Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Personal information
Nickname(s) Porphor
Birth name Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Country Thailand
Born 18 April 1992 (1992-04-18) (age 24)
Udon Thani, Thailand
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Women's singles/doubles
& Mixed doubles[1]
Highest ranking

13 (WS) (13 October 2013)
13 (WD) (18 June 2015)

19 (XD) (16 May 2016)
Current ranking 15 (WD), 19 (XD) (9 October 2016)
BWF profile

Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thai: ทรัพย์สิรี แต้รัตนชัย; rtgs: Sapsiri Tae-rattanachai) is a female Thai badminton player who competed at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2016 Olympics. In 2009, she was a semi-finalist in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships and the following year, she was runner-up at the Asian Junior Championships,[2] then followed that up by winning gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2014, Sapsiree became the first player ever to become a Grand Prix Gold finalist in all three disciplines.[3] She won the women's doubles title at the 2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold, then the women's singles title at the 2013 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, then was runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold.

She was a student at Chulalongkorn University.[4]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 U.S. Open Japan Yuka Kusunose 21-12, 21-13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Thailand Open Thailand Puttita Supajirakul Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara
21-12, 21-17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 German Open Thailand Puttita Supajirakul China Huang Yaqiong
China Tang Jinhua
14-21, 18-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Mexico City Open Thailand Puttita Supajirakul Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito
17-21, 21-16, 10-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 U.S. Open Thailand Puttita Supajirakul Indonesia Shendy Puspa Irawati
Indonesia Vita Marissa
15-21, 10-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Syed Modi International Thailand Savitree Amitrapai Indonesia Komala Dewi
Indonesia Jenna Gozali
21-12, 21-6 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     Grand Prix Gold Tournament
     Grand Prix Tournament

References

Media related to Sapsiree Taerattanachai at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "BWF contents". tournamensoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "2010 AJC Results". tournamensoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. "(photo caption)". Facebook.com. Badzine. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. "CU Students Won 36 Medals in 28th SEA Games". Chulalongkorn University. Retrieved 31 August 2016.


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