Eric Pang

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. His Chinese name is Fang Facai . He married Yao Jie in 2009, who later also became his coach.

Achievements

European Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1999 Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland Björn Joppien 8–15, 10–15 Silver Silver 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Joachim Persson 15–3, 15–3 Gold Gold

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 2009 Bitburger Open Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21–12, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2009 Dutch Open Chetan Anand 12–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2012 Dutch Open Dicky Palyama 21–14, 21–10 Winner 2013 Canada Open Tan Chun Seang 21–15, 11–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2003 Dutch International Arief Rasidi 11–15, 13–15 Runner-up 2005 SCBA International Yuichi Ikeda 13–15, 12–15 Runner-up 2005 Norwegian International Kasper Ødum 15–7, 7–15, 15–10 Winner 2005 Irish International Chetan Anand 15–8, 6–15, 7–15 Runner-up 2009 Dutch International Dicky Palyama 11–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up 2010 Spanish Open Rune Ulsing 21–12, 21–19 Winner 2010 Belgian International Marc Zwiebler 15–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2010 Bahrain International Tommy Sugiarto 17–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2010 Turkey International Przemysław Wacha 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2012 Swedish Masters Chan Yan Kit 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2013 Swedish Masters Kento Momota 9–21, 21–16, 18–21 Runner-up 2013 Dutch International Viktor Axelsen 22–24, 12–21 Runner-up 2013 Canadian International Joachim Persson 24–22, 21–16 Winner 2013 Belgian International Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 17–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2015 Croatian International Nick Fransman 21–16, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament