Lê Đức Phát
| Lê Đức Phát | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Born | 1 February 1998 Đồng Nai, Vietnam[1] |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's singles | |
| Highest ranking | 56 (10 December 2024) |
| Current ranking | 56 (10 December 2024) |
| BWF profile | |
Lê Đức Phát (born 1 February 1998) is a Vietnamese badminton player.[2] He qualified to represent Vietnam at the 2024 Summer Olympics and was chosen his country's flag bearer.
Biography
[edit]Đức Phát was born in 1998 in Đồng Nai, Vietnam.[1] His father was a boxer, the Vietnamese national champion from 1988 to 1989.[3][4] He played several sports growing up, including boxing and football, but ultimately decided to pursue badminton, which was his favorite.[3] He began competing in the sport full-time at age 16 and won his first international tournament in 2017, the Pakistan International.[4] He reached the top 150 of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings in 2018.[5]
However, after achieving the top 150 ranking, Đức Phát suffered injuries and was further limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing him to spend significant time away from the sport and resulting in him falling to a ranking of 464 by August 2022.[5] However, he rebounded towards the end of the year, performing well at several tournaments including winning the Vietnamese national championship over Nguyễn Tiến Minh, thus making him the top-ranked Vietnamese badminton player in men's singles.[3]
Đức Phát opened the 2023 season by being runner-up of the Vietnam International Challenge against Takuma Obayashi, and then winning at the Tajikistan International competition as well being runner-up at a tournament in Kazakhstan.[5] He was ranked 86th in the world by February 2024 and that month won the Uganda International, coming back from a 1–9 deficit to defeat Raghu Mariswamy.[6] He reached the semi-finals of the April 2024 Kazakhstan International Challenge and by the end of that month was ranked 74th in the world by the BWF.[4][7] Đức Phát qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by being the 34th-ranked player among those eligible for the men's singles event.[7] He was named one of two flag bearers for Vietnam at the Olympics, along with archer Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt.[8]
Achievements
[edit]BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
[edit]Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pakistan International |  Emre Lale
|
15–21, 21–11, 21–11 |  Winner
| |
| 2023 | Vietnam International Challenge |  Takuma Obayashi
|
14–21, 15–21 |  Runner-up
|
[9] |
| 2023 | Kazakhstan Future Series |  Dmitriy Panarin
|
15–21, 20–22 | Runner-up
| |
| 2023 | Tajikistan International |  Daniil Dubovenko
|
21–16, 24–22 | Winner
| |
| 2024 | Uganda International |  Raghu Mariswamy
|
21–18, 21–14 | Winner
|
[10] |
| 2024 | Lagos International | Samarveer
|
21–10, 18–21, 22–20 | Winner
|
[11] |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lê Đức Phát vô địch giải cầu lông ở Uganda". tuyengiao.hagiang.gov.vn (in Vietnamese). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "LE Duc Phat | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Chàng thiếu úy quyết một lần dự Olympic" [The young lieutenant decided to attend the Olympics once]. Lao Dong (in Vietnamese). 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Hoang, Nguyen The (1 May 2024). "Lê Đức Phát cao bao nhiêu? Quê ở đâu? Thành tích, xếp hạng BWF của tay vợt cầu lông Việt Nam" [How tall is Le Duc Phat? Where does he come from? Achievements and BWF rankings of the Vietnamese badminton player]. The Sporting News (in Vietnamese).
- ^ a b c "Lê Đức Phát, hình mẫu của một tay vợt vượt khó" [Le Duc Phat, the model of a tennis player overcoming difficulties]. Công an Nhân dân (in Vietnamese). 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Lê Đức Phát vô địch giải cầu lông quốc tế Uganda" [Le Duc Phat won the Uganda international badminton tournament] (in Vietnamese). Communist Party of Vietnam. 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b Anh, Quỳnh (30 April 202). "Nóng: Tay vợt cầu lông Lê Đức Phát chính thức đoạt vé Olympic 2024, Việt Nam có 10 suất" [Hot: Badminton player Le Duc Phat officially won 2024 Olympic tickets, Vietnam has 10 spots]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese).
- ^ "Nguyệt, Phát to be Việt Nam's flag bearers for Paris Olympics opening ceremony". Việt Nam News. 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Linh wins Vietnam International Challenge, Phát finishes second". Việt Nam News. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Phát wins first international badminton title of the year". Việt Nam News. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Phát wins men's singles title at the Lagos International badminton event". Việt Nam News. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Lê Đức Phát at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com