Shin Seung-chan

Shin Seung-chan
Shin Seung-chan at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
Born (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (WD with Jung Kyung-eun, 24 November 2016)
2 (WD with Lee So-hee, 21 December 2021)
19 (XD with Kim Gi-jung, 10 February 2017)
Current ranking11 (WD with Lee Yu-lim, 29 October 2024)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles
World Championships
2021 Huelva Women's doubles
2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
2022 Bangkok Women's team
2016 Kunshan Women's team
2018 Bangkok Women's team
2020 Aarhus Women's team
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Women's team
2016 Hyderabad Women's team
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan Mixed team
2015 Gwangju Mixed team
2015 Gwangju Mixed doubles
2015 Gwangju Women's doubles
2013 Kazan Women's doubles
World Junior Championships
2011 Taipei Girls' doubles
2012 Chiba Girls' doubles
2010 Guadalajara Mixed team
2011 Taipei Mixed team
2012 Chiba Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Gimcheon Girls' doubles
2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
2012 Gimcheon Mixed team

Shin Seung-chan (Korean신승찬; Korean pronunciation: [ɕin.sɯŋ.tɕʰan]; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. she is widely recognized for her exceptional defensive skills and powerful smashes, which helped her secure a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside her partner Jung Kyung-eun. Throughout her career, Shin has consistently remained at the top of the BWF world rankings, achieving significant success with long-time partner Lee So-hee, including winning a silver and a bronze at the 2021 and 2014 BWF World Championships respectively. She also helped the Korean national team to win the 2022 Uber Cup.

Shin demonstrated exceptional talent early in her career by winning the gold medal at the 2011 and 2012 BWF World Junior Championships, and also at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships. Shin continues to excel by balancing his professional career and studies at the Chosun University, and her success at the university level was epitomized by her performance at the 2013 and 2015 Summer Universiade, where she contributed point for South Korea to clinch the gold medal in the team event in both years, and also secured the mixed and women's doubles gold in 2015.