Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn

Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn (Thai: สุจิตรา เอกมงคลไพศาล; born 17 June 1977) is a former Thai badminton player.^[1] She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the women's singles and doubles event.^[2] Ekmongkolpaisarn was the bronze medalists at the 1998 Asian Games in the women's team event, 2002 Asian Games in the singles event, and at the 1999 Asian Championships in the doubles event. She reached a career high ranking of World No. 5.^[3][4]

Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn
Personal information
Country	Thailand
Born	(1977-06-17) 17 June 1977 (age 46) Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Thailand Asian Games 2002 Busan Women's team 1998 Bangkok Women's singles Asian Championships 1999 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles Southeast Asian Games 2005 Manila Women's team 2001 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's singles 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's team 1995 Chiang Mai Women's team 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Women's doubles 1995 Chiang Mai Mixed doubles
BWF profile

In 2017, Ekmongkolpaisarn announced about her marriage plan with a woman Viraradis Tippadabhorn, which she had dating for three and a half years.^[3][4]

Achievements

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Kanako Yonekura	5–11, 2–11	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Saralee Thungthongkam	Ra Kyung-min   Chung Jae-hee	1–15, 8–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Lidya Djaelawijaya	11–8, 11–7	Gold
1999	Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Cindana Hartono Kusuma	5–11, 2–11	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Saralee Thungthongkam	Indarti Isolina   Emma Ermawati	10–15, 11–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand	Khunakorn Sudhisodhi			Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Chen	3–11, 1–11	Runner-up
2001	Hong Kong Open	Jun Jae-youn	7–4, 8–6, 7–0	Winner
2000	Swedish Open	Kanako Yonekura	9–11, 13–10, 10–13	Runner-up
2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Mia Audina	11–13, 2–11	Runner-up
1992	Brunei Open	Meiluawati	0–11, 7–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Indonesia Open	Saralee Thungthongkam	Gao Ling   Huang Sui	5–11, 4–11	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Sri Lanka Satellite	Molthila Meemeak	11–7, 11–2	Winner
2005	Vietnam Satellite	Julia Wong Pei Xian	11–1, 11–4	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Smiling Fish Satellite	Sathinee Chankrachangwong	Duanganong Aroonkesorn   Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	13–15, 15–5, 15–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Smiling Fish Satellite	Sudket Prapakamol	Ng Kean Kok   Fong Chen Yen	15–6, 15–8	Winner

References

1. "Players :Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
2. "โปรแกรมการแข่งขัน ซิดนีย์ 2000 (สำหรับนักกีฬาไทย) ประจำวันที่ 19 ก.ย. 2543". www.ryt9.com (in Thai). Thailand Press Release. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
3. "ฮือฮา สุจิตรา สาวหล่ออดีตนักแบดทีมชาติจ่อจูงมือแฟนสาวคนงามวิวาห์" (in Thai). Siam Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
4. "'สุจิตรา เอกมงคลไพศาล'สาวหล่ออดีตนักแบดทีมชาติ ประกาศแต่งงานกับสาวรู้ใจ!" (in Thai). Khaosod - ข่าวสด. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

External links

• Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)