Satoko Suetsuna
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (age 44) Ōita,Ōita Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	2 (withMiyuki Maeda, 11 November 2010)
Medal record Women'sBadminton Representing Japan World Championships 2011 London Women's doubles Uber Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team
BWF profile

Satoko Suetsuna (末綱 聡子,Suetsuna Satoko; born 30 January 1981) is a badminton player fromJapan. Born inŌita,Ōita Prefecture, she joined Renesas badminton club and later affiliated with Saishunkan team. She was a bronze medalist at the2011 BWF World Championships with her partnerMiyuki Maeda.^[1]

Suetsuna has gained prominence in badminton through her success in women's doubles with her partnerMiyuki Maeda, and the partnerships known by the Japanese media as "Suemae". Together they won the2010 Denmark Open, their first major tournament victory. They went on to win the2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold and the2011 India Open. Suetsuna and Maeda also have two bronze medals from major competitions from making the semifinals at the2011 London World Championships and2010 Uber Cup in Kuala Lumpur. She competed at the2006 and2010 Asian Games as well in2008 and2012 Olympic Games. In 2008 Beijing Olympics, with her women's doubles partner Maeda, they finished fourth, the 2nd best performance to date by Japanese badminton players at the Olympics.^[2]

Satoko Suetsuna has competed with several men in mixed doubles, but has not achieved the same level of success as she has in her main event.

Suetsuna retired from the Japan team in September 2013.^[3]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena,London, England	Miyuki Maeda	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	8–21, 15–21	Bronze

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels areSuperseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[5] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Indonesia Open	Miyuki Maeda	Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Japan Open	Miyuki Maeda	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Swiss Open	Miyuki Maeda	Tian Qing Yu Yang	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Denmark Open	Miyuki Maeda	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2011	India Open	Miyuki Maeda	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	26–24, 21–15	Winner
2012	China Open	Miyuki Maeda	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	19–21, 7–14 retired	Runner-up
2013	India Open	Miyuki Maeda	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	12–21, 23–21, 21–18	Winner

 BWF Superseries Finals tournament

 BWF Superseries Premier tournament

 BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, theBWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	U.S. Open	Miyuki Maeda	Aki Akao Tomomi Matsuda	16–21, 21–14, 21–15	Winner
2008	German Open	Miyuki Maeda	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	India Open	Miyuki Maeda	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Miyuki Maeda	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2011	India Grand Prix Gold	Miyuki Maeda	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

 BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

 BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[6]

• Satoko Suetsuna atBWFBadminton.com
• Satoko Suetsuna atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Satoko Suetsuna atOlympics.com
• Satoko Suetsuna atOlympedia
• Satoko Suetsuna – Beijing 2008 atTeam Japan(in Japanese) (in English)
• Satoko Suetsuna – London 2012 atTeam Japan(in Japanese) (in English)

• 1981 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Ōita (city)
• Japanese female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for Japan
• Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
• Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
• Asian Games silver medalists in badminton

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