Sho Sasaki


Sho Sasaki is a Japanese badminton player from Tonami Transportation badminton team. He competed at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. He also competed in four Asian Games from 2002 to 2014.

Career

In 2007 he won the Japanese National Championships in men's singles, and 7 international tournaments: the Bahrain Satellite Badminton Tournament, the Banuinvest International Championships, the Osaka International Challenge, the Israel International, the Mauritius International, the Victorian International and the Italian International. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles, losing to Lin Dan. In 2016, he did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing second in the group stage. He beat Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic, but was defeated by Rajiv Ouseph of Great Britain.
In 2017, he announced his retirement from the international badminton event. He ranked as high as No.6 in his career.

Awards

In May 2012 he received the People's Honour Award from Hokuto City, and in 2013, received a Sports Award at the Toyama Shinbun Culture, Performing Arts and Sports Awards Ceremony.

Achievements

Asia Championships

Men's Singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2012Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea Lin Dan21–14, 9–21, 15–21 Silver
2009Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Bao Chunlai20–22, 10–21 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's Singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011Vietnam Open Nguyen Tien Minh13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2011U.S. Open Nguyen Tien Minh21–17, 21–18 Winner
2011Australian Open Wong Choong Hann21–11, 12–21. 21–19 Winner
2010Dutch Open Ajay Jayaram21–16, 21–19 Winner
2008German Open Lee Hyun-il20–22, 5–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010Osaka International Kazushi Yamada21–14, 21–17 Winner
2007Italian International Andrew Dabeka21–6, 16–21, 21–17 Winner
2007Victorian International Yousuke Nakanishi21–10, 21–9 Winner
2007Mauritius International Niels Christian Kaldau21–10, 21–13 Winner
2007Hatzor International Petr Koukal21–15, 21–16 Winner
2007Osaka International Shoji Sato19–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2007Banuinvest International Andre Kurniawan Tedjono21–8, 21–12 Winner
2007Bahrain Satellite Pablo Abián21–10, 21–11 Winner
2003Slovak International Hidetaka Yamada15–10, 15–13 Winner
2003Giraldilla International Richard Vaughan11–15, 15–6, 15–12 Winner
2002Nigeria International Shoji Sato15–7, 15–10 Winner

Men's Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2001Ten Days of Dawn Shoji Sato Afshin Bozorgzadeh
Ali Shahhosseini		15–9, 15–12 Winner