Sangob Rattanusorn

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

Sangob Rattanusorn
Personal information
Medal record
Representing  Thailand
Asian Games
1966 BangkokTeam
1970 BangkokMen's singles
Southeast Asian Games
1967 BangkokMen's singles
1965 Kuala LumpurMen's singles
Asian Championships
1965 LucknowMen's singles
1969 ManilaMen's singles

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

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1970 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand Punch Gunalan 17–18, 10–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1965 Lucknow, India Dinesh Khanna 3–15, 11–15 Silver
1969 Manila, Philippines Muljadi 10–15, 3–15 Bronze

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1965 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tan Aik Huang 7–15, 15–7, 7–15 Silver
1967 Bangkok, Thailand Somsook Boonyasukhanonda Gold
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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.
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