Chuchart Vatanatham

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Chuchart Vatanatham ( Thai : ชูชาติ วัฒนธรรม ; * around 1937 ) is a former Thai badminton player . He was one of the most significant doubles players in Thailand in the 1960s.

Athletic career

In his homeland, Chuchart Vatanatham first won the Thai championships in doubles with Chavalert Chumkum in 1960 . By 1965 he had won four other double titles, all together with Chavalert Chumkum.

In the Thomas Cup in 1961 , he and the Thai team lost the final against Indonesia and thus became team vice world champion.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1960 Thai championship Men's doubles 1 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham
1961 Thomas Cup Men's team 2 Thailand
1961 Thai championship Men's doubles 1 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham
1963 Thai championship Men's doubles 1 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham
1964 Thai championship Men's doubles 1 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham
1965 Thai championship Men's doubles 1 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham

credentials

  • Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: JA Jennings Ltd. 1971).
  • Herbert Scheele (Ed.): The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: JA Jennings Ltd. 1967).