Sören Opti Explained

Sören Opti
Birth Name:Sören Hans Brad Opti
Birth Date:1997 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Paramaribo, Suriname
Height:1.87 m
Handedness:Right
Country:Suriname
Event:Men's singles & doubles
Highest Ranking:209 (MS 13 August 2019)
228 (MD 15 October 2019)
347 (XD 22 November 2018)
Current Ranking:274 (MS), 285 (MD)
Date Of Current Ranking:23 July 2024
Bwf Id:B5681A4B-508A-494B-A12D-8C061024B835

Sören Hans Brad Opti (born 16 May 1997) is a badminton player from Suriname. He is a two time Olympian, respresenting Suriname at the 2016 Rio Olympics and at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He was also selected to represent his country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, but had to stay home due to a positive Covid-test.[1] During the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics, Opti was the flagbearer for Suriname.[2] Opti participated in the 2014 and 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[3] [4]

Career

After winning many National and Regional junior titles, he became Surinamese National Champion Men's Singles in 2016 and retained this title in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 [5] and 2023. In 2016 and 2018 he was runner-up at the Carebaco International. In 2016 he reached the semi-finals at the Chile International and the Santo Domingo Open. He competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[6] He lost to both Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Derek Wong Zi Liang of Singapore during group play and did not advance further.[7]

Opti participated at the 2019 Pan Am Games for Suriname in the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles events. In 2019 he reached the semi-finals in the Men's Doubles category with his doubles partner Mitch Nai Chung Tong at the Carebaco International in Bridgetown, Barbados.[8] [9] [10] At the end of 2019 he joined the Cuntapay Badminton Academy (CBA) in Switzerland.[11] In 2021, Opti received a Tripartite invitation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Men's Singles event. For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opti was placed by draw in a group with Shi Yuqi from China and Matthew Abela from Malta.[12] However, due to attaining a positive Covid test upon departure to Tokyo, he had to withdraw his participation.[13]

Achievements

National badminton titles

6-time badminton athlete of the year in Suriname (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017,[14] 2018[15] & 2019[16])Most Promising Sportman of the year in Suriname 2012 [17]

International badminton achievements

Achievements with results

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016 Carebaco International17–21, 21–13, 7–21 Runner-up
2018 Carebaco International21–18, 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2023Suriname International Mitchel Wongsodikromo Diego Dos Ramos
Al-Hassan Somedjo		21–18, 21–9 Winner
2023French Guiana International Mitchel Wongsodikromo Dimitri Antony
Bons Vincent		21–9, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 1 runners-up)

Boys' singles

Boys' doubles

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Positieve coronatest verpest Olympische droom Sören Opti. 22 August 2023.
  2. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. 16 August 2016. 27 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Soren Opti . Veracruz 2014 . 8 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Athlete Profile: Opti Soren Hans Brad . Barranquilla 2018 . 8 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Soren Opti National Champion.
  6. Web site: Players Soren OPTI . bwfbadminton.com . . 10 August 2016.
  7. Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 27 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101805/https://www.rio2016.com/en/badminton-standings-bd-mens-singles . 26 August 2016 .
  8. Web site: SME Sport.
  9. http://www.dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2019/08/23/brons-voor-opti-en-nai-chung-tong/ Brons voor Opti en nai Chung Tong
  10. Web site: CAREBACO International Champions – Pan Am Circuit 2019 – Badminton Pan America.
  11. Web site: Home . cuntapay-badminton.com.
  12. Web site: Tokyo 2020 draw: Who will be facing who?. www.badmintoneurope.com. 2021-07-10.
  13. Web site: Sören Opti toch niet naar Olympische Spelen vanwege positieve COVID-19 test. 14 July 2021.
  14. Web site: Tjon en Fa en Wahi beste sporters 2017. 22 December 2017.
  15. Web site: Sporters gehuldigd; Miguel van Assen sportman van 2018. 21 December 2018.
  16. Web site: SME Sport.
  17. Web site: Sporters van het jaar krijgen waardebon van SRD 500 | Nieuws-Suriname - Live nieuws en radio stream uit Suriname!. 28 December 2012 .

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