Kantaphon Wangcharoen (; born 18 September 1998) is a Thai badminton player. At the young age, Wangcharoen became the runner-up in the senior tournament 2014 Singapore International in the men's singles event after losing the match because of foot injury. Wangcharoen clinched the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event, also part of the junior team that won the mixed team bronze in 2014 and 2016, and Asian mixed team bronze in 2016. Wangcharoen was a member of the Thailand national team that won the bronze medals at the 2017, 2019 Southeast Asian Games and 2019 Sudirman Cup. He also the finalist at the BWF Grand Prix Gold event 2017 Thailand Masters, and won the 2017 National Championships title. He ended the 2018 BWF season by qualified to compete at the World Tour Finals and catapulted him to a career-best world ranking of no. 15 at that year. He won the bronze medal at the 2019 BWF World Championships, becoming the first ever Thai player to win a World Championships medal in the men's singles event. Achievements BWF World Championships Men's singles Southeast Asian Games Men's singles BWF World Junior Championships Boys' singles BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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 BWF Grand Prix Gold BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) Men's singles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament Record against selected opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 22 December 2022. References External links Living people 1998 births Kantaphon Wangcharoen Kantaphon Wangcharoen Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Kantaphon Wangcharoen Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Kantaphon Wangcharoen Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Kantaphon Wangcharoen Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton