Sudket Prapakamol ( th, สุดเขต ประภากมล; ; born 8 February 1980) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

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. He is a police

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and a sportsman like his brother. He has a

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from the

University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยหอการค้าไทย) is a private non-profit higher education institution in Bangkok, Thailand. The university's origin dates back to 194 ...

Career

He competed in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex Goudi Olympic Complex is a sports complex in Athens, Greece. It held two of the sports venues used during the 2004 Summer Olympics. Goudi Oly ...

in men's doubles with partner

Patapol Ngernsrisuk Patapol Ngernsrisuk (born 29 December 1980) is a Thai former badminton player. He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Sudket Prapakamol. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Anthony Clark and Nath ...

. They were defeated in the round of 32 by Anthony Clark and

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Sp ...

of Great Britain. Prapakamol also competed in the mixed doubles with partner

Saralee Thungthongkam Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication ...

. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Fredrik Bergström and

Johanna Persson Johanna Sofia Elisabeth Persson (born 25 December 1978) is a former Swedish badminton player. Persson started her junior career in Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and won her first national junior title in 1993 in the U-14 girls' sin ...

of Sweden in the round of 16. He played for Thailand in Thomas Cup 2008 as with Songpol Anukritayawan. Thailand was crushed in the quarter finals. Prapakamol made his second appearance at the Olympic Games in

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. He and Thungthongkam were defeated by the first seeded from Indonesia

Nova Widianto Andreas Nova Widianto (born 10 October 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is currently the Indonesia national team mixed doubles head coach. Career Nova Widianto is considered one of the greatest doubles player in his era. He i ...

and

Liliyana Natsir Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...

in the quarter finals. Sudket & Saralee

In 2012, Prapakamol and Thungthongkam again competed in the

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, played in the

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, reaching the quarter finals where they were beaten by

Christinna Pedersen Christinna Pedersen (born 12 May 1986) is a Danish badminton player. Career Christinna Pedersen is a right-handed doubles specialist. From 2008 onwards, Pedersen paired with Joachim Fischer Nielsen in mixed doubles. The pair gained two Europ ...

and

Joachim Fischer Nielsen Joachim Fischer Nielsen (born 23 November 1978) is a Danish retired badminton player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with teammate Christinna Pedersen. He retired from the international tournament in the ...

of Denmark. He ended his international career after competed at the

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in February 2016.

Achievements

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Games

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

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

Summer Universiade

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

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(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. ''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 :

BWF Superseries The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007. Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...

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

IBF International

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

References

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