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Ratchanok Intanon
The badminton player who became Thailand’s first world champion in 2013, aged 18.
Junior world titles · World champion
- Born
- 5 February 1995
- Birthplace
- Thailand
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Ratchanok Intanon
Ratchanok Intanon combines deceptive racket skills with fluid movement. Her senior success followed an exceptional run in junior badminton.
Early life
Yasothon
Born in northeastern Thailand.
Training
Grew up around the Banthongyord badminton school, where her parents worked.
Career
- 2009
Junior champion
Won her first world junior title.
- 2012
Olympic debut
Reached the London singles quarter-finals.
- 2013
Senior breakthrough
Won the women’s singles World Championship.
- 2024
Fourth Olympics
Reached the women’s singles quarter-finals in Paris.
Achievements
Junior world titles
Won three consecutive women’s singles titles.
World champion
Beat Li Xuerui in the final.
World number one
Reached the top of the women’s singles rankings.
Beyond badminton
Nickname
Known to fans as May.
Training home
Her long association with Banthongyord links her career to a family-run badminton community.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Career and work — bwfbadminton.com ↗Photo: Jurnal Bulutangkis. CC BY 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
