Eric Pang

Eric Pang
方发财
Personal information
CountryNetherlands
Born (1982-01-30) 30 January 1982 (age 42)
Groningen, Netherlands
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking22 (10 October 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Netherlands
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Geneva Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Den Bosch Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Spała Boys' singles
Silver medal – second place 1999 Glasgow Boys' singles
BWF profile

Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.

Career

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As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Pang reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Dicky Palyama and Chris Bruil. The final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada.

Eric Pang won the Norwegian International in 2005, the Spanish Open in 2010, the Canadian International in 2013 and the Croatian International in 2015. In 2012 Eric Pang won the Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix beating his compatriot Dicky Palyama in the final with straight games. After his retirement in 2015 he became a coach at the Dutch National junior squad and also a juniors talent coach in Almere for a short period of time. Then he moved to China with his wife Yao Jie to open a badminton school there. When they returned to Europe the couple settled in Hamburg, Germany where they are part of the Trainers staff at the Hamburger Badminton Verband, one of Germany's National Badminton Centre's.

Eric Pang at the 2007 Dutch National Championships

Personal life

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Eric Pang was born to a Chinese Singaporean father and Dutch mother.[1][2] His Chinese name is Fang Facai (Chinese: 方发财). He married Yao Jie in 2009, who later also became his coach.[3]

Achievements

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European Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Germany Björn Joppien 8–15, 10–15 Silver Silver
2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Germany Joachim Persson 15–3, 15–3 Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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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 (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2009 Bitburger Open Denmark Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21–12, 13–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Dutch Open Netherlands Chetan Anand 12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Dutch Open Netherlands Dicky Palyama 21–14, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Canada Open Malaysia Tan Chun Seang 21–15, 11–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2003 Dutch International France Arief Rasidi 11–15, 13–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 SCBA International Japan Yuichi Ikeda 13–15, 12–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Norwegian International Denmark Kasper Ødum 15–7, 7–15, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Irish International India Chetan Anand 15–8, 6–15, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Dutch International Netherlands Dicky Palyama 11–21, 21–14, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Spanish Open Denmark Rune Ulsing 21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Belgian International Germany Marc Zwiebler 15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Bahrain International Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto 17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Turkey International Poland Przemysław Wacha 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Swedish Masters Hong Kong Chan Yan Kit 17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Swedish Masters Japan Kento Momota 9–21, 21–16, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Dutch International Denmark Viktor Axelsen 22–24, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Canadian International Denmark Joachim Persson 24–22, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Belgian International Indonesia Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 17–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Croatian International Netherlands Nick Fransman 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "BWF SUPER SERIES - DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2008". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ^ "羽球结缘姚洁当了荷兰媳妇 打算08年请队友喝喜酒". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Pang's cool with wife calling the shots". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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