Charoen Wattanasin

Charoen Wattanasin 1962

Charoen Wattanasin ( Thai : เจริญ วรรธนะ สิน ; * April 4, 1937 ) is a former Thai badminton player .

Athletic career

In his homeland he won the men's doubles for the first time in 1957 with Prida Vongakarakul. A year later he won the men's doubles again at the Thai championships , this time with Kamal Sudthivanich at his side.

Internationally, he won the men's singles between 1958 and 1962 at the Malaysian Open , Irish Open , Scottish Open , Norwegian International and the French Open . In 1960 and 1962 he was in the finals of All England , but lost both times against Erland Kops from Denmark. At the Southeast Asian Games in 1959 he won silver in singles and gold in doubles (together with Kamal Sudthivanich ), at the Asian Games in 1966 bronze in mixed with Tuly Ulao .

In the new millennium he became president of the Thai Badminton Association.

literature

Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971. JA Jennings Ltd., Canterbury, Kent, England 1971, pp. 86, 163, 164, 174, 209, 229, 246, 256, 273, 274, 313 .

Web links

Commons : Charoen Wattanasin - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Charoen Wattanasin at The Badminton Association of Thailand ( Memento from January 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Charoen Wattanasin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	เจริญ วรรธนะ สิน (th)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	thai badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1937