Sho Sasaki


Country
Birth date
Age
30/06/1982 - HOKUTO 
30
Height
Weight
Gender
171 cm / 5'7" 
75 kg / 165 lbs 
M
Sport
SASAKI Sho

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
QuarterfinalSingles2011London, GBR
Last 32Singles2009Hyderabad, IND
Asian Championships
3Singles2009Suwon, KOR
QuarterfinalSingles2011Chengdu, CHN
OSIM BWF Super Series
3Singles2012VICTOR Korea Open Super Series Premier, KOR
3Singles2011Yonex Denmark Open Super Series, DEN
3Singles2011Bankaltim Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, INA
World Grand Prix
1Singles2011Yonex OCBC US Open Grand Prix, USA
1Singles2011Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix, AUS
1Singles2010Yonex Dutch Open, NED
2Singles2011Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open, VIE
3Singles2012Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix, AUS
3Singles2011Yonex-Sunrise Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold, MAS
Thomas & Uber Cup
3Team2012Wuhan, CHN
3Team2010Kuala Lumpur, MAS

Nickname

His nickname is Lincoln. He was given this nickname because his team mates thought he looked like the character Lincoln Burrows played by Dominic Purcell in the television series 'Prison Break'. (jsports.co.jp, 27 Apr 2010)

Hobbies

Reading. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2007)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Tokyo Fuji Junior College, Tokyo, JPN

Club name

Tonami Transpotation Badminton Club

Coach

Tsutomu Imaizumi (JPN) (tonami.co.jp, 20 May 2012)

Handedness

Left (jsports.co.jp, 12 Oct 2011)

Debut

2002 (old.internationalbadminton.org, 04 Mar 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He started playing when he was in elementary school. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2007)

Training
For the Japanese national team he trains 6 hours a day, for his national league team he trains 4 hours a day. His own personal training involves physical training at the gym as well as practice hitting the shuttle. (jsports.co.jp, 27 Apr 2010)

Awards
In May 2012, he received the People's honour award from Hokuto City. (hochi.yomiuri.co.jp, 09 May 2012)


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