Park Tae-sang

Park Tae-sang
Hangul	박태상
Hanja	朴泰相
Revised Romanization	Bak Tae-sang
McCune–Reischauer	Pak T'ae-sang

Park Tae-sang
Park Tae-sang
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	20 June 1979 (age 45); Busan, South Korea
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing South Korea
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Cup
	BWF profile

Park Tae-sang (Korean: 박태상; born June 20, 1979) is a retired South Korean professional badminton player. After retiring as a badminton player, he decided to become a coach, starting his career with South Korea national team.

Career

2004

Park played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta of India and Bao Chunlai of China^[1] in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Park was defeated by Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 15-13, 15-4.

Coaching career

Park started his career as a badminton coach at the South Korea national team, and served his country for five years, from 2013 to 2018.^[2] Park joined the India national team in 2019 until 2023 where he coached P. V. Sindhu and helped her to win an Olympic bronze medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,^[3]^[4] and then the gold medal in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	13–15, 2–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Korea Open	Kenneth Jonassen	12–15, 15–17	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

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

Men's doubles