Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired

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player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication Arts from Bangkok University.

Career

Thungthongkam made her debut at the

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in 2000 Sydney. She reached the second round in both the women's and mixed doubles with partners

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and Khunakorn Sudhisodhi. Thungthongkam competed in

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in the women's doubles with partner Sathinee Chankrachangwong. They defeated

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and

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of Canada in the first round and

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and Keiko Yoshimoti of Japan in the second. In the quarter finals, Thungthongkam and Chankrachangwong lost to Yang Wei and

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of China 2–15, 4–15. She also competed in the mixed doubles with partner Sudket Prapakamol. They had a bye in the first run and were defeated by Fredrik Bergström and Johanna Persson of Sweden in the 16th round. At the 2008 Beijing, she only competed in the mixed doubles, again with Prapakamol. They reached the quarter finals, losing to the Indonesian pair of

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and

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, who went on to win the silver medal. Thungthongkam made her fourth appearance Olympic Games in 2012 London, where she again reached the quarter finals with Prapakamol. This time they lost to

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and

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of Denmark. Thungthongkam ended her career in the international tournaments after got injured at the

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in February 2016. She spent 19 years at the Thailand national team.

Achievements

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Games

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

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

Southeast Asian Games

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

BWF Superseries

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

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

''Mixed doubles''

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thungthongkam, Saralee 1979 births Living people Saralee Thungthongkam Saralee Thungthongkam Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Saralee Thungthongkam Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Saralee Thungthongkam Saralee Thungthongkam Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Competitors at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games Saralee Thungthongkam Saralee Thungthongkam Saralee Thungthongkam Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Saralee Thungthongkam Saralee Thungthongkam