is a badminton player from

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. Born in Ōita,

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, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the

2011 BWF World Championships The 2011 BWF World Championships was the 19th tournament of the World Badminton Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at Wembley Arena in London, England, from August 8 to August 14, 2011. China clean swept al ...

with her partner

Miyuki Maeda is a Japanese international badminton player from the Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She participated at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and also in three Asian Games editions from 2006 to 2014. Career Maed ...

Career

Suetsuna has gained prominence in badminton through her success in women's doubles with her partner

, and the partnerships known by the Japanese media as "Suemae". Together they won the 2010 Denmark Open, their first major tournament victory. They went on to win the 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold and the 2011 India Open. Suetsuna and Maeda also have two bronze medals from major competitions from making the semifinals at the 2011 London World Championships and 2010 Uber Cup in Kuala Lumpur. She competed at the

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and

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as well in

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and

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. In 2008 Beijing Olympics, with her women's doubles partner Maeda, they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics. Satoko Suetsuna has competed with several men in mixed doubles, but has not achieved the same level of success as she has in her main event. Suetsuna retired from the Japan team in September 2013.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's 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, 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). 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. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Superseries Finals 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, S ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was run from 2007 to 2017. Features Prize money A Grand Prix Gold tournament offered minimum prize money of US$ ...

. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Miyuki Maeda

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2–3 * Jwala Gutta &

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References

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