Puttita Supajirakul

Puttita Supajirakul
Personal information
Nickname(s)Earth
CountryThailand
Born (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996[1]
Phitsanulok, Thailand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Retired30 May 2023
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles[2]
Highest ranking9 (WD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai, 22 June 2017)
17 (WD with Supissara Paewsampran, 23 May 2023)
34 (XD, 27 November 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Thailand
World Championships
2022 Tokyo Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
2019 Nanning Mixed team
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team
2020 Aarhus Women's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2016 Hyderabad Women's team
SEA Games
2015 Singapore Women's team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
2019 Philippines Women's team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
2013 Naypyidaw Women's doubles
2013 Naypyidaw Mixed doubles
Asian Youth Games
2013 Nanjing Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
2013 Bangkok Girls' doubles
2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2013 Kota Kinabalu Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Puttita Supajirakul (Thai: พุธิตา สุภจิรกุล; born 29 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player. She reached a career high as world number 9 in the women's doubles. Supajirakul was the women's doubles bronze medalists at the Asian, and World Juniors and also at the BWF World Championships. Together with Sapsiree Taerattanachai, she recorded as the first Thai women's doubles to medal at the World Championships.[3] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Supajirakul was part of Thailand's gold medals-winning team at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 SEA Games in the women's team event. She also helps the national team won the silver medal in the 2018 Uber Cup; the bronze medals in the 2017 and 2019 Sudirman Cups; 2020 Uber Cup; 2018 Asian Games; 2016 Asia Women's Team and at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships.

Supajirakul announced her retirement from the Thai national team through her social media account on 30 May 2023.[4]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Sapsiree Taerattanachai Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
16–21, 21–19, 23–25 Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium,
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
7–21, 11–21 Bronze
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sapsiree Taerattanachai Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
16–21, 8–7 retired Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium,
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Nipitphon Phuangphuapet Muhammad Rijal
Debby Susanto
11–21, 21–18, 19–21 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
Narissapat Lam Chen Qingchen
He Jiaxin
11–21, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Sport Institute Gymnasium,
Nanjing, China
Dechapol Puavaranukroh Minoru Koga
Akane Yamaguchi
19–21, 21–9, 17–21 Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Narissapat Lam Huang Dongping
Jia Yifan
16–21, 11–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Li Wenmei
Zheng Yu
15–21, 21–15, 21–10 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Masters Super 300 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
15–21, 21–14, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 4 runners-up)

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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 U.S. Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Shendy Puspa Irawati
Vita Marissa
15–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2015 Mexico City Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Shizuka Matsuo
Mami Naito
17–21, 21–16, 10–21 Runner-up
2016 German Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Huang Yaqiong
Tang Jinhua
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016 Thailand Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–12, 21–17 Winner
2017 Thailand Masters Sapsiree Taerattanachai Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Smiling Fish International Wiranpatch Hongchookeat Emi Moue
Aya Shimozaki
11–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2013 Vietnam International Narissapat Lam Poon Lok Yan
Tse Ying Suet
21–18, 17–21, 21–11 Winner
2013 Smiling Fish International Narissapat Lam Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
21–17, 21–10 Winner
2015 USA International Sapsiree Taerattanachai Heather Olver
Lauren Smith
21–18, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016 Polish Open Sapsiree Taerattanachai Chow Mei Kuan
Lee Meng Yean
21–7, 21–17 Winner
2018 KaBaL International Supissara Paewsampran Elisa Melgaard
Sofie Nielsen
21–14, 21–11 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Puttita Supajirakul". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Puttita Supajirakul". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "ขนไก่หญิงคู่ "ทรัพย์สิรี-พุธิตา" สร้างประวัติศาสตร์ศึกชิงแชมป์โลก" (in Thai). MGR Online. 26 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ไม่มีอีกแล้ว "เอิร์ธ" ประกาศเลิกเล่น "แบดมินตัน" ย้อนความหลังตลอด 10 ปีในการเป็นนักกีฬาทีมชาติ" (in Thai). Thai Rath. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.