Virgil Soeroredjo

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Virgil Soeroredjo
Personal information
CountryFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Born (1985-03-11) March 11, 1985 (age 39)
Paramaribo, Suriname
Height175 cm (5.74 ft)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachMike van Daal / Henk Brunings / Oscar Brandon
Men's Singles
Men's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Career title(s)Singles Champion of Suriname 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013 & 2014 Doubles Champion of Suriname 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 & 2013, Mixed Doubles Champion of Suriname 2000, 2006 & 2011

Surinam International 2008 Winner Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles SI 2009 Winner Men's Singles, Men's Doubles SI 2010 Winner Mixed Doubles SI 2011 Winner Men's Doubles

Contents

Carebaco International 2011 Winner Men's Doubles
Highest ranking175 (MS) August 16, 2012
76 (MD) (April 5, 2012)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 San Salvador Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Mayaguez Men's doubles
South American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Medellín Mixed team
BWF profile

Virgil Soeroredjo (born 11 March 1985) is a former Surinamese badminton player and now coach. He competed for Suriname at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] He also competed for Suriname at 3 Pan Am Games: the 2003 Pan American Games, the 2007 Pan American Games & the 2011 Pan American Games. As a young badminton player of the club SCVU in Suriname Virgil Soeroredjo won numerous juniors titles and was soon selected to represent his country abroad winning several juniors medals at Caribbean, Central American and South American events. Much of his success was with his doubles partner Mitchel Wongsodikromo.

Multiple Caribbean and Pan Am Juniors badminton champion

Together they grew up to become a badminton force for Suriname in the Pan Am region. In 2000, they won the Pan Am Boys Doubles U-17 juniors title at Cuba after they had already won the Caribbean Boys Doubles titles U-17 & U-19 the same year at Barbados. At the 2000 Carebaco Games, Virgil Soeroredjo won five gold medals and a silver medal. Winning the triple in the U-17 category plus Boys Doubles in the U-19 category and the U-19 team event for Suriname and a second place in Mixed Doubles U-19. In 2001, Virgil Soeroredjo managed to successfully defend four of his five Carebaco juniors titles only losing his singles U-17 title in the final at Jamaica. In 2001 Virgil & Mitchel won Boys Doubles U-17 Gold at the South American Juniors Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That year they also won the Regatas Cup for Boys Doubles U-17 in Lima, Peru. In 2002, Virgil Soeroredjo & Mitchel Wongsodikromo became Pan American Juniors Semi-Champions U-19 in Orange County, USA. At the same event Virgil Soeroredjo also took two bronze medals, one in the U-19 Mixed Doubles category and also in the team event, where the Surinamese juniors team surprisingly beat favorites Canada. In the 2002 Carebaco Games, Virgil Soeroredjo won Gold at the Men's Singles and the Men's Doubles U-19 juniors categories at Puerto Rico. Together with compatriot Carolyn Davids he participated at the Pan American IBF World Academy training camp held in Lima, Peru 2002. In the 2003 Carebaco Games at Trinidad & Tobago, Virgil Soeroredjo lost both the U-19 Boys Singles & Mixed Doubles finals to his compatriot Mitchel Wongsodikromo. Together they eventually won the Boys Doubles U-19 title and the Carebaco Juniors 2003 team event. [2]

International and national achievements

In 2002, they both won a Men's Singles Bronze medal at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games (CACSO Games 2002) in San Salvador. At that time a special achievement since they were both still 17-year-old juniors. In 2003 Virgil Soeroredjo was part of the first Surinamese badminton team that participated at the Sudirman Cup Mixed teams World Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. In 2005 at the Carebaco Open Championships, Virgil Soeroredjo managed to get in the semi-finals Men's Singles achieving a Bronze Medal as well as in the Team Event held in Cuba.

