Sangob Rattanusorn

Sangob Rattanusorn
Personal information
Medal record Representing Thailand Asian Games 1966 Bangkok Team 1970 Bangkok Men's singles Southeast Asian Games 1967 Bangkok Men's singles 1965 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles Asian Championships 1965 Lucknow Men's singles 1969 Manila Men's singles

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. 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. In 1968 he also won the Canadian Open and Dutch Open men's doubles titles, 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 before bowing to perennial champion Indonesia in the inter-zone ties.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1970	Indoor Stadium Huamark, 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

Southeast Asian Peninsular Games

Men's singles

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