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]

Naoki Kawamae
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 41)
Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking9 (5 April 2012)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

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

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
2011 Australian Open   Shoji Sato   Hiroyuki Endo
  Kenichi Hayakawa
17–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2011 Russian Open   Shoji Sato   Hiroyuki Endo
  Kenichi Hayakawa
21–18, 21–17   Winner
2011 India Grand Prix Gold   Shoji Sato   Andrei Adistia
  Christopher Rusdianto
21–17, 12–21, 23–21   Winner
2012 Swiss Open   Shoji Sato   Fang Chieh-min
  Lee Sheng-mu
21–13, 21–14   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Southern PanAm International   Keishi Kawaguchi 9–15, 15–9, 9–15   Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Canterbury International   Yusuke Shinkai   Keishi Kawaguchi
  Toru Matsumoto
15–11, 15–4   Winner
2004 Western Australia International   Yusuke Shinkai   Keishi Kawaguchi
  Toru Matsumoto
15–8, 15–12   Winner
2008 Osaka International   Keishi Kawaguchi   Ko Sung-hyun
  Kwon Yi-goo
11–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2008 Canadian International   Keishi Kawaguchi   Howard Bach
  Khankham Malaythong
21–15, 21–15   Winner
2009 Estonian International   Shoji Sato   Andrey Ashmarin
  Anton Ivanov
21–13, 21–9   Winner
2009 Swedish International   Shoji Sato   Chris Langridge
  David Lindley
15–21, 21–14, 21–17   Winner
2009 Austrian International   Shoji Sato   Yoshiteru Hirobe
  Hajime Komiyama
21–19, 21–17   Winner
2009 Croatian International   Shoji Sato   Mads Conrad-Petersen
  Mads Pieler Kolding
15–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2009 Canadian International   Shoji Sato   Alvin Lau
  Li Chi-Lin
21–15, 21–12   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  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.

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