Young-Chin Mi

Young-chin Mi
Personal information
Country	Germany
Born	(1979-06-06) 6 June 1979 (age 45) Dortmund, Germany
Handedness	Right
Men’s singles WH1 Men's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	6 (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 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2019 Basel Mixed doubles European Championships 2012 Dortmund Men's doubles 2012 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2014 Murcia Men's singles 2014 Murcia Men's singles 2016 Beek Men's doubles 2016 Beek Mixed doubles 2018 Rodez Men's singles 2018 Rodez Men's doubles 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

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

World Championships

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

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

European Championships

Men's singles WH1

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

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

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

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

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

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

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Denmark Para-Badminton International	Thomas Wandschneider	Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama	12–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	French Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Marc Jung Elke Rongen	21–10, 21–7	Runner-up
			Pascal Barrillon Sofía Balsalobre	21–14, 23–21
			David Toupé Sonja Häsler	11–21, 14–21
2015	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Martin Rooke Karin Suter-Erath	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Marcelo Alves Conceição Marcela Quinteros	19–21, 21–11, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin	20–22, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up

References

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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