Naoki Kawamae

Naoki Kawamae
Personal information
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982
Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking9 (5 April 2012)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place2010 Kuala LumpurMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2012 WuhanMen's team

Naoki Kawamae (川前 直樹, Kawamae Naoki; born 6 November 1982) is a Japanese badminton player from the NTT East team.[1] In 2012, he competed at the London Olympics, but did not advance to the knock-out stage after placing third in the group stage.[2]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Australian Open Japan Shoji Sato Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa		 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [3]
2011 Russian Open Japan Shoji Sato Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa		 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
2011 India Grand Prix Gold Japan Shoji Sato Indonesia Andrei Adistia
Indonesia Christopher Rusdianto		 21–17, 12–21, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [5]
2012 Swiss Open Japan Shoji Sato Chinese Taipei Fang Chieh-min
Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu		 21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Southern PanAm International Japan Keishi Kawaguchi 9–15, 15–9, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2004 Canterbury International Japan Yusuke Shinkai Japan Keishi Kawaguchi
Japan Toru Matsumoto		 15–11, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Western Australia International Japan Yusuke Shinkai Japan Keishi Kawaguchi
Japan Toru Matsumoto		 15–8, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Osaka International Japan Keishi Kawaguchi South Korea Ko Sung-hyun
South Korea Kwon Yi-goo		 11–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Canadian International Japan Keishi Kawaguchi United States Howard Bach
United States Khankham Malaythong		 21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
2009 Estonian International Japan Shoji Sato Russia Andrey Ashmarin
Russia Anton Ivanov		 21–13, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Swedish International Japan Shoji Sato England Chris Langridge
England David Lindley		 15–21, 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Austrian International Japan Shoji Sato Japan Yoshiteru Hirobe
Japan Hajime Komiyama		 21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7]
2009 Croatian International Japan Shoji Sato Denmark Mads Conrad-Petersen
Denmark Mads Pieler Kolding		 15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Canadian International Japan Shoji Sato Canada Alvin Lau
Canada Li Chi-Lin		 21–15, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "選手 川前 直樹" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "佐藤翔・川前組、最終戦で五輪初勝利" (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sho close for Choong Hann but Sasaki pulls through". Badminton World Federation. 10 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  4. ↑ ""Championship.com": Two gold medals out of two possible". National Badminton Federation of Russia. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "No repeat champions in India". Badminton World Federation. 26 December 2011. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "2008 KLRC Atwater Canadian International". Badminton Canada. 26 April 2008. Archived from the original on 20 April 2026. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Japanese dominance in the finals. Absolute world-class women's singles". Austrian International (in German). 22 February 2009. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2026.


This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.