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Satoko Suetsuna

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Satoko Suetsuna
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1981-01-30) 30 January 1981 (age 43)
Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Women's doubles
Highest ranking2 (15 September 2011)
Medal record
Women's Badminton
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 London Women's doubles
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Women's team
BWF profile

Satoko Suetsuna (末綱 聡子, Suetsuna Satoko, born 30 January 1981) is a badminton player from Japan. Born in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the 2011 BWF World Championships with her partner Miyuki Maeda.[1]

Career

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Suetsuna has gained prominence in badminton through her success in women's doubles with her partner Miyuki Maeda, and the partnerships known by the Japanese media as "Suemae". Together they won the 2010 Denmark Open, their first major tournament victory. They went on to win the 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold and the 2011 India Open. Suetsuna and Maeda also have two bronze medals from major competitions from making the semifinals at the 2011 London World Championships and 2010 Uber Cup in Kuala Lumpur. She competed at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games as well in 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In 2008 Beijing Olympics, with her women's doubles partner Maeda, they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics.[2]

Satoko Suetsuna has competed with several men in mixed doubles, but has not achieved the same level of success as she has in her main event.

Suetsuna retired from the Japan team in September 2013.[3]

Suetsuna participated at the 2011 U.S. Open

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Japan Miyuki Maeda China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang 		8–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[5] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Indonesia Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Indonesia Vita Marissa
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir 		15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Japan Open Japan Miyuki Maeda China Ma Jin
China Wang Xiaoli 		19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Swiss Open Japan Miyuki Maeda China Tian Qing
China Yu Yang 		16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Denmark Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito 		21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 India Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Japan Mizuki Fujii
Japan Reika Kakiiwa 		26–24, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 China Open Japan Miyuki Maeda China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang 		19–21, 7–14 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 India Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		12–21, 23–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 U.S. Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Japan Aki Akao
Japan Tomomi Matsuda 		16–21, 21–14, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 German Open Japan Miyuki Maeda South Korea Lee Hyo-jung
South Korea Lee Kyung-won 		17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 India Open Japan Miyuki Maeda Chinese Taipei Cheng Wen-hsing
Chinese Taipei Chien Yu-chin 		17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Japan Miyuki Maeda Japan Shizuka Matsuo
Japan Mami Naito 		21–18, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Japan Miyuki Maeda Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei 		17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents

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Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[6]

Miyuki Maeda

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References

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  1. ^ a b "選手・スタッフ紹介: 末綱 聡子 スエツナ・サトコ". www.saishunkan-badminton.jp (in Japanese). Saishunkan Co.Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Players: Satoko Suetsuna". www.smash-net.tv (in Japanese). TMONY Japan Corporation. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ "「スエマエ」末綱聡子が日本代表引退 ヨネックスＯＰ最後に". www.sponichi.co.jp (in Japanese). 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Satoko Suetsuna head to head". tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation.
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