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Sho Sasaki

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Country
  
Japan

Role
  
Player

Highest ranking
  
6

Name
  
Sho Sasaki

Coach
  
Keita Masuda

Weight
  
75 kg

Handedness
  
Left

Height
  
1.71 m


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Born
  
June 30, 1982 (age 41) Hokkaido, Japan (
1982-06-30
)

Current ranking
  
17 (May 22, 2014)

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Sho Sasaki (佐々木 翔, Sasaki Shō, born 30 June, 1982 in Hokkaido) is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. He competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. He also competed in four Asian Games from 2002 to 2014.

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Career

In 2007 he won the Japanese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the Victorian International and the Italian International. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles, losing to Lin Dan. In 2016, he did not advanced to the knocked-out stage after place second in the group stage. He beat Petr Koukal of Czech Republic, but was defeated by Rajiv Ouseph of the Great Britain.

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In 2017, he announced his retirement from the international badminton event. He ranked as high as No.6 in his career.

Awards

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In May 2012 he received the People's Honour Award from Hokuto City, and in 2013, received a Sports Award at the Toyama Shinbun Culture, Performing Arts and Sports Awards Ceremony.

Asia Championships

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Men's Singles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Singles

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament      BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

Men's Doubles

     BWF International Challenge tournament      BWF International Series tournament

References

Sho Sasaki Wikipedia