Young-Chin Mi Explained

Young-Chin Mi (born 6 June 1979) is a German former para-badminton player. He was part of the German para-badminton team that competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He competed in the men's singles WH1 event and the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event alongside his partner Thomas Wandschneider but did not get past the group stages.^[4]

Biography

Young-Chin Mi was diagnosed with paraplegia after a traffic accident in southern France in 2005. Before the accident, he was active in football, hapkido, swimming and jogging. Through an internet search, he joined the RBG Dortmund sports club, where he was introduced to para-badminton and has been playing the sport since 2008.^{[5] [6]}

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Valeska Knoblauch	Jakarin Homhual Sujirat Pookkham	8–21, 12–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Valeska Knoblauch	Yang Tong Li Hongyan	6–21, 10–21	Bronze

European Championships

Men's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain	David Toupé	21–13, 12–21, 7–21	Bronze
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	David Toupé	8–21, 7–21	Bronze

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Sébastien Martin	Pascal Barrillon David Toupé	6–21, 11–21	Bronze
2014	High Performance Center, Murcia, Spain	Jordy Brouwer	Avni Kertmen Martin Rooke	10–21, 21–23	Bronze
2016	Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands	David Holz	Martin Rooke David Toupé	16–21, 10–21	Bronze
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Rick Hellmann	Martin Rooke Thomas Wandschneider	14–21, 19–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Valeska Knoblauch	David Toupé Sonja Häsler	6–21, 12–21	Bronze
2016	Sporthal de Haamen, Beek, Netherlands	Valeska Knoblauch	David Toupé Narin Uluç	13–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze
2018	Amphitheatre Gymnasium, Rodez, France	Valeska Knoblauch	Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin	18–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (5 runners-up)

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Mixed doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	French Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Marc Jung Elke Rongen	21–10, 21–7	Runner-up
			Pascal Barrillon Sofía Balsalobre	21–14, 23–21
			David Toupé Sonja Häsler	11–21, 14–21
2015	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Martin Rooke Karin Suter-Erath	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Marcelo Alves Conceição Marcela Quinteros	19–21, 21–11, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	Konstantin Afinogenov Emine Seçkin	20–22, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up

Notes

1. https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/athleten/details/thomas-wandschneider German Paralympic team page
2. Web site: Paralympics . Team Deutschland . Silber und Bronze bei der Tokio-Generalprobe . 2024-09-19 . www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de . en.
3. Web site: 2021-08-31 . Paralympics 2020: Start am Mittwoch . 2024-09-19 . www.badminton.de . de.
4. Web site: Groth . Alexander . 2021-09-03 . Paralympics Premiere im Para Badminton ohne deutsche Finalentscheidungen . 2024-09-19 . drs.org . de-DE.
5. Web site: Middel . Peter . 2010-04-13 . Young-Chin Mi fand neuen Lebensmut . 2024-09-19 . www.wr.de . de.
6. Web site: BRS-Hamburg – „Die Paralympics sind wahnsinnig reizvoll“ . 2024-09-19 . brs-hamburg.de.