Jongkolphan Kititharakul

Jongkolphan Kititharakul

Jongkolphan Kititharakul is a doubles badminton player from Thailand. She is very skilled. She achieved gold in women's doubles at the 2017 SEA Games, and she also won gold in women's teams in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023.

Jongkolphan Kititharakul is a badminton player from Thailand. She was born on March 1, 1993, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and she is currently thirty years old. She is five feet seven inches tall. Jongkolphan has been playing badminton since 2010, and she still plays. She prefers her right hand to play.

Achievements

Thai players Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai competed against Japanese players Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota at the 2023 Asian Championships for women's doubles, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Unfortunately, with a score of 18-21, 15-21, Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai lost, but they were awarded the bronze medal.

Jongkolphan Kititharakul

With her Thai partner Rawinda Prajongjai, Jongkolphan Kititharakul competed in the women's doubles competition at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai, another Thai squad, were their opponents. The opposition team ended up having to retire, and Jongkolphan and Rawinda declared winners with a score of 21-16, 7-8. They won the gold medal for this accomplishment.

The World Tour of BWF

The BWF World Tour is a well-known badminton series that includes events at various levels, such as the World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and BWF Tour Super 100. In these competitions, Jongkolphan Kititharakul has participated.

In 2018, she and Rawinda Prajongjai won the gold medal at the Thailand Masters (Super 300). That same year, they finished in second place at the India Open (Super 500) and took home silver. In 2019, they took home yet another gold medal from the Chinese Taipei Open (Super 300). Nevertheless, they finished second in the Macau Open (Super 300) and took home a silver medal.

They won a silver medal and placed second at the 2020 Thailand Open (Super 1000). In 2021, they took home the gold medal from the Orleans Masters (Super 100). They came second in the Hylo Open (Super 300) in 2022 and took home a silver medal. They won silver medals in the 2023 French Open (Super 750) and Arctic Open (Super 500), as they came second.

Grand Prix of BWF

Moreover, Jongkolphan Kititharakul competed in the badminton championship series known as the BWF Grand Prix from 2007 to 2017. The two tiers in this series were Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold.

Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  • In 2015, Jongkolphan and Rawinda Prajongjai defeated an Indonesian pair to win the gold medal at the Vietnam Open.
  • They came second in the Bitburger Open and Indonesian Masters in 2016 and won silver medals in both competitions the following year.
  • 2017 was an amazing year for them. They won the Malaysia Masters gold medal after defeating a Hong Kong couple. To win another gold medal at the Bitburger Open, they also defeated a Japanese pair.

BWF International Series / Challenge

Furthermore, Jongkolphan Kititharakul took part in the BWF International Series. It is a badminton championship series. Here are some of her achievements:

  • With partner Pacharakamol Arkornsakul, they came second and won silver medals in the women's doubles at the Bahrain International Challenge in 2012.
    Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  • At the 2013 Smiling Fish International, Jongkolphan and Rodjana Chuthabunditkul came second in the women's doubles.
  • In 2015, Jongkolphan, together with partner Rawinda Prajongjai, defeated a pair from England to win the gold medal in the women's doubles at the Kharkiv International. At the Sydney International that same year, they won over a pair of Australians to take home another gold medal.
  • In 2013, Jongkolphan and Patiphat Chalardchaleam defeated another Thai pair to win the gold medal in mixed doubles at the Smiling Fish International.
  • These victories and feats show how skilled and capable Jongkolphan Kititharakul is in various badminton competitions.

Conclusion

Jongkolphan Kititharakul is a skilled badminton player from Thailand. Her impact on the sports culture is noticeable. Her achievements include winning gold in women's doubles at the 2017 SEA Games and winning gold in women's teams in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. She also won several matches with her partner Rawinda Prajongjai, which included winning the gold medal at the Thailand Masters (Super 300). At the India Open (Super 500) that same year, they finished in second position and took home silver. In 2019, they took home yet another gold medal from the Chinese Taipei Open (Super 300). Nevertheless, they finished second in the Macau Open (Super 300) and took home a silver medal.

They won a silver medal and placed second at the 2020 Thailand Open (Super 1000). In 2021, they took home the gold medal from the Orléans Masters (Super 100).

They came second in the Hylo Open (Super 300) in 2022 and took home a silver medal. They won silver medals in the 2023 French Open (Super 750) and Arctic Open (Super 500), as they came second and many more. Her impact is so strong that she unknowingly motivates the current aspiring player with her mesmerizing badminton playing skills.


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