Charoen Wattanasin () (born 1937) is a former

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player from Thailand who won international championships in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Career

Between 1958 and 1962 Wattanasin captured the open men's singles titles of Malaya,

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. Wattanasin was a men's singles runner-up to Denmark's formidable

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at the All-England Championships in 1960 and 1962. He represented Thailand in the

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(men's international team) campaigns of 1957-1958 and 1963-1964.

Corruption scandal

In 2000 he was inducted into the World Badminton Hall of Fame. However, there were scandals and corruption issues when he was the president of the Badminton Association of Thailand between 2009 and 2013. In 2010, 16 players and coaches quit Badminton Association of Thailand as they did not receive supporting fee from the association, while Charoen claimed that he already provided support.

Political perspective

In 2014, he criticised the European Union's decision to impose political sanctions against Thailand for overthrowing an elected government by stating that Thai people should ban products from the EU, particularly cars, and stop travelling to the EU as well; however, his sons owned BMWs and his daughter was a communication general manager for Chanel Thailand.https://www.khaosod.co.th/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRRd016VTVOVFkzTmc9PQ

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Personal life

He is a father of two famous singers Jirayut Wattanasin and

Jetrin Wattanasin Jetrin Wattanasin ( th, เจตริน วรรธนะสิน; ) or J Jetrin, is a Thai pop musician and actor who got his first major break in the music business when he secured heavy promotion by the Thai entertainment company, GMM Gr ...

Achievements

Asian Games

''Men's Doubles''

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

International tournaments

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Invitational tournament

''Men's singles''

References

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