Virgil Soeroredjo gained six National Men's Singles titles in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013 & 2014. Internationally he was a triple champion at the Suriname International in 2008 winning all three categories Men's Singles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. In 2009, he won the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles titles at the Suriname International, in 2010 he won the Mixed Doubles title and in 2011, he won the Men's Doubles title at the Suriname International. In 2010, Virgil Soeroredjo & Mitchel Wongsodikromo reached the final at the Bill Graham Miami International [3] and in 2011 they reached the semi-final of that same event. [4] In 2011, Virgil Soeroredjo won both the Suriname International and the Carebaco International [5] in Men's Doubles. In March 2010 Virgil Soeroredjo was also part of the Suriname badminton team that won a Bronze medal Mixed Teams Badminton at the 2010 South American Games in Medellín. In July 2010, Virgil Soeroredjo & Mitchel Wongsodikromo won the only medal, a Bronze, for Suriname at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games by reaching the semi-finales. In 2012 Virgil Soeroredjo was part of the first Suriname Men's badminton team that participated at the Thomas Cup preliminaries in Los Angeles, USA.

In 2009, Virgil Soeroredjo moved to the Netherlands to improve his skills, training under coach Mike van Daal. He participated at the highest badminton club competition level (Eredivisie) for BC Culemborg and BV van Zijderveld. At that time this badminton player started switching his focus on his sports management study at the Johan Cruyff University in Amsterdam. From 2012, the National Association, Surinaamse Badminton Bond was annually organizing a Top 8 Singles event in honor of Virgil Soeroredjo's participation at the 2012 London Olympics. In 2013, Virgil Soeroredjo was planning on attending this event in his home country held by the badminton club of Nieuw Stenov, unfortunately he did not due to his busy study schedule. In November 2013, Virgil attended the National Championships and 7th Suriname International in Paramaribo. In April 2014, he won the 3rd Assuria International Easter Badminton Tournament 2014 in Paramaribo beating young Jamaican talent Samuel Ricketts in the final. In November 2014, Virgil attended the National Championships and 8th Suriname International in Paramaribo. Due to a recurring knee injury, Virgil decided to retire as an international player in December 2015. He then followed the BWF Level 1 and Level 2 Badminton Coaches courses successfully.

National badminton titles

International badminton titles

Virgil Soeroredjo 2012 Olympian from Suriname Virgil Soeroredjo.jpg
Virgil Soeroredjo 2012 Olympian from Suriname

Achievements with results

Central American and Caribbean Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2002 San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Guatemala.svg Pedro Yang 3–15, 0–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Raymond Dalmau Coliseum, Porta del Sol,
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of Mexico.svg Andrés López
Flag of Mexico.svg Lino Muñoz
14–21, 17–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Series/ Future Series

Virgil Soeroredjo (SUR) 2008 & 2009 Suriname International Men's Singles winner Virgil Soeroredjo (SUR).jpg
Virgil Soeroredjo (SUR) 2008 & 2009 Suriname International Men's Singles winner

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2009 Suriname International Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola 21-19, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo 10-21, 21–13, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of Brazil.svg Luis Henrique Dos Santos Jr.
Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Yuwan Tjong
21-14, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Carebaco International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Nelson Javier
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Alberto Rapozo
22-20, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Cordón
Flag of Guatemala.svg Rodolfo Ramírez
14–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Miami International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of the United States.svg Sameera Gunatileka
Flag of the United States.svg Vincent Nguy
14–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of Suriname.svg Oscar Brandon
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Raul Rampersad
21–15, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo Flag of Suriname.svg Irfan Djabar
Flag of Suriname.svg Dylan Darmohoetomo
21–15, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Mireille van Daal Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo
Flag of Suriname.svg Priscille Tjitrodipo
21-8, 21-10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Suriname International Flag of Suriname.svg Nathalie Haynes Flag of Suriname.svg Mitchel Wongsodikromo
Flag of Suriname.svg Jill Sjauw Mook
21-16, 21-16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Personal life

Virgil Soeroredjo and his wife Willeke have two daughters. Virgil Soeroredjo graduated in 2018 as sports marketeer from the Johan Cruijff University in the Netherlands and was trainer/coach at the Dutch premier division club The Flying Shuttle Barendrecht in the 2018/2019 season. [24]

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