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Young-Chin Mi

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Young-chin Mi
Personal information
Country Germany
Born (1979-06-06) 6 June 1979 (age 45)
Dortmund, Germany
HandednessRight
Men’s singles WH1
Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking6 (MS 7 January 2020)
9 (XD with Thomas Wandschneider 19 April 2021)
4 (XD with Valeska Knoblauch 29 August 2019)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Murcia Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Murcia Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Beek Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Beek Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rodez Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rodez Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Rodez Mixed doubles

Young-Chin Mi (born 6 June 1979) is a German former para-badminton player. He was part of the German para-badminton team that competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[1][2][3]

He competed in the men's singles WH1 event and the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event alongside his partner Thomas Wandschneider but did not get past the group stages.[4]

Biography

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Young-Chin Mi was diagnosed with paraplegia after a traffic accident in southern France in 2005. Before the accident, he was active in football, hapkido, swimming and jogging. Through an internet search, he joined the RBG Dortmund sports club, where he was introduced to para-badminton and has been playing the sport since 2008.[5][6]

Achievements

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World Championships

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Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Germany Valeska Knoblauch Thailand Jakarin Homhual
Thailand Sujirat Pookkham
8–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Germany Valeska Knoblauch China Yang Tong
China Li Hongyan
6–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships

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Men's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain France David Toupé 21–13, 12–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France France David Toupé 8–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
France Sébastien Martin France Pascal Barrillon
France David Toupé
6–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze
2014 High Performance Center,
Murcia, Spain
Netherlands Jordy Brouwer Turkey Avni Kertmen
England Martin Rooke
10–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze
2016 Sporthal de Haamen,
Beek, Netherlands
Germany David Holz England Martin Rooke
France David Toupé
16–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,
Rodez, France
Germany Rick Hellmann England Martin Rooke
Germany Thomas Wandschneider
14–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,
Dortmund, Germany
Germany Valeska Knoblauch France David Toupé
Switzerland Sonja Häsler
6–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze
2016 Sporthal de Haamen,
Beek, Netherlands
Germany Valeska Knoblauch France David Toupé
Turkey Narin Uluç
13–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2018 Amphitheatre Gymnasium,
Rodez, France
Germany Valeska Knoblauch Russia Konstantin Afinogenov
Turkey Emine Seçkin
18–21, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (5 runners-up)

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Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Denmark Para-Badminton International Germany Thomas Wandschneider Japan Daiki Kajiwara
Japan Hiroshi Murayama
12–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 French Para-Badminton International Germany Valeska Knoblauch Germany Marc Jung
Germany Elke Rongen
21–10, 21–7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
France Pascal Barrillon
Spain Sofía Balsalobre
21–14, 23–21
France David Toupé
Switzerland Sonja Häsler
11–21, 14–21
2015 Spanish Para-Badminton International Germany Valeska Knoblauch England Martin Rooke
Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath
12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Denmark Para-Badminton International Germany Valeska Knoblauch Brazil Marcelo Alves Conceição
Spain Marcela Quinteros
19–21, 21–11, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para-Badminton International Germany Valeska Knoblauch Russia Konstantin Afinogenov
Turkey Emine Seçkin
20–22, 21–19, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ German Paralympic team page
  2. ^ Paralympics, Team Deutschland. "Silber und Bronze bei der Tokio-Generalprobe". www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  3. ^ "Paralympics 2020: Start am Mittwoch". www.badminton.de (in German). 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  4. ^ Groth, Alexander (2021-09-03). "Paralympics Premiere im Para Badminton ohne deutsche Finalentscheidungen". drs.org (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  5. ^ Middel, Peter (2010-04-13). "Young-Chin Mi fand neuen Lebensmut". www.wr.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  6. ^ "BRS-Hamburg – „Die Paralympics sind wahnsinnig reizvoll"". brs-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2024-09-19.

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