is a badminton player from

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

. Born in Ōita,

Ōita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Ōita Prefecture has a population of 1,136,245 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,340 km2 (2,448 sq mi). Ōita Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northwest, Kum ...

, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the

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with her partner

Miyuki Maeda is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014. Career Maed ...

Career

Suetsuna has gained prominence in badminton through her success in women's doubles with her partner

, and the partnerships known by the Japanese media as "Suemae". Together they won the 2010 Denmark Open, their first major tournament victory. They went on to win the 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold and the 2011 India Open. Suetsuna and Maeda also have two bronze medals from major competitions from making the semifinals at the 2011 London World Championships and 2010 Uber Cup in Kuala Lumpur. She competed at the

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and

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as well in

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and

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. In 2008 Beijing Olympics, with her women's doubles partner Maeda, they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. Satoko Suetsuna has competed with several men in mixed doubles, but has not achieved the same level of success as she has in her main event. Suetsuna retired from the Japan team in September 2013.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's doubles''

BWF Superseries

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(BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year. ''Women's 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

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Miyuki Maeda

* Leanne Choo &

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1–0 * Cheng Shu & Zhao Yunlei 0–2 *

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& Yu Yang 0–5 *

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0–2 * Wei Yili &

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1–11 * Christinna Pedersen &

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2–3 *

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1–2 * Nitya Krishinda Maheswari &

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1–2 * Mizuki Fujii &

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0–3 * Lee Hyo-jung &

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suetsuna, Satoko 1981 births Living people People from Ōita (city) Sportspeople from Ōita Prefecture Japanese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Japan Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games