Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thai: กุลวุฒิ วิทิตศานต์; simply known as View (Thai: วิว); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player.[1] He was three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[2][3][4] Vitidsarn became the first men's singles player to win three World Junior Championships title, joining Ratchanok Intanon and Chen Qingchen as a three-time winner of the World Junior title in the same discipline.[5] He claimed the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2019, where he previously won a silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017.[6] Vitidsarn participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and was part of the team Omega took the silver medal in the mixed team event.[7]

Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Personal information
CountryThailand
Born (2001-05-11) 11 May 2001
Bangkok, Thailand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Career record208 wins, 48 losses
Highest ranking28 (25 February 2020)
Current ranking29 (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Thailand
World Junior Championships
2019 Kazan Boys' singles
2018 Markham Boys' singles
2017 Yogyakarta Boys' singles
2019 Kazan Mixed team
2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2019 Suzhou Boys' singles
2019 Suzhou Mixed team
2018 Jakarta Boys' singles
2017 Jakarta Boys' singles
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Christo Popov 21–8, 21–11 Gold
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Kodai Naraoka 21–9, 21–11 Gold
2017 GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Leong Jun Hao 17–21, 21–15, 21–9 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China Liu Liang 21–14, 21–13 Gold
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Lakshya Sen 19–21, 18–21 Silver
2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Leong Jun Hao 21–19, 14–21, 21–23 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Viktor Axelsen 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Mongolia International Kodai Naraoka 21–9, 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2019 Spanish International Toby Penty 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2019 Finnish Open Lin Chun-yi 21–16, 18–21, 21–14 Winner
2019 Polish Open Lakshya Sen 21–17, 21–14 Winner
2019 Iran Fajr International Li Shifeng 21–18, 21–17 Winner
2018 Nepal International Soo Teck Zhi 20–22, 22–20, 21–9 Winner
2018 India International Lakshya Sen 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Banthongyord Junior International Fong Hau Sim 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2017 Jaya Raya Junior International Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay 21–17, 21–7 Winner
2017 India Junior International B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj 21–16, 21–11 Winner
2017 Singapore Youth International Joel Koh 21–13, 21–13 Winner
2018 Dutch Junior International Li Shifeng 21–18, 21–14 Winner
2018 German Junior International Li Shifeng 21–15, 21–11 Winner
2018 Jaya Raya Junior International Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay 21–14, 21–9 Winner
2018 Banthongyord Junior International Jason Teh 21–16, 21–15 Winner
2019 Banthongyord Junior International Bobby Setiabudi 21–16, 26–24 Winner

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 White Nights Junior International Pacharapol Nipornram Rodion Alimov
Pavel Kotsarenko		 21–14, 21–23, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 India Junior International Pacharapol Nipornram Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Rinov Rivaldy		 9–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Banthongyord Junior International Phittayaporn Chaiwan Hiroki Midorikawa
Natsu Saito		 23–21, 21–18 Winner
2019 Banthongyord Junior International Phittayaporn Chaiwan Di Zijian
Li Yijing		 21–11, 21–17 Winner
     BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
     BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
     BWF Junior International Series tournament
     BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Kunlavut Vitidsarn". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (22 October 2017). "Teen makes badminton history". The Nation. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. Hearn, Don (19 November 2018). "WORLD JUNIORS 2018 – Goh and Vitidsarn each win a second!". www.badzine.net. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. "Kunlavut reaches historic milestone". Bangkok Post. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. Morgan, Liam (13 October 2019). "Vitidsarn ready for step up to senior level after victory at BWF World Junior Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. "Kunlavut finally wins the elusive Badminton Asia junior title". www.badmintonasia.org. Badminton Asia. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  7. "Participants: Vitidsarn Kunlavut". Buenos Aires 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  8. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  9. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.


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