Eric Pang

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.

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

Career

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

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

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1999Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Björn Joppien8–15, 10–15 Silver
2001Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Joachim Persson15–3, 15–3 Gold

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

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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2009Bitburger Open Jan Ø. Jørgensen21–12, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2009Dutch Open Chetan Anand12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2012Dutch Open Dicky Palyama21–14, 21–10 Winner
2013Canada Open Tan Chun Seang21–15, 11–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

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

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2003Dutch International Arief Rasidi11–15, 13–15 Runner-up
2005SCBA International Yuichi Ikeda13–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2005Norwegian International Kasper Ødum15–7, 7–15, 15–10 Winner
2005Irish International Chetan Anand15–8, 6–15, 7–15 Runner-up
2009Dutch International Dicky Palyama11–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up
2010Spanish Open Rune Ulsing21–12, 21–19 Winner
2010Belgian International Marc Zwiebler15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2010Bahrain International Tommy Sugiarto17–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2010Turkey International Przemysław Wacha18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2012Swedish Masters Chan Yan Kit17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013Swedish Masters Kento Momota9–21, 21–16, 18–21 Runner-up
2013Dutch International Viktor Axelsen22–24, 12–21 Runner-up
2013Canadian International Joachim Persson24–22, 21–16 Winner
2013Belgian International Andre Kurniawan Tedjono17–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2015Croatian International Nick Fransman21–16, 21–12 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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