Eric Pang

Eric Pang
方发财
Eric Pang; 方发财
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	30 January 1982 (age 42); Groningen, Netherlands
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	22 (10 October 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Netherlands
European Mixed Team Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.

Career

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Pang reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Dicky Palyama and Chris Bruil. The final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada.

Eric Pang won the Norwegian International in 2005, the Spanish Open in 2010, the Canadian International in 2013 and the Croatian International in 2015. In 2012 Eric Pang won the Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix beating his compatriot Dicky Palyama in the final with straight games. After his retirement in 2015 he became a coach at the Dutch National junior squad and also a juniors talent coach in Almere for a short period of time. Then he moved to China with his wife Yao Jie to open a badminton school there. When they returned to Europe the couple settled in Hamburg, Germany where they are part of the Trainers staff at the Hamburger Badminton Verband, one of Germany's National Badminton Centre's.

Personal life

Eric Pang was born to a Chinese Singaporean father and Dutch mother.^[1]^[2] His Chinese name is Fang Facai (Chinese: 方发财). He married Yao Jie in 2009, who later also became his coach.^[3]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Björn Joppien	8–15, 10–15	Silver
2001	Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland	Joachim Persson	15–3, 15–3	Gold

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Bitburger Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21–12, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch Open	Chetan Anand	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	Dutch Open	Dicky Palyama	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2013	Canada Open	Tan Chun Seang	21–15, 11–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Dutch International	Arief Rasidi	11–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	SCBA International	Yuichi Ikeda	13–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2005	Norwegian International	Kasper Ødum	15–7, 7–15, 15–10	Winner
2005	Irish International	Chetan Anand	15–8, 6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2009	Dutch International	Dicky Palyama	11–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Spanish Open	Rune Ulsing	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2010	Belgian International	Marc Zwiebler	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2010	Bahrain International	Tommy Sugiarto	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2010	Turkey International	Przemysław Wacha	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Swedish Masters	Chan Yan Kit	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Swedish Masters	Kento Momota	9–21, 21–16, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Dutch International	Viktor Axelsen	22–24, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Canadian International	Joachim Persson	24–22, 21–16	Winner
2013	Belgian International	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	Croatian International	Nick Fransman	21–16, 21–12	Winner