| Eric Pang 方发财 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1982 Groningen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 22 (10 October 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BWF profile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.
As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Pang reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Dicky Palyama and Chris Bruil. The final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada.
Eric Pang won the Norwegian International in 2005, the Spanish Open in 2010, the Canadian International in 2013 and the Croatian International in 2015. In 2012 Eric Pang won the Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix beating his compatriot Dicky Palyama in the final with straight games. After his retirement in 2015 he became a coach at the Dutch National junior squad and also a juniors talent coach in Almere for a short period of time. Then he moved to China with his wife Yao Jie to open a badminton school there. When they returned to Europe the couple settled in Hamburg, Germany where they are part of the Trainers staff at the Hamburger Badminton Verband, one of Germany's National Badminton Centre's.
Eric Pang was born to a Chinese Singaporean father and Dutch mother. [1] [2] His Chinese name is Fang Facai (Chinese :方发财). He married Yao Jie in 2009, who later also became his coach. [3]
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Spała Olympic Center, Spala, Poland |  Joachim Persson | 15–3, 15–3 |  Gold |
| 1999 | Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland | Björn Joppien | 8–15, 10–15 |  Silver |
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Canada Open |  Tan Chun Seang | 21–15, 11–21, 16–21 |  Runner-up |
| 2012 | Dutch Open |  Dicky Palyama | 21–14, 21–10 |  Winner |
| 2009 | Dutch Open | Chetan Anand | 12–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2009 | Bitburger Open |  Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 21–12, 13–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Croatian International | Nick Fransman | 21–16, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2013 | Belgian International |  Andre Kurniawan Tedjono | 17–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Canadian International | Joachim Persson | 24–22, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2013 | Dutch International | Viktor Axelsen | 22–24, 12–21 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Swedish Masters |  Kento Momota | 9–21, 21–16, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2012 | Swedish Masters |  Chan Yan Kit | 17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Turkey International |  Przemysław Wacha | 18–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Bahrain International | Tommy Sugiarto | 17–21, 9–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Belgian International | Marc Zwiebler | 15–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Spanish Open | Rune Ulsing | 21–12, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2009 | Dutch International | Dicky Palyama | 11–21, 21–14, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2005 | Irish International |  Chetan Anand | 15–8, 6–15, 7–15 | Runner-up |
| 2005 | Norwegian International | Kasper Ødum | 15–7, 7–15, 15–10 | Winner |
| 2005 | SCBA International | Yuichi Ikeda | 13–15, 12–15 | Runner-up |
| 2003 | Dutch International |  Arief Rasidi | 11–15, 13–15 | Runner-up |
Lee Hyun-il is a former badminton player from South Korea. He is a former World and Asian Championships bronze medalist, and was part of South Korean team that won the 2003 Sudirman Cup as well the gold medals at the 2002 and 2014 Asian Games.
Yao Jie is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands.
Wang Chen is a Chinese badminton player who later represented Hong Kong.
Lotte Jonathans is a Dutch former badminton player.
Dicky Palyama is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.
Larisa Valeriïvna Griga is a badminton player from Ukraine. She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl is a badminton player from Russia.
Huaiwen Xu is a German badminton player. Born in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, she decided to play for Germany because the Chinese thought that she was too short to play professional world badminton.
Chetan Anand Buradagunta is a badminton player from India. Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010. He has a career best world ranking of world no 10. His ranking has dropped to 54 since October 2010 due to his ankle injury. He is a recipient of the Indian Arjuna Award in 2006.
Chan Yan Kit is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He competed at the Asian Games from 2006 to 2014.
Judith Meulendijks is a former badminton player from the Netherlands.
Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus is a Danish badminton player. He was a member of the winning Denmark team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.
Ai Goto is a former Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist from Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Now she works at the human resources department NTT East badminton club. She was the women's singles champion at the 2009 Osaka International tournament. At the BWF Grand Prix tournament, she was the semi-finalists at the 2010 Dutch Open, 2011 Russian Open, and at the 2011 Indonesia Masters. Goto also competed at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
The 2012 Dutch Open Grand Prix was the twelfth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2012 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Topsportcentrum, Almere, Netherlands October 9 until October 14, 2012 and had a total purse of $50,000.
Angus Ng Ka Long is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open.
Yao Xue is a Chinese badminton player.
Mia Blichfeldt is a Danish badminton player. She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event.
Christo Popov is a French badminton player who affiliate with Fos club. He was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020. He then clinched the boys' singles title at the 2020 European Junior Championships.
The 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place in Taipei County, Taiwan from 18 to 23 September 2007. It had a total purse of $170,000.
The 2006 German Open was a badminton tournament which took place at the RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany, on from 10 to 15 January 2006 and had a total purse of $80,000.
