Thet Htar Thuzar (Burmese: သက်ထားသူဇာ; born 15 March 1999) is a Burmese badminton player.[1] She participated at the 2013 SEA Games in her home country Myanmar. She won her first International title at the Egypt International 2018.[2] As of 2019 she had reached eight finals, most of them in the African Badminton Circuit, winning six events (in Uganda, Kenya, Mauritius, Benin, Ivory Coast and again in Egypt).
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Birth name | Thet Htar Thuzar | ||||||||||||||
Country | Myanmar | ||||||||||||||
Born | Yangon, Myanmar | 15 March 1999||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 40 (24 October 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 43 (16 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editThet Htar was born in 1999 in Yangon; to parents who are both badminton players which inspired her to make a career in badminton. She first picked up a badminton racket when she was seven years old. Thet Htar was raised briefly in Thailand since her father was serving as a coach there. She juggled sports and studies in Thailand and won third prize in her first competition at the age of seven and later she returned to Myanmar with her family in 2010. Shortly after her return to Myanmar, she was selected to represent the Yangon Region in the Regions and States Tournament and won the best player award. Then, she started competing in open tournaments and was enlisted in the National team. She was only 11 when she made her international debut at the 2011 SEA Games.[3] Prior to the Tokyo Olympics she took part in the Asia Olympic Project, which was a year-end regional training programme being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She also participated for Myanmar at the 2013, 2017, 2019, and at the 2023 Games.
Career
editThet Htar Thuzar reached three semi-finals in 2019. At the India International Challenge losing a close contested match against Thai player Benyapa Aimsaard 20–22, 17–21, and the semi-finals at the Maldives International, where she lost after one hour and two minutes against Vũ Thị Trang of Vietnam 14–21, 21–15, 16–21. And also losing the semi-final at her home event, the Myanmar International to Indonesian Maharani Sekar Batari 15–21, 17–21. She participated at the 2019 Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan, China. She lost the quarter-finals of the 2019 Bulgarian Open to eventual winner Neslihan Yiğit of Turkey in a 57 minutes marathon match 12–21, 21–19, 18–21.
Olympian
editThet Htar Thuzar qualified and participated at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in July 2021. She lost both her Group M women's singles matches against 14th seed Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia (11–21, 8–21) and Lianne Tan of Belgium (6–21, 8–21).
World Championship participation
editAfter the Olympics she played her last match during the round of 128 of the 2021 BWF World Championships losing 15–21, 16–21 to Chinese Taipei player Pai Yu-po.
Achievements
editBWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 3 runners-up)
editWomen's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Egypt International | Alesia Zaitsava | Walkover | Winner |
2018 | Nepal International | Chananchida Jucharoen | 18–21, 21–10, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Uganda International | Domou Amro | 21–14, 21–12 | Winner |
2019 | Kenya International | Domou Amro | 21–10, 21–10 | Winner |
2019 | Mauritius International | Airi Mikkelä | 21–10, 21–19 | Winner |
2019 | Benin International | Daniela Macías | 17–21, 21–18, 21–14 | Winner |
2019 | Côte d'Ivoire International | Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli | 21–17, 21–13 | Winner |
2019 | Hellas Open | Kisona Selvaduray | 14–21, 9–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Maldives Future Series | Malvika Bansod | 13–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Egypt International | Jordan Hart | 21–6, 12–1 Retired | Winner |
2020 | Uganda International | Aakarshi Kashyap | 21–14, 16–21, 21–18 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
edit- ^ "Players: Thet Htar Thuzar". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Thet Htar Thuzar wins first prize in Egypt International Series 2018". Global New Light of Myanmar. Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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External links
edit- Thet Htar Thuzar at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Thet Htar Thuzar at BWFbadminton.com
- Thet Htar Thuzar at Olympics.com
- Thet Htar Thuzar at Olympedia
- Thet Htar Thuzar at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com