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| Nickname(s) | Bass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 1997 Chonburi, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 21 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren 20 July 2017) 1 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai 7 December 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 7 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai 13 August 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Players: Puavaranukroh Dechapol". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "ชายคู่ไทย ผงาด! อนาคตดังได้อีก". Thai Rath (in Thai). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ Aof (29 August 2017). "'แบดไทย'สร้างประวัติศาสตร์กวาด '4 ทองซีเกมส์'หนแรก!". ประชาชาติธุรกิจ (in Thai). Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "'บาส-ปอป้อ' คว้าเหรียญเงินขนไก่ชิงแชมป์โลก". Thai Post (in Thai). 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Badminton mixed doubles win first world championship". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Dechapol and Sapsiree make history". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mixed doubles Thai badminton stars retain World Tour Finals crown". thethaiger.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Smashing Stats: Bangkok Bonanza". Badminton World Federation. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.