Eric Pang
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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
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
Eric Pang was born to a Chinese Singaporean father and Dutch mother.[1][2] His Chinese name is Fang Facai (Template:Zh). He married Yao Jie in 2009, who later also became his coach.[3]
Achievements
European Junior Championships
Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 1999 | Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland | Template:Flagicon Björn Joppien | 8–15, 10–15 |  Silver
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| 2001 | Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland | Template:Flagicon Joachim Persson | 15–3, 15–3 |  Gold
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BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)
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 | Template:Flagicon Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 21–12, 13–21, 15–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2009 | Dutch Open | Template:Flagicon Chetan Anand | 12–21, 15–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2012 | Dutch Open | Template:Flagicon Dicky Palyama | 21–14, 21–10 | Script error: No such module "sort". Winner |
| 2013 | Canada Open | Template:Flagicon Tan Chun Seang | 21–15, 11–21, 16–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
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BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up)
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2003 | Dutch International | Template:Flagicon Arief Rasidi | 11–15, 13–15 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2005 | SCBA International | Template:Flagicon Yuichi Ikeda | 13–15, 12–15 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2005 | Norwegian International | Template:Flagicon Kasper Ødum | 15–7, 7–15, 15–10 | Script error: No such module "sort". Winner |
| 2005 | Irish International | Template:Flagicon Chetan Anand | 15–8, 6–15, 7–15 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2009 | Dutch International | Template:Flagicon Dicky Palyama | 11–21, 21–14, 15–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2010 | Spanish Open | Template:Flagicon Rune Ulsing | 21–12, 21–19 | Script error: No such module "sort". Winner |
| 2010 | Belgian International | Template:Flagicon Marc Zwiebler | 15–21, 17–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2010 | Bahrain International | Template:Flagicon Tommy Sugiarto | 17–21, 9–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2010 | Turkey International | Template:Flagicon Przemysław Wacha | 18–21, 17–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2012 | Swedish Masters | Template:Flagicon Chan Yan Kit | 17–21, 19–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2013 | Swedish Masters | Template:Flagicon Kento Momota | 9–21, 21–16, 18–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2013 | Dutch International | Template:Flagicon Viktor Axelsen | 22–24, 12–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2013 | Canadian International | Template:Flagicon Joachim Persson | 24–22, 21–16 | Script error: No such module "sort". Winner |
| 2013 | Belgian International | Template:Flagicon Andre Kurniawan Tedjono | 17–21, 11–21 | Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up |
| 2015 | Croatian International | Template:Flagicon Nick Fransman | 21–16, 21–12 | Script error: No such module "sort". Winner |
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."BWF SUPER SERIES - DJARUM INDONESIA OPEN 2008". foxsportspulse.com. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."羽球结缘姚洁当了荷兰媳妇 打算08年请队友喝喜酒". sports.sina.com.cn (in 中文). Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pang's cool with wife calling the shots". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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