Sören Opti

Sören Opti
Personal information
Birth nameSören Hans Brad Opti
CountrySuriname
Born (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 (age 27)
Paramaribo, Suriname
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking209 (MS 13 August 2019)
228 (MD 15 October 2019)
347 (XD 22 November 2018)
Current ranking274 (MS), 285 (MD) (23 July 2024)
BWF profile

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 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Carebaco International Dominican Republic Nelson Javier 17–21, 21–13, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Carebaco International Luxembourg Robert Mann 21–18, 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Suriname International Suriname Mitchel Wongsodikromo Suriname Diego Dos Ramos
Suriname Al-Hassan Somedjo 		21–18, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 French Guiana International Suriname Mitchel Wongsodikromo French Guiana Dimitri Antony
French Guiana Bons Vincent 		21–9, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Suriname International Suriname Mitchel Wongsodikromo Suriname Rivano Bisphan
Suriname Danny Chen 		21–14, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Carebaco Junior International Jamaica Matthew Lee 21-7, 19–21, 21-6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Carebaco Junior International Suriname Mitch Nai Chung Tong Dominican Republic Cesar Adonis Brito González
Dominican Republic Angel Argenis Marinez Ulloa 		20-22, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Positieve coronatest verpest Olympische droom Sören Opti". Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Soren Opti". Veracruz 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Athlete Profile: Opti Soren Hans Brad". Barranquilla 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Soren Opti National Champion".
  6. ^ "Players Soren OPTI". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ^ "SME Sport".
  9. ^ Brons voor Opti en nai Chung Tong dwtonline.com 23 August 2019 [dead link‍]
  10. ^ "CAREBACO International Champions – Pan Am Circuit 2019 – Badminton Pan America".
  11. ^ "Home". cuntapay-badminton.com.
  12. ^ "Tokyo 2020 draw: Who will be facing who?". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Sören Opti toch niet naar Olympische Spelen vanwege positieve COVID-19 test". 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Tjon en Fa en Wahi beste sporters 2017". 22 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Sporters gehuldigd; Miguel van Assen sportman van 2018". 21 December 2018.
  16. ^ "SME Sport".
  17. ^ "Sporters van het jaar krijgen waardebon van SRD 500 | Nieuws-Suriname - Live nieuws en radio stream uit Suriname!". 28 December 2012.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Suriname
2016 Rio Summer Olympics 		Succeeded by
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