Kim Won-ho

Kim Won-ho (Korean: 김원호; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the 2025 World and 2026 Asian Champions in the men's doubles, having also won the silver medals in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and in the men's doubles at the 2022 Asian Games. He was part of Korea winning team at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Kim reached a career-high as world number 1 in men's doubles with Seo Seung-jae and world number 3 in mixed doubles with Jeong Na-eun. Kim is the son of the Olympic gold medalist Gil Young-ah. When he was educated in the Maewon High School, he competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and team event. He was the youngest player from the Korean national team who competed at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. He played one match, in the opening tie with Russia in the round robin stage. In the final round, Korea won the title after beating China by the score of 3–2. In 2025, Kim Won-ho, with his partner Seo Seung-jae, set the record for the most single-season victories in a calendar year with 11 titles in the BWF World Tour men’s doubles category, including the World Championships and the BWF World Tour Finals. With Seo, he also achieved back-to-back victories at the All England Open in 2026. This marks the first time in 40 years since the pair of Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo won the men’s doubles in 1985 and 1986 that a South Korean player has accomplished this feat. He received the Sports Grand Prize, the highest honour from the Korean Sport & Olympic...