Wang Chan

{{Short description|South Korean badminton player (born 2000)}}

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{{Infobox badminton player

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| country = South Korea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|9|7}}

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| event = Men's & mixed doubles

| highest_ranking = 43 (MD with Na Sung-seung, 10 March 2020)
68 (XD with Shin Seung-chan, 25 July 2023)

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| current_ranking = 55 (MD with Kim Young-hyuk)
82 (XD with Shin Seung-chan)

| date_of_current_ranking = 2 January 2024

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{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Markham | Boys' doubles }}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Markham | Mixed team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Yogyakarta | Mixed team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Junior Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Jakarta | Mixed team }}

{{MedalSilver | 2018 Jakarta | Mixed doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Jakarta | Boys' doubles }}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Jakarta | Boys' doubles }}

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Wang Chan ({{Korean|hangul=왕찬}}; born 7 September 2000) is a South Korean badminton player.{{cite web|title=Wang Chan Full Profile |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/biography.aspx?id=29F83D18-8D32-4356-8008-A7C4A53FED25 |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=31 December 2019}} As a junior player, Wang have won a silver in the boys' doubles and a bronze in the mixed doubles at the 2018 World Junior Championships. He also won bronze medals in the boys' doubles in the 2017 and 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and a silver in the mixed doubles in 2018.{{cite web |title=2017 아시아주니어 배드민턴선수권대회 |url=http://www.ibadmintonnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=790 |publisher=배드민턴뉴스 |date=31 July 2017 |access-date=10 October 2022 |language=ko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010200819/http://www.ibadmintonnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=790 |archive-date=10 October 2022}}{{cite web |title=왕찬-정나은, 아시아주니어배드민턴 혼합복식 준우승 |url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?3378490 |publisher=뉴스1 |date=22 July 2018 |access-date=10 October 2022 |language=ko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010182556/https://www.news1.kr/articles/?3378490 |archive-date=10 October 2022}} He also helps Korean junior team to clinched the mixed team title at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.

Career

Wang began his career as a badminton player since in the elementary school, and has been making achievements since his junior career.{{cite web |title="최종 목표는 금메달" 내일이 더 기대되는 배드민턴 국가대표 왕찬 |url=http://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002764013 |publisher=OhmyNews |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=10 October 2022 |language=ko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804030208/http://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002764013 |archive-date=4 August 2021}} He educated at the Seoul Physical Education High School, and was selected to join the national team to compete in the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and managed to win a gold medal in the mixed team event and a bronze in the boys' doubles. In 2018, he won the boys' doubles title at the German Junior International.{{cite web |last=Choi |first=In-young |title=주니어 배드민턴 왕찬-기동주, 독일선수권 남자복식 우승 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20180312034200007 |publisher=Yonhap News Agency |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=10 October 2022 |language=ko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221010191036/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20180312034200007 |archive-date=10 October 2022}} He later played at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, clinched a mixed doubles silver and a boys' doubles bronze at that tournament.

Achievements

= World Junior Championships =

Boys' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Tae-yang

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Di Zijian
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Chang

| align="left" | 19–21, 20–22

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Na-eun

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
{{flagicon|INA}} Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti

| align="left" | 18–21, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= Asian Junior Championships =

Boys' doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

! Ref

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| align="center" | 2017

| align="left" | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Tae-yang

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-min
{{flagicon|KOR}} Na Sung-seung

| align="left" | 21–18, 10–21, 19–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

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| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Tae-yang

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Weikeng
{{flagicon|CHN}} Shang Yichen

| align="left" | 18–21, 24–26

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

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Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

! Ref

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| align="center" | 2018

| align="left" | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Na-eun

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Guo Xinwa
{{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Xuanxuan

| align="left" | 21–15, 19–21, 15–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

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= BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) =

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}} is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}

Men's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Hyderabad Open

| align="left" | Super 100

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Na Sung-seung

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
{{flagicon|INA}} Bagas Maulana

| align="left" | 18–21, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

align="center" | 2019

| align="left" | Vietnam Open

| align="left" | Super 100

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Na Sung-seung

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Sol-gyu
{{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae

| align="left" | 21–18, 16–21, 14–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

=BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)=

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Osaka International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Seung-chan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Young-hyuk
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Yu-lim

| align="left" | 21–14, 14–21, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Northern Marianas Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Seung-chan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hashiru Shimono
{{flagicon|JPN}} Miku Shigeta

| align="left" | 21–13, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

:{{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

:{{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

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