Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bass
CountryThailand
Born (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27)
Chonburi, Thailand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking21 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren 20 July 2017)
1 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai 7 December 2021)[1]
Current ranking7 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Thailand
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Alor Setar Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Asian Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Nanjing Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thai: เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player.[2] He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren.[3] Dechapol claimed doubles titles at the 2017 SEA Games by winning the gold medal in the men's doubles with Kedren and in the mixed doubles with Sapsiree Taerattanachai.[4] Together with Sapsiree, he won the silver and gold medals at the BWF World Championships in 2019[5] and 2021 respectively, became the first Thai pair who won the world title.[6][7] The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian leg titles in Thailand[8][9] and all 2021 Bali leg titles, thus climbing to world number 1 in the BWF ranking.[10] Dechapol and Sapsiree made history as the first ever Thai players to win a title in the year-end Finals tournaments[11] and rank first in the world ranking.[1]

Dechapol at the 2022 German Open
  1. ^ a b ""เดชาพล-ทรัพย์สิรี" ผงาดเบอร์ 1 โลกอย่างเป็นทางการ". MGR (in Thai). 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Players: Puavaranukroh Dechapol". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "ชายคู่ไทย ผงาด! อนาคตดังได้อีก". Thai Rath (in Thai). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ Aof (29 August 2017). "'แบดไทย'สร้างประวัติศาสตร์กวาด '4 ทองซีเกมส์'หนแรก!". ประชาชาติธุรกิจ (in Thai). Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ^ "'บาส-ปอป้อ' คว้าเหรียญเงินขนไก่ชิงแชมป์โลก". Thai Post (in Thai). 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Badminton mixed doubles win first world championship". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Dechapol and Sapsiree make history". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. ^ Sukumar, Dev (1 February 2021). "World Tour Finals: One Epic, Two Milestones". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  9. ^ "ผลงานสุดยอดส่งผล "บาส-ปอป้อ"กระโดดขึ้นรั้งมือคู่ 2 ของโลก!". Siam Sport (in Thai). 2 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Mixed doubles Thai badminton stars retain World Tour Finals crown". thethaiger.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Smashing Stats: Bangkok Bonanza". Badminton World Federation. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.