(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 23) Chonburi, Thailand
Height
1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness
Right
Men's singles
Career record
299 wins, 95 losses
Highest ranking
3 (6 June 2023)
Current ranking
8 (23 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Thailand
World Championships
2023 Copenhagen
Men's singles
2022 Tokyo
Men's singles
SEA Games
2021 Vietnam
Men's team
2021 Vietnam
Men's singles
World Junior Championships
2017 Yogyakarta
Boys' singles
2018 Markham
Boys' singles
2019 Kazan
Boys' singles
2016 Bilbao
Mixed team
2019 Kazan
Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2019 Suzhou
Boys' singles
2019 Suzhou
Mixed team
2018 Jakarta
Boys' singles
2017 Jakarta
Boys' singles
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires
Mixed team
BWF profile
Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thai: กุลวุฒิ วิทิตศานต์; simply known as View (Thai: วิว); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player.[1] He is the current men's singles World Champion as he won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships.[2] He was also three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[3][4][5]
Vitidsarn became the first men's singles player to win three World Junior Championships titles, joining Ratchanok Intanon and Chen Qingchen as a three-time winner of the World Junior title in the same discipline.[6] He claimed the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2019, where he previously won a silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017.[7] Vitidsarn participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and was part of the team Omega took the silver medal in the mixed team event.[8] He was named the 2020/2021 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player.[9]
In the senior category, Vitidsarn won the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships and, in the following year, the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships.[10] He became the first Thai player to win the World Championships title in the men's singles category.[2] Vitidsarn clinched the gold medal at the 2021 SEA Games.[11] He reached a career high of world number 3 in June 2023.
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^ ab"Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn and South Korean An Se-young make history at Badminton World Championships". The Straits Times. 28 August 2023.
^Amsa-ngiam, Lerpong (22 October 2017). "Teen makes badminton history". The Nation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^Hearn, Don (19 November 2018). "WWorld Juniors 2018 – Goh and Vitidsarn each win a second!". Badzine. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^"Kunlavut reaches historic milestone". Bangkok Post. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^Morgan, Liam (13 October 2019). "Vitidsarn ready for step up to senior level after victory at BWF World Junior Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^"Kunlavut finally wins the elusive Badminton Asia junior title". Badminton Asia. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^"Participants: Vitidsarn Kunlavut". Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^"BWF Player of the Year Award Winners 2020/2021". Badminton World Federation. 3 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
^"Badminton: Axelsen aims higher after claiming second badminton world title". The Straits Times. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
^"Rising Thai star Kunlavut stuns badminton world champion Loh in SEA Games final". Bangkok Post. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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KunlavutVitidsarn (Thai: กุลวุฒิ วิทิตศานต์; simply known as View (Thai: วิว); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player. He is the current men's singles...
World Championship gold medalist, defeating Lin Dan in 2017 final and KunlavutVitidsarn in 2022 final. He is also the reigning Olympic Champion, having won...
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Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World Junior No. 1 KunlavutVitidsarn in the final 21–19,21–18. At the Hyderabad Open, Sen lost to seed...
ended up losing in the final to the number 2 seed and world number 18 KunlavutVitidsarn in straight sets, 13–21, 13–21. He, therefore, had to settle for the...
the final of World Junior Championships where he lost to top seed, KunlavutVitidsarn, 21–17, 15–21, 9–21. In November, he reached his maiden senior final...
Open, but had to lose in the second round from 2nd seed Thai player KunlavutVitidsarn in rubber games. In June, Dwi Wardoyo competed at the home tournament...
four-match losing streak against Ng Ka Long and upset world champion KunlavutVitidsarn in the second round. His journey ended in the quarter-finals against...
group stage: won against Fabian Roth of Germany, but was defeated by KunlavutVitidsarn in three games. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost...
semi-finals of India Open, but was defeated by 8th seed Thai player KunlavutVitidsarn. He competed in the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but lost in...
Christie (champion) Kodai Naraoka (semi-finals) Li Shifeng (final) KunlavutVitidsarn (quarter-finals) Prannoy H. S. (second round) Lee Zii Jia (quarter-finals)...
Antonsen 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2024 India Open Super 750 Lee Cheuk Yiu 23–21, 21–17 Winner 2024 French Open Super 750 KunlavutVitidsarn 22–20, 21–19 Winner...
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