Sattawat Pongnairat

Sattawat Pongnairat
Pongnairat in 2015
Personal information
Country  United States
Born (1990-05-08) May 8, 1990
New York City, United States
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Zi Min Cai,
Rudy Gunawan,
Ignatius Rusli
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 44 (MS November 14, 2013)
28 (MD March 26, 2015)
125 (XD September 15, 2011)
BWF profile

Sattawat Pongnairat (Thai: ศตวรรษ พงษ์นัยรัตน์; RTGS: Sattawat Phongnairat; born May 8, 1990 in New York City) is an American badminton player who competed at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] He trained at the Orange County Badminton club, and in 2015, he won a gold medal in men's doubles with teammate Phillip Chew at the Pan American Games.[2][3]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada United States Phillip Chew Brazil Hugo Arthuso
Brazil Daniel Paiola
21–18, 21–16 Gold
2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico United States Halim Ho United States Tony Gunawan
United States Howard Bach
10–21, 14–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Cuba Osleni Guerrero 21–17, 6–21, 16–21 Silver
2010 Clube Curitibano,
Curitiba, Brazil
Canada Stephan Wojcikiewicz 21–15, 16–21, 19–21 Bronze

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada
United States Phillip Chew Canada Adrian Liu
Canada Derrick Ng
15–21, 13–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Clube Curitibano,
Curitiba, Brazil
United States Cee Nantana Ketpura Canada Kevin Li
Canada Alex Bruce
11–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Miami International Malaysia Lim Fang Yang 19–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Indonesia Ferdinand Sinarta Surbakti Canada Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
Canada Dancan Yao
21–18, 16–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Tahiti International United States Phillip Chew Poland Adam Cwalina
Poland Przemyslaw Wacha
5–9 Retired 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Chile International Challenge United States Phillip Chew Canada Adrian Liu
Canada Derrick Ng
13–21, 22–20, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Mercosul International United States Phillip Chew Belgium Matijs Dierickx
Belgium Freek Golinski
13–21, 21–8, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Sydney International United States Phillip Chew China Bao Zilong
China Qi Shuangshuang
6–11, 7–11, 3–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Peru International United States Phillip Chew Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder
18–21, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Brazil International United States Phillip Chew Malaysia Gan Teik Chai
Malaysia Ong Soon Hock
14–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Miami International United States Phillip Chew Brazil Hugo Arthuso
Brazil Daniel Paiola
16–21, 21–18, 9–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International United States Kerry Xu Canada Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
Canada Josephine Wu
16–21, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International United States Kuei-Ya Chen Canada Toby Ng
Canada Josephine Wu
19–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Sattawat Pongnairat Badminton". origin-www.teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. "Rio Olympics 2016: Orange County athletes in action Thursday, Aug. 10". www.ocregister.com. Orange County Register. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  3. "Pan Am Games 2015 – First continental title for Chew/Pongnairat". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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