Lê Đức Phát
| Lê Đức Phát | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Born | 1 February 1998 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
Lê Đức Phát (born 1 February 1998) is a Vietnamese badminton player. He qualified to represent Vietnam at the 2024 Summer Olympics and was chosen his country's flag bearer.
Biography[edit]
Phát was born on 1 February 1998 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1] His father was a boxer, the Vietnamese national champion from 1988 to 1989.[2][3] He played several sports growing up, including boxing and football, but ultimately decided to pursue badminton, which was his favorite.[2] He began competing in the sport full-time at age 16 and won his first international tournament in 2017, the Pakistan International.[3] He reached the top 150 of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings in 2018.[4]
However, after achieving the top 150 ranking, Phát suffered injuries and was further limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing him to spend significant time away from the sport and resulting in him falling to a ranking of 464 by August 2022.[4] However, he rebounded towards the end of the year, performing well at several tournaments including winning the Vietnamese national championship over Nguyễn Tiến Minh, thus making him the top-ranked Vietnamese badminton player in men's singles.[2]
Phát opened the 2023 season by being runner-up of the Vietnam International Challenge against Takuma Obayashi, and then winning at the Tajikistan International competition as well being runner-up at a tournament in Kazakhstan.[4] He was ranked 86th in the world by February 2024 and that month won the Uganda International, coming back from a 1–9 deficit to defeat Raghu Mariswamy.[5] He reached the semi-finals of the April 2024 Kazakhstan International Challenge and by the end of that month was ranked 74th in the world by the BWF.[3][6] Phát qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by being the 34th-ranked player among those eligible for the men's singles event.[6] He was named one of two flag bearers for Vietnam at the Olympics, along with the archer Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Le Duc Phat". Badminton World Federation.
- ^ a b c "Chàng thiếu úy quyết một lần dự Olympic" [The young lieutenant decided to attend the Olympics once]. Lao Dong (in Vietnamese). 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Hoang, Nguyen The (1 May 2024). "Lê Đức Phát cao bao nhiêu? Quê ở đâu? Thành tích, xếp hạng BWF của tay vợt cầu lông Việt Nam" [How tall is Le Duc Phat? Where does he come from? Achievements and BWF rankings of the Vietnamese badminton player]. The Sporting News (in Vietnamese).
- ^ a b c "Lê Đức Phát, hình mẫu của một tay vợt vượt khó" [Le Duc Phat, the model of a tennis player overcoming difficulties]. Công an Nhân dân (in Vietnamese). 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Lê Đức Phát vô địch giải cầu lông quốc tế Uganda" [Le Duc Phat won the Uganda international badminton tournament] (in Vietnamese). Communist Party of Vietnam. 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b Anh, Quỳnh (30 April 202). "Nóng: Tay vợt cầu lông Lê Đức Phát chính thức đoạt vé Olympic 2024, Việt Nam có 10 suất" [Hot: Badminton player Le Duc Phat officially won 2024 Olympic tickets, Vietnam has 10 spots]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese).
- ^ "Nguyệt, Phát to be Việt Nam's flag bearers for Paris Olympics opening ceremony". Việt Nam News. 11 July 2024.