page_title: Yoo Yeon-seong
hierarchical_section_title: Yoo Yeon-seong
caption_attribution_description: English: 2013 French open. Men's doubles eightfinal. Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong vs Maneepong Jongjit and Nipitphon Puangpuapech. Français: Yonex IFB 2013. Huitième de finale double homme. Lee Yong-dae et Yoo Yeon-seong vs Maneepong Jongjit et Nipitphon Puangpuapech.
context_page_description: Yoo Yeon-seong is a South Korean professional badminton player.
  He specializes in doubles events and was ranked as high as No. 2 worldwide with his former partner, Ko Sung-hyun. The two also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. For a long time he played mixed doubles with Kim Min-jung, but later switched partners to play with Jang Ye-na, starting in 2011. Starting in late 2013, his men's doubles partner was Lee Yong-dae. Together, they reached a world ranking of No.1 in August 2014.
  Yoo was among 4 players reported to be retiring and hanging up his national team jersey after the Rio Olympics but during the Korea Open that September, it was revealed that he would be continuing to play on the national team after his partner Lee Yong Dae retired. Yoo said that he wants to spend more time with his family. After he and Lee won the Korea Open title, Yoo played an additional 9 international ranking events but his name was finally removed from the Korean national team list a few weeks after the 2017 Singapore Open.
context_section_description: Yoo Yeon-seong ([ju.jʌn.sʌŋ]; born August 19, 1986 in South Korea) is a South Korean professional badminton player.
  He specializes in doubles events and was ranked as high as No. 2 worldwide with his former partner, Ko Sung-hyun. The two also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.  For a long time he played mixed doubles with Kim Min-jung, but later switched partners to play with Jang Ye-na, starting in 2011. Starting in late 2013, his men's doubles partner was Lee Yong-dae. Together, they reached a world ranking of No.1 in August 2014.
  Yoo was among 4 players reported to be retiring and hanging up his national team jersey after the Rio Olympics but during the Korea Open that September, it was revealed that he would be continuing to play on the national team after his partner Lee Yong Dae retired.  Yoo said that he wants to spend more time with his family.  After he and Lee won the Korea Open title, Yoo played an additional 9 international ranking events but his name was finally removed from the Korean national team list a few weeks after the 2017 Singapore Open.
caption: Yoo Yeon-seong at the 2013 French Super Series.
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