Shon Seung-mo

Shon Seung-mo, born on 1 July 1980 in Milyang, South Gyeongsang Province, is a South Korean badminton player who won the singles silver medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2000 Games. In 2004 he beat Antti Viitikko of Finland and Richard Vaughan of Great Britain in the early rounds, Chen Hong of China in the quarterfinals and Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in the semifinals, before losing the gold medal match to Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia by 15-8, 15-7. His right eye is almost blind after a shuttlecock hit it when he was 15 years old.