Lee Jae-jin

Infobox Badminton player
playername = Lee Jae-jin


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birth_name = 이재진
date_of_birth = birth date and age|1983|01|26
place_of_birth = flagicon|KOR Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province
height = height|m=1.78
weight = convert|73|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
event = Men's Doubles
country = KOR
years_active = 1999 - present
handedness = Right
coach =
highest_ranking =
date_of_highest_ranking =
current_ranking = 11
date_of_current_ranking = September 25, 2008
played =
titles =
bwf_id = 50957

Infobox Korean name
hangul=이재진
hanja= 李在珍
rr=I Jaejin
mr=I Chaejin

Lee Jae-jin is a male badminton player from South Korea.

Career

Lee played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Hwang Ji-man. 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, Lee and his partner Hwang 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, Lee and Hwang subdued Danish Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen.

External links

* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/playerinfo.asp?playerid=50957 BWF Player Profile]