BADMINTON PLAYER

Bang Soo-hyun

1972 - Today

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Bang Soo-hyun (Korean: 방수현; Hanja: 方銖賢; born 13 September 1972) is a former badminton player from South Korea who was one of the world's leading women's singles players of the 1990s. She was a contemporary and rival of Indonesia's Susi Susanti and China's Ye Zhaoying. Noted for a style that combined impressive power and movement, she retired from competition after her victory in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, shortly before her 24th birthday. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bang Soo-hyun has received more than 87,026 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bang Soo-hyun is the 11th most popular badminton player (up from 19th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 599th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Badminton Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Bang Soo-hyun ranks 11 out of 117. Before her are Taufik Hidayat, Park Joo-bong, Peter Gade, Alan Budikusuma, Carolina Marín, and Viktor Axelsen. After her are Prakash Padukone, Zhang Ning, Rexy Mainaky, Hendra Setiawan, Kento Momota, and Rashid Sidek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Bang Soo-hyun ranks 612. Before her are Juan Sánchez Moreno, Michael Boogerd, Maria Butyrskaya, Natalya Sadova, Xavier Giannoli, and Paulo Figueiredo. After her are Miriam Oremans, Fuad Anwar Amin, Yiyun Li, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Krzysztof Charamsa, and James Duval.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Bang Soo-hyun ranks 662 out of 1,128. Before her are Nam Sang-mi (1984), Hyun Jung-hwa (1969), Park Jung-min (1987), Lee Min-sung (1973), Ong Seong-wu (1995), and Kim Young-kwang (1983). After her are Kim Min-jae (1996), Shin Joon-sup (1963), Min Hyo-rin (1986), Jaehyun (1997), Lee Chae-yeon (1978), and Jung Eun-chae (1986).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In South Korea

Among badminton players born in South Korea, Bang Soo-hyun ranks 2. Before her are Park Joo-bong (1964). After her are Hwang Hye-young (1966), Lee Yong-dae (1988), Jung Jae-sung (1982), Kim Dong-moon (1975), Chung So-young (1967), Kim Moon-soo (1963), Ha Tae-kwon (1975), Lee Hyo-jung (1981), Lee Kyung-won (1980), and Kim So-yeong (1992).

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