Sarina Satomi

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Sarina Satomi
里見 紗李奈
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 26)
Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Women's singles WH1
Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking1 (WS 29 August 2019)
1 (WD with Yuma Yamazaki 16 May 2019)
Current ranking1 (WS)
1 (WD with Yuma Yamazaki) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Para-badminton
Representing  Japan
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tokyo Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Pattaya Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Pattaya Women's doubles
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Women's singles

Sarina Satomi (里見 紗李奈, Satomi Sarina, born 9 April 1998) is a Japanese para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won gold medals in women's singles WH1, and women's doubles WH1–WH2 events.[1][2][3]

She is twice a World women's singles champion and a world champion in the doubles with teammate Yuma Yamazaki.

Life[edit]

Satomi sustained a spinal cord injury when she was involved in a car accident in May 2016.[4][5]

Achievements[edit]

Paralympic Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Thailand Sujirat Pookkham 14–21, 21–19, 21–13 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
16–21, 21–16, 21–13 Gold

World Championships[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Thailand Sujirat Pookkham 21–16, 21–15 Gold Gold
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Switzerland Cynthia Mathez 21–9, 21–10 Gold Gold
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand China Yin Menglu 12–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
Walkover Bronze Bronze
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan
Japan Yuma Yamazaki Turkey Emine Seçkin
Belgium To Man-kei
21–11, 21–15 Gold Gold
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand
Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
7–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Para Games[edit]

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia China Li Hongyan 6–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Thailand Sujirat Pookkham 21–15, 21–19 Gold Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022[a] Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
10–21, 17–12 Silver Silver
Thailand Sujirat Pookkham
Thailand Amnouy Wetwithan
21–16, 12–21, 21–17
Chinese Taipei Guang-Chiou Hu
Chinese Taipei I-Chen Yang
21–9, 21–9
South Korea Jung Gyeoul
South Korea Kwon Hyunah
21–8, 21–11

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (15 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[6][7]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Switzerland Cynthia Mathez 21–12, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Switzerland Cynthia Mathez 21–10, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Switzerland Cynthia Mathez 21–13, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Belgium To Man-Kei 21–13, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Toledo Level 1 Belgium To Man-Kei 21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Belgium To Man-Kei 21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 China Yin Menglu 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Thailand Sujirat Pookkham 19–21, 21–10, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Japan Para Badminton International Level 2 China Yin Menglu 21–11, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Japan Yuma Yamazaki South Korea Jung Gyeo-ul
South Korea Kwon Hyun-ah
21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Japan Yuma Yamazaki South Korea Jung Gyeo-ul
South Korea Kwon Hyun-ah
21–1, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Japan Yuma Yamazaki Switzerland Cynthia Mathez
Switzerland Ilaria Renggli
21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Toledo Level 1 Japan Yuma Yamazaki South Korea Jung Gyeo-ul
South Korea Kwon Hyun-ah
21–12, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
14–21, 22–20, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 4 Nations Badminton International Level 1 Japan Yuma Yamazaki Thailand Sujirat Pookkham
Thailand Amnouy Wetwithan
21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

International Tournaments (11 titles, 2 runners-up)[edit]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Japan Para Badminton International Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath 21–12, 21–23 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Australia Para Badminton International South Korea Kim Seung-suk 21–11, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Irish Para Badminton International Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath 21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Thailand Para Badminton International Germany Valeska Knoblauch 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019[b] China Para Badminton International Germany Valeska Knoblauch 21–13, 17–21, 21–12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
China Yin Menglu 16–21, 21–15, 21–11
China Zhang Jing 21–16, 18–21, 9–21
Belgium To Man-kei 21–6, 21–13

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki Thailand Sujirat Pookkham
Thailand Amnouy Wetwithan
16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Japan Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki Japan Ikumi Fuke
Japan Rie Ogura
21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018[c] Australia Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki Japan Etsuko Kobayashi
Japan Chiemi Ogata
21–1, 21–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
Japan Ikumi Fuke
Japan Rie Ogura
21–13, 21–12
Switzerland Cynthia Mathez
France Emmanuelle Ott
21–9, 21–9
South Korea Kim Dae-young
South Korea Kim Seung-suk
21–11, 21–14
2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Xu Tingting
China Zhang Jing
21–15, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Canada Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki Turkey Emine Seçkin
Belgium To Man-kei
21–10, 21–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Irish Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki Japan Ikumi Fuke
Japan Rie Ogura
21–11, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Denmark Para Badminton presented by Danisa Japan Yuma Yamazaki Thailand Sujirat Pookkham
Thailand Amnouy Wetwithan
21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Japan Para Badminton International Japan Yuma Yamazaki China Liu Yutong
China Yin Menglu
14–21, 25–23, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.
  2. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.
  3. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Japan's Sarina Satomi wins nation's first Paralympic badminton gold as sport debuts". The Japan Times. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Badminton SATOMI Sarina". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Paralympics: Japan's Sarina Satomi wins women's WH1 badminton singles gold". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Sarina Satomi - Nippon Foundation". The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center. 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Sarina Satomi keen to be "first queen" of Para badminton". International Paralympic Committee. 28 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

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