Saralee Thungthongkam

Captain Saralee Thungthongkam (; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication Arts from Bangkok University.

Career Thungthongkam made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. She reached the second round in both the women's and mixed doubles with partners Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn and Khunakorn Sudhisodhi.

Thungthongkam competed in 2004 Athens Olympics in the women's doubles with partner Sathinee Chankrachangwong. They defeated Denyse Julien and Anna Rice of Canada in the first round and Chikako Nakayama and Keiko Yoshimoti of Japan in the second. In the quarter finals, Thungthongkam and Chankrachangwong lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China 2–15, 4–15. She also competed in the mixed doubles with partner Sudket Prapakamol. They had a bye in the first run and were defeated by Fredrik Bergström and Johanna Persson of Sweden in the 16th round.

Thungthongkam made her fourth appearance Olympic Games in 2012 London, where she again reached the quarter finals with Prapakamol. This time they lost to Christinna Pedersen and Joachim Fischer Nielsen of Denmark.

Thungthongkam ended her career in the international tournaments after got injured at the Thailand Masters in February 2016. She spent 19 years at the Thailand national team. was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Singapore Open Sudket Prapakamol Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2007 China Open Sudket Prapakamol Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir 21–15, 18–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2010 French Open Sudket Prapakamol Michael Fuchs Birgit Overzier 21–15, 21–15 Winner 2010 World Superseries Finals Sudket Prapakamol Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2011 All England Open Sudket Prapakamol Xu Chen Ma Jin 13–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2012 India Open Sudket Prapakamol Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 16–21, 21–12, 14–21 Runner-up 2012 Indonesia Open Sudket Prapakamol Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 21–17, 17–21, 21–13 Winner BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix 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. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Hong Kong Open Sathinee Chankrachangwong Liu Zhen Xiao Luxi 6–8, 7–3, 7–2, 7–8, 3–7 Runner-up 2002 Chinese Taipei Open Sathinee Chankrachangwong Hwang Yu-mi Lee Hyo-jung 4–11, 13–12, 11–8 Winner 2002 Indonesia Open Sathinee Chankrachangwong Gao Ling Huang Sui 5–11, 4–11 Runner-up 2002 Dutch Open Sathinee Chankrachangwong Ann-Lou Jorgensen Rikke Olsen 3–11, 5–11 Runner-up 2004 Singapore Open Sathinee Chankrachangwong Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen 5–15, 15–9, 11–15 Runner-up 2006 Thailand Open Sathinee Chankrachangwong Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won 18–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2012 Thailand Open Narissapat Lam Cheng Shu Pan Pan 21–15, 10–21, 21–13 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Hong Kong Open Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 7–3, 0–7, 2–7, 2–7 Runner-up 2004 Thailand Open Sudket Prapakamol Nathan Robertson Gail Emms 15–8, 12–15, 11–15 Runner-up 2004 Japan Open Sudket Prapakamol Nova Widianto Vita Marissa 10–15, 13–15 Runner-up 2005 Japan Open Sudket Prapakamol Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager 15–13, 14–17, 15–7 Winner 2005 Singapore Open Sudket Prapakamol Zhang Jun Gao Ling 15–10, 7–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2006 Thailand Open Sudket Prapakamol Lee Yong-dae Hwang Yu-mi 11–21, 21–18, 20–22 Runner-up 2009 Thailand Open Sudket Prapakamol Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 21–11, 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2010 Malaysia Masters Sudket Prapakamol Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Liliyana Natsir 21–13, 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2011 Dutch Open Sudket Prapakamol Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 17–21, 22–24 Runner-up 2011 India Grand Prix Gold Sudket Prapakamol Muhammad Rijal Debby Susanto 16–21, 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2012 Swiss Open Sudket Prapakamol Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2012 Thailand Open Sudket Prapakamol Tao Jiaming Tang Jinhua 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2015 Dutch Open Sudket Prapakamol Ronan Labar Emilie Lefel 10–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1998 Thailand Satellite Tesana Panvisvas Chen Tao Liang Liyi 15–3, 15–7 Winner