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{{short description|South Korean badminton player}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Kang (Korean surname)|Kang]]|lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name                    = Kang Min-hyuk
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| nickname                =
| birth_name              =
| country                 = South Korea
| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|02|17}}
| birth_place             = [[Uijeongbu]], [[Gyeonggi province|Gyeonggi]], South Korea
| residence               = [[Suwon]], South Korea
| height                  = 1.83 m
| weight                  =
| years_active            =
| handedness              = Right
| coach                   =
| event                   = Men's doubles
| highest_ranking         = 2
| date_of_highest_ranking = with [[Seo Seung-jae]], 20 February 2024
| current_ranking         = 5
| current_ranking_date    = with Seo Seung-jae, 27 August 2024
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{{MedalSport | Men 's [[badminton]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2023 BWF World Championships|2023 Copenhagen]] | [[2023 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Sudirman Cup]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2023 Sudirman Cup|2023 Suzhou]] | Mixed team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2021 Sudirman Cup|2021 Vantaa]] | Mixed team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]] | [[Badminton at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's team|Men's team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2019 Badminton Asia Championships|2019 Wuhan]] | Men's doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Team Championships|Asia Team Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships|2018 Alor Setar]] | Men's team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships|2024 Selangor]] | Men's team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[BWF World Junior Championships|World Junior Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships|2017 Yogyakarta]] | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' doubles|Boys' doubles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Yogyakarta | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event|Mixed team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships|Asian Junior Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2017 Jakarta]] | Mixed team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2016 Bangkok]] | Mixed team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Jakarta | Mixed doubles }}
| bwf_id                  = 01453576-B58B-4F2B-A181-84D4E75F8A94
}}
'''Kang Min-hyuk''' ({{korean|hangul=강민혁|rr=Gang Min-hyeok}}; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean [[badminton]] player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile:Kang Min-hyuk|url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/77262/kang-minhyuk|publisher=Badminton World Federation|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref> He is the reigning men's doubles [[2023 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles|World Champions]] with his partner [[Seo Seung-jae]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Moon |first=Dae-hyun |title='9년 만에 男 복식 세계선수권 金' 서승재-강민혁 "파트너가 잘 이끌어줘"  |url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?5154446 |publisher=News1 Korea |date=29 August 2023 |access-date=31 August 2023 |language=ko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831014447/https://www.news1.kr/articles/?5154446 |archive-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> Educated at {{ill|Maewon High School|ko|매원고등학교}}, Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the [[2019 Badminton Asia Championships|2019 Asian Championships]] and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.mk.co.kr/news/sports/view-amp/2019/04/267678/|title=배드민턴 신예 강민혁-김원호, 아시아선수권 4강 진출|newspaper=[[Maeil Business Newspaper]]|language=ko|date=27 April 2019|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref> He has joined the [[South Korea national badminton team]] since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the [[2021 Sudirman Cup]] and the silver medal in [[2023 Sudirman Cup|2023]]. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of [[2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2017 Asian Junior Championships]] mixed team champion as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.yna.co.kr/amp/view/AKR20190427051200007|title=셔틀콕 남자복식 희망, 강민혁-김원호 亞선수권 동메달|publisher=[[Yonhap]]|language=ko|date=27 April 2019|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== World Championships ===
''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#F3E6D7"
| align="center" | [[2023 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles|2023]]
| align="left" | [[Royal Arena]],<br />[[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seo Seung-jae]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kim Astrup]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anders Skaarup Rasmussen]]
| align="left" | 14–21, 21–15, 21–17
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|}
=== Asian Championships ===
''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | [[2019 Badminton Asia Championships#Finals 3|2019]]
| align="left" | [[Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium]],<br />[[Wuhan]], China
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Won-ho]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroyuki Endo]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuta Watanabe (badminton)|Yuta Watanabe]]
| align="left" | 17–21, 22–20, 25–27
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}
=== World Junior Championships ===
''Boys' doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#98FB98"
| align="center" | [[2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' doubles|2017]]
| align="left" | [[GOR Among Rogo]],<br />[[Yogyakarta]], Indonesia
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Won-ho]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mahiro Kaneko]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yunosuke Kubota]]
| align="left" | 21–19, 17–21, 19–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}
=== Asian Junior Championships ===
''Mixed doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#AABBCC"
| align="center" | [[2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Mixed doubles|2017]]
| align="left" | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,<br />[[Jakarta]], Indonesia
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Baek Ha-na]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Sung-seung]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seong Ah-yeong]]
| align="left" | 20–22, 21–18, 19–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}
=== BWF World Tour (6 titles, 4 runners-up) ===
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{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}}</ref> is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the [[Badminton World Federation]] (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super&nbsp;1000, Super&nbsp;750, Super&nbsp;500, Super&nbsp;300, and the BWF Tour Super&nbsp;100.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Level
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|-
| align="center" | [[2018 U.S. Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2018]]
| align="left" | [[U.S. Open Badminton Championships|U.S. Open]]
| align="left" | Super 300
