Salakjit Ponsana


Salakjit Ponsana is a badminton player from Thailand. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her brother, Boonsak Ponsana is also a Thai olympian.

Career

Ponsana played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating Miho Tanaka of Japan in the first round but losing to Gong Ruina of China in the round of 16. In 2008, she was defeated in the second round by Zhang Ning of China with the score 23–21, 17–21, 7–21. Ponsana also competed at the Asian Games in 2002, 2006, and 2010, and won the 2010 women's team silver medal. At the SEA Games, she has collected 3 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals from 2001 to 2011. Ponsana graduated with a bachelor's degreen in Law from Sripatum University, and she is studying there to earn her master's in Management. She then represented her country and university to compete at the 2007 Universiade. At that games, she won a gold in team event and a bronze in mixed doubles event.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2009National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos Ratchanok Intanon21–14, 18–21, 21–10 Gold
2005PhilSports Arena, Metro Manila, Philippines Adriyanti Firdasari6–11, 11–7, 12–13 Bronze
2003Tan Binh Sport Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Wong Mew Choo5–11, 5–11 Silver

Summer Universiade

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Thammasat University,
Pathum Thani, Thailand
Sudket Prapakamol Fang Chieh-min
Cheng Wen-hsing
16–21, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Soratja Chansrisukot Du Jing
Rong Lu
4–11, 2–11 Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series/Asian Satellite

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013Tahiti International Sashina Vignes Waran16–21, 21–12, 21–19 Winner
2012Spanish Open Beatriz Corrales21–11, 13–21, 21–14 Winner
2007Smiling Fish International Soratja Chansrisukot12–21, 21–4, 21–14 Winner
2006Vietnam Satellite Jang Soo-young15–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up
2004Smiling Fish Satellite Molthila Meemeak11–4, 8–11, 11–5 Winner
2004Vietnam Satellite Silvi Antarini4–11, 11–7, 9–11 Runner-up
2004Cheers Asian Satellite Li Li11–6, 6–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2003Smiling Fish Satellite Soratja Chansrisukot13–10, 11–3 Winner
2003India Satellite Aparna Popat4–11, 13–10, 4–11 Runner-up
2002Smiling Fish Satellite Liu Zhen6–8, 4–7, 2–7 Runner-up
2002India Satellite Aparna Popat11–7, 8–11, 11–5 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Smiling Fish Satellite Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kumiko Ogura
Reiko Shiota
Winner
2002Smiling Fish Satellite Sathinee Chankrachangwong Duanganong Aroonkesorn
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
7–1, 1–7, 6–8 Runner-up
2002India Satellite Soratja Chansrisukot Duanganong Aroonkesorn
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
1–11, 6–11 Runner-up
2001India Satellite Nucharin Teekhatrakul Oli Deka
B. R. Meenakshi
15–4, 15–5 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Tahiti International Ruud Bosch Laurent Constantin
Teshana Vignes Waran
21–18, 21–15 Winner
2002Vietnam Satellite Sudket Prapakamol Tran Duc Sang
Nguyen Hanh Dung
15–6, 15–4 Winner