Sarina Satomi

Sarina Satomi (里見 紗李奈, Satomi Sarina, born 9 April 1998) is a Japanese para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won gold medals in women's singles WH1, and women's doubles WH1–WH2 events.[1][2][3]

Sarina Satomi
里見 紗李奈
Personal information
Country Japan
Born (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998
Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Women's singles WH1
Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking1 (WS 29 August 2019)
1 (WD with Yuma Yamazaki 16 May 2019)
Current ranking1 (WS)
1 (WD with Yuma Yamazaki) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Para-badminton
Representing  Japan
Paralympic Games
2020 Tokyo Women's singles
2020 Tokyo Women's doubles
World Championships
2019 BaselWomen's singles
2022 TokyoWomen's singles
2022 TokyoWomen's doubles
2019 BaselWomen's doubles
2024 Pattaya Women's singles
2024 Pattaya Women's doubles
Asian Para Games
2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
2022 HangzhouWomen's doubles
2018 Jakarta Women's singles

She is twice a World women's singles champion and a world champion in the doubles with teammate Yuma Yamazaki.

Life

Satomi sustained a spinal cord injury when she was involved in a car accident in May 2016.[4][5]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Sujirat Pookkham 14–21, 21–19, 21–13 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 16–21, 21–16, 21–13 Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Sujirat Pookkham 21–16, 21–15 Gold
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Cynthia Mathez 21–9, 21–10 Gold
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Yin Menglu 12–21, 18–21 Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland		 Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 Walkover Bronze
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan		 Yuma Yamazaki Emine Seçkin
To Man-kei		 21–11, 21–15 Gold
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand		 Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 7–21, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Para Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Li Hongyan 6–21, 9–21 Bronze
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Sujirat Pookkham 21–15, 21–19 Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022[lower-alpha 1] Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 10–21, 17–12 Silver
Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan		 21–16, 12–21, 21–17
Guang-Chiou Hu
I-Chen Yang		 21–9, 21–9
Jung Gyeoul
Kwon Hyunah		 21–8, 21–11

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (15 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[6][7]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Cynthia Mathez 21–12, 21–9 Winner
2022 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Cynthia Mathez 21–10, 21–14 Winner
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Cynthia Mathez 21–13, 21–8 Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 To Man-Kei 21–13, 21–10 Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Toledo Level 1 To Man-Kei 21–13, 21–18 Winner
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 To Man-Kei 21–17, 21–12 Winner
2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Yin Menglu 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2023 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Sujirat Pookkham 19–21, 21–10, 21–13 Winner
2023 Japan Para Badminton International Level 2 Yin Menglu 21–11, 21–19 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Yuma Yamazaki Jung Gyeo-ul
Kwon Hyun-ah		 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Yuma Yamazaki Jung Gyeo-ul
Kwon Hyun-ah		 21–1, 21–18 Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Yuma Yamazaki Cynthia Mathez
Ilaria Renggli		 21–12, 21–13 Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Toledo Level 1 Yuma Yamazaki Jung Gyeo-ul
Kwon Hyun-ah		 21–12, 21–10 Winner
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 14–21, 22–20, 21–17 Winner
2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2023 4 Nations Badminton International Level 1 Yuma Yamazaki Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan		 21–13, 21–14 Winner

International Tournaments (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Japan Para Badminton International Karin Suter-Erath 21–12, 21–23 Winner
2018 Australia Para Badminton International Kim Seung-suk 21–11, 21–7 Winner
2019 Irish Para Badminton International Karin Suter-Erath 21–17, 21–11 Winner
2019 Thailand Para Badminton International Valeska Knoblauch 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2019[lower-alpha 2] China Para Badminton International Valeska Knoblauch 21–13, 17–21, 21–12 Runner-up
Yin Menglu 16–21, 21–15, 21–11
Zhang Jing 21–16, 18–21, 9–21
To Man-kei 21–6, 21–13

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan		 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018 Japan Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Ikumi Fuke
Rie Ogura		 21–9, 21–15 Winner
2018[lower-alpha 3] Australia Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Etsuko Kobayashi
Chiemi Ogata		 21–1, 21–3 Winner
Ikumi Fuke
Rie Ogura		 21–13, 21–12
Cynthia Mathez
Emmanuelle Ott		 21–9, 21–9
Kim Dae-young
Kim Seung-suk		 21–11, 21–14
2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Xu Tingting
Zhang Jing		 21–15, 21–13 Winner
2019 Canada Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Emine Seçkin
To Man-kei		 21–10, 21–6 Winner
2019 Irish Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Ikumi Fuke
Rie Ogura		 21–11, 21–15 Winner
2019 Denmark Para Badminton presented by Danisa Yuma Yamazaki Sujirat Pookkham
Amnouy Wetwithan		 21–18, 21–16 Winner
2019 Japan Para Badminton International Yuma Yamazaki Liu Yutong
Yin Menglu		 14–21, 25–23, 21–15 Winner

Notes
  1. This tournament uses a round robin system.
  2. This tournament uses a round robin system.
  3. This tournament uses a round robin system.

References
  1. "Japan's Sarina Satomi wins nation's first Paralympic badminton gold as sport debuts". The Japan Times. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. "Badminton SATOMI Sarina". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. NEWS, KYODO. "Paralympics: Japan's Sarina Satomi wins women's WH1 badminton singles gold". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. "Sarina Satomi - Nippon Foundation". The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center. 24 June 2021.
  5. "Sarina Satomi keen to be "first queen" of Para badminton". International Paralympic Committee. 28 October 2020.
  6. "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
  7. "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.
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