Hwang Ji-man

Infobox Badminton player
playername = Hwang Ji-man


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date_of_birth = July 8, 1984
place_of_birth =
height = 1.76 m
weight = 71 kg
event = Men's doubles
country =flagicon|KOR South Korea
years_active = 2001
handedness = Right
coach =
highest_ranking =
date_of_highest_ranking =
current ranking = 11
date of current ranking = September 25, 2008
played =
titles =
bwf_id = 51328

Infobox Korean name
hangul=황지만
hanja= 黃智萬
rr=Hwang Jiman
mr=Hwang Chiman

Hwang Ji-man is a male badminton player from South Korea.

Career

Hwang played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Lee Jae-jin. They were seeded 10 and were defeated in the third round by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 21-17, 21-16.

In Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Hwang and his partner Lee won their first bronze medal after upsetting Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in the first round, Tadashi Ohtsuka/Keita Masuda in the quarter-final, but defeated by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China in the semifinal. Nevertheless, in the bronze medal match, Hwang and Lee subdued Danish Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.

External links

* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/playerinfo.asp?playerid=51328 BWF Player Profile]