Saralee Thungthongkam


Captain Saralee Thungthongkam is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication Arts from Bangkok University.

Career

Thungthongkam made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. She reached the second round in both the women's and mixed doubles with partners Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn and Khunakorn Sudhisodhi.
Thungthongkam competed in 2004 Athens Olympics in the women's doubles with partner Sathinee Chankrachangwong. They defeated Denyse Julien and Anna Rice of Canada in the first round and Chikako Nakayama and Keiko Yoshimoti of Japan in the second. In the quarter finals, Thungthongkam and Chankrachangwong lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China 2–15, 4–15. She also competed in the mixed doubles with partner Sudket Prapakamol. They had a bye in the first run and were defeated by Fredrik Bergström and Johanna Persson of Sweden in the 16th round.
At the 2008 Beijing, she only competed in the mixed doubles, again with Prapakamol. They reached the quarter finals, losing to the Indonesian pair of Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir, who went on to win the silver medal.
Thungthongkam made her fourth appearance Olympic Games in 2012 London, where she again reached the quarter finals with Prapakamol. This time they lost to Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen of Denmark.
Thungthongkam ended her career in the international tournaments after got injured at the Thailand Masters in February 2016. She spent 19 years at the Thailand national team.

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States

World Cup

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Olympic Park, Yiyang, China

Asian Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex,
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Singapore Open

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001Hong Kong Open

IBF International

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Thailand Satellite