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Thai para-badminton player Badminton player
Mongkhon Bunsun
Personal information
Country Thailand
Born (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995 (age 29)
Ratchaburi, Thailand
HandednessRight
Men's singles SL3
Men's doubles SL3–SL4
Highest ranking6 (MS 5 March 2024)
5 (MD with Siripong Teamarrom 31 May 2022)
Current ranking9 (MS)
15 (MD with Siripong Teamarrom) (24 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing  Thailand
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Men's singles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Pattaya Men's doubles
World Abilitysport Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sharjah Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sharjah Mixed doubles
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's singles
ASEAN Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Cambodia Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Surakarta Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Surakarta Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cambodia Men's doubles
BWF profile

Mongkhon Bunsun (Thai: มงคล บุญสุน; born 14 April 1995) is a Thai para-badminton player. He competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he won the bronze medal match of the men's singles SL3 event against Daisuke Fujihara.

Biography

Bunsun grew up in the border area of the western provinces in his early years. At the age of 2, he was diagnosed with jungle fever. With the help of herbal medicine, he was cured but his left leg later began to shrink and he eventually became disabled.

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles SL3

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Japan Daisuke Fujihara 21–15, 21–15 Bronze

World Championships

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand
Thailand Siripong Teamarrom Indonesia Dwiyoko
Indonesia Fredy Setiawan
17–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

World Abilitysport Games

Men's singles SL3

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Halyan Walkover Silver Silver
India Sharad Chandra Joshi 21–14, 21–18
India Pramod Bhagat 18–21, 15–21

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 American University of Sharjah,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Thailand Miss Samownkorn Photisuppaiboon Pakistan Zeeshan Gohar
Iraq Raghad Maiesh
21–10, 21–8 Silver Silver
India Sharad Chandra Joshi
Bahrain Zainab Ali Yusuf
21–3, 21–8
United Arab Emirates Sultan Al Halyan
United Arab Emirates Meera Abouhatab
Walkover
India Pramod Bhagat
India Parul Parmar
4–21, 13–21

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SL3

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China India Pramod Bhagat 13–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

ASEAN Para Games

Men's singles WH1

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Edutorium Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Maman Nurjaman 13–21, 21–19, 13–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 Morodok Techo Badminton Hall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Indonesia Maman Nurjaman 21–16, 21–6 Gold Gold

Men's doubles WH1–WH2

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Edutorium Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
Surakarta, Indonesia
Thailand Siripong Teamarrom Indonesia Dwiyoko
Indonesia Fredy Setiawan
15–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 Morodok Techo Badminton Hall,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Thailand Chawarat Kitichokwattana Indonesia Dwiyoko
Indonesia Fredy Setiawan
16–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (1 runner-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Bahrain Para-Badminton International Level 2 Thailand Siripong Teamarrom India Kumar Nitesh
India Tarun Dhillon
13–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

International tournaments (2011–2021) (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles SL3

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2021 Spanish Para-Badminton International England Daniel Bethell 4–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Thailand Para-Badminton International Thailand Siripong Teamarrom India Pramod Bhagat
India Manoj Sarkar
21–16, 8–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Denmark Para-Badminton International Thailand Siripong Teamarrom India Umesh Vikram Kumar
India Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
14–21, 21–8, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Notes

  1. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

  1. "Mongkhon Bunsun". Paris 2024 Paralympics.
  2. "Match results". Paris 2024 Paralympics.
  3. ""มงคล บุญสุน" คว้าเหรียญทองแดง แบดฯชายเดี่ยว". Thai PBS (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  4. THARAVAI, KIETTIYOS (2024-09-03). "มงคล บุญสุน ประวัติ "อดีตชาวเขาอพยพ" สู่ฮีโร่ เหรียญทองแดง พาราลิมปิก 2024". www.komchadluek.net (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  5. "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
  6. "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

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