Dechapol Puavaranukroh ( th, เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai

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player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner

Kittinupong Kedren Kittinupong Kedren ( th, กิตตินุพงษ์ เกตุเรน; born 19 July 1996) is a Thai badminton player. He was the gold medalists at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Dec ...

. Puavaranukroh claimed doubles titles at the

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by winning the gold medal in the men's doubles with Kedren and in the mixed doubles with

Sapsiree Taerattanachai Sapsiree Taerattanachai (; ; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and at the 2021 World Championships. Taerattanachai and Puavaranu ...

. Together with Taerattanachai, he won the silver and gold medals at the

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respectively, became the first Thai pair who won the world title. The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian leg titles in Thailand and all 2021 Bali leg titles, thus climbing to world number 1 in the BWF ranking. Puavaranukroh and Taerattanachai made history as the first ever Thai players to win a title in the year-end Finals tournaments and rank first in the world ranking. Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Career

Puavaranukroh and his partner, Taerattanachai, reached their first ever final at a Superseries event in 2017 Singapore Open. Puavaranukroh and his partner, Taerattanachai, competed at the

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, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

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

BWF World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

Asian Youth Games

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (13 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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. '' Mixed doubles''

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year. ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 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. ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

* ''Boys' singles'' * ''Boys' doubles'' * ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

= Men's doubles

= Mixed doubles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Puavaranukroh, Dechapol 1997 births Living people

Dechapol Puavaranukroh Dechapol Puavaranukroh ( th, เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his pa ...

Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players