Pitchamon Opatniputh (, sometimes written as Opatniput; born 4 January 2007) is a Thai
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player. She started playing badminton at the age of five and was trained by her father at the Thai Smile Badminton Club. She won the girls' singles title at the
2023 World Junior Championships.
Career
2018–2019
She won two junior titles in 2018 at the Jakarta Junior and the Korea Junior. In 2019, she won the Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix.
2022
In January, she won her first international title as a senior at the
Swedish Open
The Swedish Open is a professional tennis tournament held in Båstad, Sweden. It is played
on outdoor clay courts in July.
The men's event (sponsored by Skistar) is an ATP Tour 250 tournament on the ATP Tour.
The women's event (sponsored by ...
after defeating
Pornpicha Choeikeewong in the finals. In May, she was selected as a backup for the Thailand women's team at the
2022 Thomas & Uber Cup
The 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 29th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton champi ...
and won a bronze medal. She was also selected for the following
2021 SEA Games
The 2021 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 31st Southeast Asian Games, 31st SEA Games or SEA Games 31, and also recognized as Viet Nam 2021, were the 31st edition of the Southeast Asian Games, the biennial regional multi-sport e ...
and won gold.
In June, she won her second international title at the
Denmark Masters by defeating
Sung Shuo-yun of Chinese Taipei in three tight games.
2023
In October, she won the
World Junior Championships by defeating
Chiara Marvella Handoyo in the final in straight games.
Achievements
BWF World Junior Championships
''Girls' singles''
BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Women's singles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Women's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
BWF Junior International (3 titles)
''Girls' singles''
: BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: BWF Junior International Series tournament
: BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References
External links
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Living people
2007 births
Pitchamon Opatniputh
Pitchamon Opatniputh
Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games
Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games
Pitchamon Opatniputh
SEA Games medalists in badminton
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