Eric Pang
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| Born | 30 January 1982 Groningen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 22 (10 October 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit | edit source]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.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]European Junior Championships
[edit | edit source]Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 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)
[edit | edit source]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 |
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| 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)
[edit | edit source]Men's singles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
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External links
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- Eric Pang at BWFBadminton.com Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Eric Pang at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)