# Kim Jae-hwan (badminton)

Kim Jae-hwan (Korean: 김재환; born 13 August 1996) is a South Korean badminton player. He graduated from the Jeonju Life Science High School, and now educated at the Wonkwang University. In his junior career, he had collected a gold and two bronzes at the World Junior Championships, and also three silvers and a bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2016, he won the men's doubles title with his partnered Choi Sol-gyu at the World University Championships in Russia. At the same year, he won the BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament at the Korea Masters in the men's doubles event with Ko Sung-hyun. In 2017, he competed at the Taipei Summer Universiade and won the men's doubles gold together with Seo Seung-jae.

## Achievements
### Summer Universiade

Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan | Seo Seung-jae | Katsuki Tamate Kenya Mitsuhashi | 21–12, 21–19 | Gold |

### World University Championships

Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2016 | Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy", Ramenskoe, Russia | Choi Sol-gyu | Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang | 19–21, 21–14, 21–17 | Gold |

### BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2014 | Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia | Kim Jung-ho | Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh | 14–21, 18–21 | Bronze |

### Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2014 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan | Kim Jung-ho | Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei | 16–21, 14–21 | Silver |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2014 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan | Kim Hye-jeong | Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen | 9–21, 19–21 | Bronze |

### BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2016 | Korea Masters | Ko Sung-hyun | Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang | 21–19, 21–18 | Winner |
    BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
    BWF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2019 | Osaka International | Kang Min-hyuk | Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol | 13–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Vietnam International | Kang Min-hyuk | Kenas Adi Haryanto Rian Agung Saputro | 19–21, 21–15, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Mongolia International | Kang Min-hyuk | Kim Won-ho Park Kyung-hoon | 21–14, 27–29, 14–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Indonesia International | Kang Min-hyuk | Muhammad Fachrikar Amri Syahnawi | 21–17, 11–21, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2022 | Italian International | Yoon Dae-il | Su Ching-heng Ye Hong-wei | 21–14, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2023 (II) | Indonesia International | Ki Dong-ju | Kenya Mitsuhashi Hiroki Okamura | 22–20, 16–21, 8–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament