INTANON Ratchanok

Date of Birth: 5 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: YASOTHON

Birth Country:

Thailand

Place of residence : BANGKOK

Residence Country:

Thailand

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Badminton	Women's Singles	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 2	Women's Singles Group Play Stage - Group N #315 THA INTANON RINTANON Ratchanok 2 HUN SAROSI LSAROSI Laura 0	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 3	Women's Singles Group Play Stage - Group N #344 THA INTANON RINTANON Ratchanok 2 MAS CHEAH SCHEAH Soniia 1	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 2	Women's Singles Round of 16 #352 INA GM TUNJUNGTUNJUNG Gregoria Mariska 0 THA INTANON RINTANON Ratchanok 2	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza BDM Court 1	Women's Singles Quarterfinal #357 THA INTANON RINTANON Ratchanok 1 TPE TAI TYTAI Tzu-Ying 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2012	London, GBR
Last 16	Women's Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Singles	2013	Guangzhou, CHN
3	Women's Singles	2019	Basel, SUI
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2017	Glasgow, GBR
Last 16	Women's Singles	2018	Nanjing, CHN
Last 16	Women's Singles	2015	Jakarta, INA
Last 16	Women's Singles	2014	Copenhagen, DEN
Last 16	Women's Singles	2011	London, GBR

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Team	2018	Indonesia
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	Women's Singles	2017	Wuhan, CHN
Last 16	Women's Singles	2018	Wuhan, CHN

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Singles	2018	Guangzhou, CHN
3	Women's Singles	2017	Dubai, UAE
1st Round	Women's Singles	2020	Bangkok, THA
1st Round	Women's Singles	2019	Guangzhou, CHN

BWF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64	Group
2021	Singles	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2020	Singles	1x	-	1x	3x	1x	-	-	-
2019	Singles	2x	4x	1x	7x	1x	2x	-	-
2018	Singles	1x	1x	3x	4x	2x	2x	-	-
2017	Singles	2x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

BWF World Superseries - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32
2017	Singles	1x	1x	2x	4x	2x	2x

World Tour & World Superseries - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Jakarta, INA
1	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	New Delhi, IND
1	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
1	2018	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
1	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Superseries	Odense, DEN
1	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Auckland, NZL
1	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Bangkok, THA
2	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Hong Kong, CHN
2	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Incheon, KOR
2	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Bangkok, THA
2	2019	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
2	2018	Women's Singles	BWF World Tour	Hong Kong, CHN
2	2017	Women's Singles	BWF World Superseries	Birmingham, GBR

Thomas & Uber Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's Team	2018	Bangkok, THA

TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Mixed Team	2019	Nanning, CHN
3	Mixed Team	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

May, Nong May (bangkok.coconuts.co, 18 Apr 2016; thestar.com, 21 Aug 2013)

Photography. (BadmintonWorld.tv YouTube channel, 12 Dec 2018)

Occupation:

Political Science - Bangkok Thonburi University, Thailand

Languages spoken:

Banthongyord Badminton School [Thailand]

Rexy Mainaky [national], INA

Right (badmintonstar.com, 29 Aug 2013)

2009 for Thailand (badmintoncentral.com, 27 Apr 2009)

After competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she was out of action for six months due to a knee injury. She returned to competition in March 2017 at the All England Open in Birmingham. (indianexpress.com, 29 Mar 2017)

An ankle injury forced her to withdraw from her quarterfinal match at the 2015 All England Open in Birmingham. (dailynews.co.th, 07 Mar 2015)

She was introduced to the sport at age five. Her parents worked in a factory that produced desserts, and she would often spend time there. The factory owners were worried that she could be burned by boiling water and hot sugar so they restricted her to the company's badminton court. (thestar.com, 21 Aug 2013; bwfbadminton.com, 15 Jan 2014)

"In the first place, I really didn't like it. My parents said that I should give it a try. After a few years I started to love the game and I realised that I could make a living." (firstpost.com, 12 Aug 2013)

She trains at the gym three days a week when she is not competing. "It's something I have to do. I feel that my upper body is not as strong as my legs." (BadmintonWorld.tv YouTube channel, 11 Dec 2018)

Chinese badminton player Wang Yihan. (badmintonstar.com, 29 Aug 2013)

Philosophy:

"Make every day meaningful." (Facebook profile, 10 May 2020)

She was Thailand's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (thestar.com.my, 12 Aug 2016)

In 2014 she was named Best Asian Sporting Icon by Fox Sports Asia. (foxsportsasia.com, 17 Jun 2014)

She was named 2013 Best Female Amateur Athlete by the Sports Writers Association of Thailand. (bangkokpost.com, 27 Mar 2014)

In 2010 she received the International Olympic Committee [IOC] Inspiring Young People Trophy. (badmintonstar.com, 29 Aug 2013)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC REDEMPTION
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London she was winning 16-9 in her quarterfinal match against Chinese player Wang Xin, but failed to convert the advantage into victory. "It was my worst experience as a player." She came back from the disappointment to win a world singles title the following year, which was the first time since 1999 that a female player from a nation other than the People's Republic of China had won a women's world singles title. "After I won [the world title in 2013], I felt the pressure. But a year passed and I felt that I was still human." (sportskeeda.com, 11 Mar 2016)

Milestones

She became the first Thai badminton player to win a world title, following her gold medal in the singles event at the 2013 World Championships in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. At age 18 years and 187 days, the victory also made her the youngest badminton player from any nation to win a world singles title. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Dec 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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