 Taipei Open
Personal information
Birth name	Shim Ye-rim 심예림
Country	South Korea
Born	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 26) Chungju, North Chungcheong, South Korea
Handedness	Right
Coach	Sung Ji-hyun
Women's singles
Highest ranking	15 (15 April 2025)
Current ranking	15 (15 April 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Sudirman Cup 2025 Xiamen Mixed team Uber Cup 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Championships 2025 Ningbo Women's singles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 Dubai Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2022 Selangor Women's team Asian Junior Championships 2017 Jakarta Mixed team 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Sim Yu-jin
Hangul	심유진
Hanja	沈有振
Revised Romanization	Sim Yujin
McCune–Reischauer	Sim Yuchin
Birth name
Hangul	심예림
Hanja	沈譽林
Revised Romanization	Sim Yerim
McCune–Reischauer	Sim Yerim

Sim is well known for her pivotal role in the 2022 Uber Cup, where she helped the Korean team to lift the Uber Cup trophy by beating China in the final in which she scored the decisive victory against Wang Zhiyi.^[4][5] In 2024, she claimed her first world tour title at the 2024 Taipei Open after defeating Indonesia's Putri Kusuma Wardani in the final.^[6]

Early life

Sim was born as Shim Ye-rim^[1] on 13 May 1999 in Chungju, North Chungcheong, South Korea. She began playing badminton under the influence of her mother, who is also a badminton player.^[7]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Chen Yufei	11–21, 11–21	Bronze	[3]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[9]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2024	Taipei Open	Super 300	Putri Kusuma Wardani	21–17, 21–13	Winner	[6]
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Ratchanok Intanon	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up	[10]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Norwegian International	Kim Ga-eun	21–8, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
2019	Mongolia International	Supanida Katethong	19–21, 21–19, 9–21	Runner-up
2023 (II)	Indonesia International	Kim Ga-ram	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2024	Vietnam International	Kim Ga-ram	21–9, 15–21, 21–8	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Malaysia Junior International	Thinaah Muralitharan	21–15, 22–20	Winner

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	German Junior International	Kim Hyang-im	Kim Hye-jeong Park Keun-hye	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Dutch Junior International	Park Ga-eun	Kim Min-ji Seong Ah-yeong	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Korean Junior International	Kang Min-hyuk	Woo 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