Park Joo-bong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Park Joo-bong

badminton player

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1964

Place of Birth: Imsil County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea

Profession: badminton player

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Park Joo-bong (Hangul: ???, Hanja: ???) (born December 5, 1964 in Imsil, Jeollabuk-do) is a former badminton player from South Korea who excelled from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s. He is one of the most successful players ever in the World Badminton Championships with 5 titles, 2 of them in men's doubles and 3 in mixed doubles.
He also won a gold and a silver medal at the Summer Olympics and 9 All England Open Badminton Championships titles.
Though Park was primarily a doubles player, the greatest one ever in the opinion of some, he was capable of world class level singles which he displayed in occasional tournaments and Thomas Cup appearances early in his career and currently holds the South Korean national record of 103 consecutive wins in men's singles from 1981 to 1984.
His playing strengths included remarkable reflexes, reach, quickness, agility, and power. Park was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2001.