Kim Won-ho

Kim Won-ho
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1999-06-02) 2 June 1999
Suwon, South Korea
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking6 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 3 June 2025)
9 (MD with Choi Sol-gyu, 3 January 2023)
3 (XD with Jeong Na-eun, 31 December 2024)
Current ranking6 (MD with Seo Seung-jae, 3 June 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
2024 ParisMixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold CoastMixed team
2023 SuzhouMixed team
2025 XiamenMixed team
2021 VantaaMixed team
Asian Games
2022 HangzhouMen's doubles
2022 HangzhouMen's team
Asia Championships
2019 WuhanMen's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2023 DubaiMixed team
Asia Team Championships
2018 Alor SetarMen's team
2024 SelangorMen's team
World Junior Championships
2017 YogyakartaBoys' doubles
2017 YogyakartaMixed team
Asian JunIior Championships
2016 BangkokMixed doubles
2016 BangkokMixed team
BWF profile

Kim Won-ho (Korean: 김원호; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. He was the silver medalists in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and in the men's doubles at the 2022 Asian Games. He was part of Korea winning team at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Kim reached a career-high as world number 3 in mixed doubles with Jeong Na-eun and world number 9 in men's doubles with Choi Sol-gyu.

Kim is the son of the Olympic gold medalist Gil Young-ah. When he was educated in the Maewon High School, he competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and team event. He was the youngest player from the Korean national team who competed at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. He played one match, in the opening tie with Russia in the round robin stage. In the final round, Korea won the title after beating China by the score of 3–2.