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1 Achievements  


1.1  BWF World Championships  




1.2  SEA Games  




1.3  BWF World Junior Championships  




1.4  BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)  




1.5  BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)  






2 Record against selected opponents  




3 References  




4 External links  













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Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Personal information
CountryThailand
Born (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 25)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Career record169 wins, 154 losses
Highest ranking12 (22 October 2019)
Current ranking33 (17 October 2023)

Medal record

Men's badminton
Representing  Thailand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Men's singles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bilbao Boys' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Kantaphon Wangcharoen (Thai: กันตภณ หวังเจริญ; born 18 September 1998) is a Thai badminton player.[1] At the young age, Wangcharoen became the runner-up in the senior tournament 2014 Singapore International in the men's singles event after losing the match because of foot injury.[2] Wangcharoen clinched the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event,[3] also part of the junior team that won the mixed team bronze in 2014 and 2016, and Asian mixed team bronze in 2016.

Wangcharoen was a member of the Thailand national team that won the bronze medals at the 2017, 2019 SEA Games and 2019 Sudirman Cup. He also the finalist at the BWF Grand Prix Gold event 2017 Thailand Masters, and won the 2017 National Championships title.[4]

At the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Wangcharoen was criticized by the Thai media after he mocked and made fun of Indonesian fans in front of them by using offensive Thai language. He had recorded and published the offensive video clip on his personal Instagram account himself.[5]

He ended the 2018 BWF season by qualified to compete at the World Tour Finals and catapulted him to a career-best world ranking of no. 15 at that year.[6] He won the bronze medal at the 2019 BWF World Championships, becoming the first ever Thai player to win a World Championships medal in the men's singles event.[7]

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Denmark Anders Antonsen 15–21, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

SEA Games

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Singapore Loh Kean Yew 21–16, 6–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain China Sun Feixiang 9–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Thailand Masters Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto 17–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Singapore International Singapore Loh Kean Yew 21–19, 14–21, 1–11 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

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Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 December 2022.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Kantaphon Wangcharoen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  • ^ "แบดสาวที.ไทยแลนด์ซิวทองที่สิงคโปร์" (in Thai). Independent News Network. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  • ^ ""พรปวีณ์"ตบลิ่วชิงขนไก่ชิงแชมป์เยาวชนโลก" (in Thai). Siam Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  • ^ "กันตภณ หวังเจริญ..ดาวรุ่งพุ่งแรงแห่งปีของแบดมินตันไทย" (in Thai). Badminton Thai Today. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  • ^ "ถล่มยับ 'กัน กันตภณ' นักแบดทีมชาติ ถ่ายคลิปสาวอินโดกรี๊ด บอก "กรี๊ดกูอีกเร็ว!"". ข่าวสด (in Thai). 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  • ^ "Thailand Masters: Kantaphon Wangcharoen will look to continue good form". Fox Sports. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  • ^ Alleyne, Gayle (23 August 2019). "Kantaphon Leads Thailand's Record Haul – Basel 2019". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  • ^ "Kantaphon Wangcharoen Head to Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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