Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch

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player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.

Career

As a part of the

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team Pang reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in

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. Together with

Lotte Bruil-Jonathans Lotte Jonathans (born 17 September 1977) is a Dutch former badminton player. Career Jonathans made her debut at the Olympics in the 2000 Sydney, reaching the quarter finals of the women's doubles with Nicole van Hooren. Jonathans made her ...

Yao Jie Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands. Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country h ...

Larisa Griga Larisa Valeriïvna Griga ( uk, Лариса Валеріївна Грига Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine. She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles ...

Dicky Palyama Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978 in Gouda) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Early career After winning four junior titles in the Netherlands between 1994 and 1996, Dicky took the European junior U19 title in 1997. His first succ ...

and

Chris Bruil Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil (born 20 December 1970 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathan ...

. The final was lost against the team of

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. In the semi finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Eric Pang won the Norwegian International in 2005 and the

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in 2010. In 2012 Eric Pang won the Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix beating his compatriot

in the final with straight games.

Personal life

Eric Pang was born to a

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father and

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mother. His Chinese name is Fang Facai (). He married

in 2009, who later also became his coach.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix tournament : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pang, Eric 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Groningen (city) Dutch people of Indonesian descent Dutch people of Chinese descent Dutch male badminton players Badminton players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for the Netherlands