Sapsiree Taerattanachai (; ; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai

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player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with

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 ...

at the

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and at the

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. Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh made history as the first ever Thai pair to win the year-end Finals tournaments, the World Championships title and rank first in the

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. Taerattanachai competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Asian Games; and at the

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and

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. In 2009, she was a semi-finalist in girls' doubles at the World Junior Championships, and the following year, she was runner-up at the Asian Junior Championships. She won gold at the

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. In 2014, Sapsiree became the first player ever to become a Grand Prix Gold finalist in all three disciplines. She won the women's doubles title at the 2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold, then the women's singles title at the 2013 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, then was runner-up at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold. With her mixed doubles victory at the

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, she did one better and became the first player to win Grand Prix Gold titles in all three disciplines. Taerattanachai and Puavaranukroh won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships, and a gold medal at the

. The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian Leg titles in Thailand, and all 2021

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leg titles and climbed to world number 1 in BWF ranking on 7 December 2021.

Personal life

She graduated from

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

. Sapsiree is nicknamed "Popor". Her knee injury during the 2017 SEA Games Final was a minor speed bump to her long successful career. She has a made a very strong comeback in 2019 by producing extremely good results.

Career

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

, but they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Youth Olympic Games

''Girls' singles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Women's doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles''

BWF World Tour (14 titles, 8 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

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(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. ''Women's doubles'' '' 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

(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'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 9 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

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

Performance timeline

National team

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

Individual competitions

Junior level

* ''Girls' singles'' * ''Girls' doubles'' * ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

= Women's singles

= Women's doubles

= Mixed doubles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taerattanachai, Sapsiree 1992 births Living people

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 ...

Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Thailand Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games

Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton World No. 1 badminton players