Ha Tae-kwon

Ha Tae-kwon

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Ha Tae-kwon (born April 30 1975) is a male badminton player from South Korea.

Ha competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Kim Dong-moon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Ha and Kim beat Zheng Bo and Sang Yang of China 15-7, 15-11. They won the semifinal against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 15-8, 15-2 and defeated fellow Koreans Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung 15-11, 15-4 to win the gold medal.

Recently, he has taken up hunting quail, a sport which he claimed in Entertainment Weekly Korea "is similar to badminton in most respects."

ee also

*List of South Korean badminton players
*List of Olympic medalists in badminton


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