Sangob Rattanusorn

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Sangob Rattanusorn
Personal information
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1970 Bangkok Men's singles
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1965 Lucknow Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1962 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1965 LucknowMen's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1969 Manila Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1969 ManilaMen's doubles
SEAP Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Bangkok Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1973 Singapore Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1967 BangkokMen's doubles

Sangob Rattanusorn (born 1943) is a Thai badminton player who won numerous titles and represented his country in team play from the early 1960s through the early 1970s.

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Career

A fine "all-arounder" (proficient in all three events: singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles), Rattanusorn won eight Thai national singles titles between 1962 and 1970, and the Southeast Asian Peninsular singles title in 1967. [1] Outside of Asia, his most significant victories came in doubles events. He shared the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with England's Margaret Barrand in 1963, and the Canadian Open mixed doubles title with the USA's Lois Alston in 1968. [2] In 1968 he also won the Canadian Open and Dutch Open men's doubles titles, [3] and reached the men's doubles semifinal at the All-England Championships with fellow countryman Chavalert Chumkum. Perhaps the best year in his badminton career, however, came toward the end of it in 1973, when he helped Thailand to a surprise victory over Malaysia in the Asian zone final of Thomas Cup [4] before bowing to perennial champion Indonesia in the inter-zone ties.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1970 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan 17–18, 10–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1965 Lucknow, India Flag of India.svg Dinesh Khanna 3–15, 11–15 Med 2.png Silver
1969 Manila, Philippines Flag of Indonesia.svg Muljadi 10–15, 3–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1962 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Thailand.svg Sanguan Anandhanonda Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
7–15, 10–15 Med 3.png Bronze
1965 Lucknow, India Flag of Thailand.svg Tuly Ulao Flag of Thailand.svg Temshakdi Mahakonok
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
12–15, 18–15, 8–15 Med 3.png Bronze
1969 Manila, Philippines Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
7–15, 3–15 Med 3.png Bronze

SEAP Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1965Selangor Badminton Association Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang 7–15, 15–7, 7–15 Med 2.png Silver
1967 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Somsook Boonyasukhanonda Med 1.png Gold

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1967 Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
11–15, 10–15 Med 3.png Bronze
1973 Singapore Badminton Hall, Singapore Flag of Thailand.svg Bandid Jaiyen Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Dominic Soong
15–10, 18–15 Med 1.png Gold

International tournaments

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1963 Malaysia Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Yew Cheng Hoe 9–15, 1–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1966 Malaysia Open Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Malaysia.svg Eddy Choong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang
14–17, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1968 Dutch Open Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Bacher
Flag of Denmark.svg Erland Kops
9–15, 15–1, 15–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1968 German Open Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
9–15, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1968 Canadian Open Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Wayne Macdonnell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rolf Paterson
15–12, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1968 Singapore Open Flag of Thailand.svg Chavalert Chumkum Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Yee Khan
9–15, 1–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1972 Denmark Open Flag of Thailand.svg Bandid Jaiyen Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
6–15, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1963 U.S. Open Flag of England.svg Margaret Barrand Flag of the United States.svg Joe Alston
Flag of the United States.svg Lois Alston
18–16, 4–15, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1968 Canadian Open Flag of the United States.svg Lois Alston Flag of Thailand.svg Channarong Ratanaseangsuang
Flag of the United States.svg Tyna Barinaga
15–11, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1968 Singapore Open Flag of Thailand.svg Pachara Pattabongse Flag of Denmark.svg Svend Andersen
Flag of Japan.svg Noriko Takagi
8–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

References

  1. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 303, 335.
  2. Scheele, 314, 138.
  3. Scheele, 137, 246.
  4. Jack Van Praag, "National and International News," Badminton USA, May 1973, 10.