Sangob Rattanusorn

Sangob Rattanusorn
Personal information
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Thailand Asian Games 1966 Bangkok Men's team 1970 Bangkok Men's singles Asian Championships 1965 Lucknow Men's singles 1962 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 1965 Lucknow Men's doubles 1969 Manila Men's singles 1969 Manila Men's doubles Southeast Asian Games 1967 Bangkok Men's singles 1973 Singapore Men's doubles 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles 1967 Bangkok Men's doubles

Sangob Rattanusorn (born 1943) is a former badminton player from Thailand who won numerous titles and represented his country in team play from the early 1960s through the early 1970s.

Career

A fine "all-arounder" (proficient in all three events: singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles), Rattanusorn won eight Thai national singles titles between 1962 and 1970, and the Southeast Asian Peninsular singles title in 1967.^[1] Outside of Asia, his most significant victories came in doubles events. He shared the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with England's Margaret Barrand in 1963, and the Canadian Open mixed doubles title with the USA's Lois Alston in 1968.^[2] In 1968 he also won the Canadian Open and Dutch Open men's doubles titles,^[3] and reached the men's doubles semifinal at the All-England Championships with fellow countryman Chavalert Chumkum. Perhaps the best year in his badminton career, however, came toward the end of it in 1973, when he helped Thailand to a surprise victory over Malaysia in the Asian zone final of Thomas Cup^[4] before bowing to perennial champion Indonesia in the inter-zone ties.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Punch Gunalan	17–18, 10–15	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1965	Lucknow, India	Dinesh Khanna	3–15, 11–15	Silver
1969	Manila, Philippines	Muljadi	10–15, 3–15	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Sanguan Anandhanonda	Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee	7–15, 10–15	Bronze
1965	Lucknow, India	Tuly Ulao	Tan Yee Khan Temshakdi Mahakonok	12–15, 18–15, 8–15	Bronze
1969	Manila, Philippines	Chavalert Chumkum	Ng Boon Bee Punch Gunalan	7–15, 3–15	Bronze

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1965	Singapore Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Tan Aik Huang	7–15, 15–7, 7–15	Silver
1967	Bangkok, Thailand	Somsook Boonyasukhanonda		Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1967	Bangkok, Thailand	Chavalert Chumkum	Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee	11–15, 10–15	Bronze
1973	Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore City, Singapore	Bandid Jaiyen	Punch Gunalan Dominic Soong	15–10, 18–15	Gold

International tournaments

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	Malaysia Open	Yew Cheng Hoe	9–15, 1–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1966	Malaysia Open	Chavalert Chumkum	Eddy Choong Tan Aik Huang	14–17, 12–15	Runner-up
1968	Dutch Open	Chavalert Chumkum	Erland Kops Tom Bacher	9–15, 15–1, 15–9	Winner
1968	German Open	Chavalert Chumkum	Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee	9–15, 2–15	Runner-up
1968	Canada Open	Chavalert Chumkum	Wayne Macdonnell Rolf Paterson	15–12, 15–11	Winner
1968	Singapore Open	Chavalert Chumkum	Tan Yee Khan Ng Boon Bee	9–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1972	Denmark Open	Bandid Jaiyen	Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee	6–15, 6–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1963	US Open	Margaret Barrand	Joe Alston Lois Alston		Winner
1968	Canada Open	Lois Alston	Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Tyna Barinaga	15–11, 15–7	Winner
1968	Singapore Open	Pachara Pattabongse	Svend Andersen Noriko Takagi	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up

References

1. Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 303, 335.
2. Scheele, 314, 138.
3. Scheele, 137, 246.
4. Jack Van Praag, "National and International News," Badminton USA, May 1973, 10.