Philip Joper Escueta
| Philip Joper Escueta | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 23, 1993 Pila, Laguna, Philippines[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 56 (23 September 2015[1]) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 209 (6 September 2022) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Philip Joper Escueta (born August 23, 1993) is a Filipino badminton player.[2] Escueta and his partner in men's doubles, Ronel Estanislao, won a bronze medal in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[3] Escueta currently coaches the Philippines national badminton team.
Career
[edit]In his junior days, he played in the men's singles discipline and competed in a few BWF Superseries tournaments. In 2011, he competed in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships.
Philip made his transition to playing men's doubles fully in 2012. He also represented the Philippines in the world mixed team tournament, also known as the Sudirman Cup.
In 2015, he competed in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. He and his partner Ronel Estanislao unexpectedly beat home favourites Terry Hee and Hendra Wijaya in the first round. They would go onto beating Ngoun Kanora and Teav Yongvannak in the quarterfinals and guaranteed themselves a bronze medal. They lost the semifinal to world number 1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. This is his biggest career achievement to date.
Achievements
[edit]Southeast Asian Games
[edit]Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore | Ronel Estanislao
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 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
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14–21, 12–21 |  Bronze
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Philip Joper ESCUETA Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Players: Philip Joper Escuaeta". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Badminton Semifinals: 15 June Highlights - 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015". seagames2015.com. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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- Living people
- 1993 births
- Sportspeople from Laguna (province)
- Filipino male badminton players
- Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- SEA Games medalists in badminton
- Asian badminton biography stubs
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