Sapsiree_Taerattanachai

Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Sapsiree Taerattanachai

Thai badminton player


Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thai: ทรัพย์สิรี แต้รัตนชัย; RTGS: Sapsiri Tae-rattanachai; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 SEA Games and at the 2021 World Championships.[3][4] Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh made history as the first ever Thai pair to win the year-end Finals tournaments, the World Championships title and rank first in the world ranking.

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Taerattanachai competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Asian Games; and at the 2016 and 2020 Summer 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.[5] She won 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.[6] 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. With her mixed doubles victory at the 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, she did one better and became the first player to win Grand Prix Gold titles in all three disciplines.[7]

Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships,[8] and a gold medal at the 2021 World Championships.[4] The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian Leg titles in Thailand,[9][10] and all 2021 Bali leg titles and climbed to world number 1 in BWF ranking on 7 December 2021.[2][11]

Personal life

She graduated from Chulalongkorn University.[12] Sapsiree is nicknamed "Popor". Her knee injury during the 2017 SEA Games Final was a minor speed bump to her long successful career. She has a made a very strong comeback in 2019 by producing extremely good results.

Career

Taerattanachai and her mixed doubles partner Puavaranukroh reached their first ever final at a Superseries event in 2017 Singapore Open.[13]

Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.[14]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

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Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

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SEA Games

Women's doubles

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Mixed doubles

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Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles

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BWF World Junior Championships

Women's doubles

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Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

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Girls' doubles

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BWF World Tour (17 titles, 10 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[17] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[18]

Women's doubles

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BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[19] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[20] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

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BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 9 runners-up)

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.

Women's singles

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BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
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National team

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Individual competitions

Junior level

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Senior level

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References

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  2. Aof (29 August 2017). "'แบดไทย'สร้างประวัติศาสตร์กวาด '4 ทองซีเกมส์'หนแรก!". ประชาชาติธุรกิจ (in Thai). Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. "Badminton mixed doubles win first world championship". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. "2010 AJC Results". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. "(photo caption)". Facebook. Badzine. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. Sachetat, Raphael (19 March 2017). "Swiss Open Finals – Sapsiree first to close the loop in 20 years". Badzine. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. "'บาส-ปอป้อ' คว้าเหรียญเงินขนไก่ชิงแชมป์โลก". Thai Post (in Thai). 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. Sukumar, Dev (1 February 2021). "World Tour Finals: One Epic, Two Milestones". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  9. "Mixed doubles Thai badminton stars retain World Tour Finals crown". thethaiger.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  10. "CU Students Won 36 Medals in 28th SEA Games". Chulalongkorn University. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (15 April 2017). "Dechapol and Sapsiree reach first Super Series final". The Nation. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  12. "Badminton - TAERATTANACHAI Sapsiree". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. "Kunlavut powers into Tokyo Final". Bangkok Post. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  14. Sukumar, Dev (19 December 2021). "Breakthrough Titles for Thailand, Japan". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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  18. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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