Kento Momota

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Kento Momota badminton
Country: JapanJapan Japan
Date of birth: September 1, 1994
Place of birth: Kagawa Prefecture
Size: 174 cm
Weight: 70 kg
1st professional season: 2009
Playing hand: Left
Trainer: Keita Masuda
BWF ID: 89785
Men's singles
Career record: 274: 79
Career title: 7th
Highest ranking: 1 (since September 27, 2018)
Men's doubles
Career record: 2: 4
mixed double
Career record: 0: 1
Medals
Country: JapanJapanJapan 
badminton
BWF - world championships
bronze Jakarta 2015 singles
Thomas Cup
gold New Delhi 2014 Men's
Sudirman Cup
silver Dongguan 2015 Mixed
BAC - Team Asian Championship
silver Hyderabad 2016 Men's
BWF - Youth World Championships
gold Chiba 2012 singles
silver Chiba 2012 Mixed
bronze Taipei 2011 singles
BAC - Youth Asian Championships
gold Gimcheon 2012 singles
gold Gimcheon 2012 Mixed
bronze Lucknow 2011 singles
BWF profile
As of April 29, 2016

Kento Momota ( Japanese 桃 田 賢 斗 , Momota Kento ; born September 1, 1994 in Kagawa Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese badminton player .

Career

Momota's greatest successes are winning the BWF World Superseries Finals 2015 in Dubai , the Indonesia Open 2015 and the bronze medal in the men's singles at the 2015 World Championships in Jakarta . In 2015 he won the Singapore Open and in 2016 the India Open . In 2011 he won bronze at the World Youth Championships in Taipei , and gold a year later in Chiba . In 2012 he also started at the Asian Championships , where he was eliminated in the round of 16 against eventual champion Chen Jin . In 2014 he also reached the round of 16 at the Asian Games . In 2013 he won the Swedish International Stockholm , Austrian International and Estonian International .

After a suspension, Momota made its comeback in February 2018 and managed to re-establish itself among the world's best within a few months: At the Asian Championships, he defeated u on his way to the title. a. World number two Shi Yuqi , Lee Chong Wei and the reigning Olympic champion Chen Long . At the Malaysia Open he had to admit defeat to Lee Chong Wei in the final. In the final of the Indonesia Open he prevailed in two clear sets with 21-14 and 21-9 against the world number one and reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen , and secured the title for the second time in his career.

Momota has also been the reigning world champion since August 2018, after beating Shi Yuqi in straight sets in the final .

Lock

In April 2016, Momota was suspended by the Japanese Badminton Association with immediate effect for several illegal visits to casinos and was also not nominated for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Achievements in tables

Men's singles

result year Place / tournament opponent Result
BWF - world championships
bronze 2015 IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Long 9:21, 15:21
33./64. 2014 DenmarkDenmark Copenhagen Hong KongHong Kong Wei Nan 21:18, 18:21, 12:21
Asian Games logo Asian Games
9./16. 2014 Korea SouthSouth Korea Incheon China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Long 19:21, 6:21
BAC - Asian Championships
9./16. 2012 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Qingdao China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Jin 10:21, 10:21
17./32. 2013 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Taipei ThailandThailand Boonsak Ponsana 13:21, 16:21
17./32. 2014 Korea SouthSouth Korea Gimcheon China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Kai 20:22, 18:21
BWF Super Series Finals
1. [4]2015 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai DenmarkDenmark Viktor Axelsen 21:15, 21:12
5th / 6th 2014 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai IndiaIndia Srikanth Kidambi 21:15, 16:21, 10:21
BWF World Superseries Premier
1. [1]2015 IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia Open DenmarkDenmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 16:21, 21:19, 21: 7
BWF Super Series
1. [2]2015 SingaporeSingapore Singapore Open Hong KongHong Kong Hu Yun 21:17, 16:21, 21:15
1. [2]2016 IndiaIndia India Open DenmarkDenmark Viktor Axelsen 21:15, 21:18
Badminton Europe Circuit
1. 2013 SwedenSweden Swedish International Stockholm NetherlandsNetherlands Eric Pang 21: 9, 16:21, 21:18
1. 2013 AustriaAustria Austrian International JapanJapan Riichi Takeshita 21:19, 21:12
International Series
1. 2013 EstoniaEstonia Estonian International FinlandFinland Eetu Heino 20:22, 21:15, 21:15
BWF - Youth World Championships
gold 2012 JapanJapan Chiba China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xue Song 21:17, 19:21, 21:19
bronze 2011 Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Taipei MalaysiaMalaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli 18:21, 18:21
BAC - Youth Asian Championships
gold 2012 Korea SouthSouth Korea Gimcheon MalaysiaMalaysia Soong Joo Ven 21:13, 22:20
bronze 2011 IndiaIndia Lucknow MalaysiaMalaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli 18:21, 19:21

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics from the BWF accessed on March 10, 2019
  2. ↑ Placement at BWF, accessed on March 10, 2019
  3. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/drawsheet.aspx?id=B1A7006D-7CB5-4080-9058-430AACDD0962&draw=8
  4. ↑ Illegal gambling: Japanese badminton star is not allowed to go to the Olympic Games. In: Spiegel Online . April 10, 2016, accessed April 23, 2016 .
  5. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=CA160B94-64E2-4C8A-8E18-9E269E9A46EB&draw=10
  6. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=76625781-4100-42A2-AEB9-212D44C17A08&draw=10
  7. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=B60297AC-79BF-4735-AA2E-FC458AFFA7DC&draw=2
  8. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=B0BE4A8A-DD7C-4C88-A745-42D3D22ADEE8&draw=2

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personal data
SURNAME Momota, Kento
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 桃 田 賢 斗 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Kagawa Prefecture