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Won-ho]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ou Xuanyi]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ren Xiangyu]]
| align="left" | 21–16, 16–21, 17–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2022 Korea Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2022]]
| align="left" | [[Korea Open (badminton)|Korea Open]]
| align="left" | Super 500
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seo Seung-jae]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Fajar Alfian]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Muhammad Rian Ardianto]]
| align="left" | 19–21, 21–15, 21–18
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2023 German Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2023]]
| align="left" | [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]]
| align="left" | Super 300
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Choi Sol-gyu]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Won-ho
| align="left" | 19–21, 21–18, 19–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2023 Malaysia Masters#Finals 3|2023]]
| align="left" | [[Malaysia Masters]]
| align="left" | Super 500
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Man Wei Chong]]<br />{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Tee Kai Wun]]
| align="left" | 21–15, 22–24, 21–19
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2023 Australian Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2023]]
| align="left" | [[Australian Open (badminton)|Australian Open]]
| align="left" | Super 500
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takuro Hoki]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yugo Kobayashi]]
| align="left" | 21–17, 21–17
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2023 BWF World Tour Finals#Finals 3|2023]]
| align="left" | [[BWF World Tour Finals]]
| align="left" | World Tour Finals
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liang Weikeng]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Chang (badminton)|Wang Chang]]
| align="left" | 21–17, 22–20
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2024 India Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2024]]
| align="left" | [[India Open (badminton)|India Open]]
| align="left" | Super 750
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]<br />{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chirag Shetty]]
| align="left" | 15–21, 21–11, 21–18
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2024 Japan Open#Finals 3|2024]]
| align="left" | [[Japan Open (badminton)|Japan Open]]
| align="left" | Super 750
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Goh Sze Fei]]<br />{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Nur Izzuddin]]
| align="left" | 19–21, 15–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2024 Korea Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2024]]
| align="left" | Korea Open
| align="left" | Super 500
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Leo Rolly Carnando]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Bagas Maulana]]
| align="left" | 21–18, 9–21, 8–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | [[2024 Hong Kong Open (badminton)#Finals 3|2024]]
| align="left" | [[Hong Kong Open (badminton)|Hong Kong Open]]
| align="left" | Super 500
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Seung-jae
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Sabar Karyaman Gutama]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani]]
| align="left" | 21–13, 21–17
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up) ===
''Men's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Osaka International (badminton)|Osaka International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Jae-hwan (badminton)|Kim Jae-hwan]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ko Sung-hyun]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shin Baek-cheol]]
| align="left" | 13–21, 16–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Vietnam International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jae-hwan
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Kenas Adi Haryanto]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Rian Agung Saputro]]
| align="left" | 19–21, 21–15, 18–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Mongolia International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jae-hwan
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Won-ho]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Kyung-hoon (badminton)|Park Kyung-hoon]]
| align="left" | 21–14, 27–29, 14–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Indonesia International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jae-hwan
| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} [[Muhammad Fachrikar]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Amri Syahnawi]]
| align="left" | 21–17, 11–21, 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
=== BWF Junior International (3 titles, 1 runner-up) ===
''Boys' doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#BDB8AD"
| align="center" | 2016
| align="left" | Korean Junior International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Won-ho]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Su Li-wei]]<br />{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Ye Hong-wei]]
| align="left" | 11–3, 9–11, 7–11, 8–11
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|- style="background:#C6D4E1"
| align="center" | 2017
| align="left" | Banthongyord Junior International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Won-ho
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Moon-jun]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Wang Chan]]
| align="left" | 21–12, 21–14
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|- style="background:#AE9C45"
| align="center" | 2017
| align="left" | Jaya Raya Junior International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Won-ho
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Sang-min (badminton)|Lee Sang-min]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Sung-seung]]
| align="left" | 21–13, 21–13
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
''Mixed doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#BDB8AD"
| align="center" | 2016
| align="left" | Korean Junior International
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Sim Yu-jin]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Wu Seung-hoon]]<br />{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Min-ji (badminton)|Kim Min-ji]]
| align="left" | 12–10, 11–7, 10–12, 11–6
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
: {{Color box|#AE9C45|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: {{Color box|#C6D4E1|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: {{Color box|#BDB8AD|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior International Series tournament
: {{Color box|#EBE7E0|border=darkgray}} BWF Junior Future Series tournament
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{BWFB|77262}}
* {{BWFT|01453576-B58B-4F2B-A181-84D4E75F8A94|member_id=77262}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/min-hyuk-kang_1891503 Kang Min-hyuk] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]
{{Footer World Champions Badminton Doubles Men}}
{{Footer BWF World Tour Finals Champions Badminton Doubles Men}}
{{Top ten badminton players|MD}}
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[[Category:Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for South Korea]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton]]
[[Category:21st-century South Korean sportsmen]]