Sarina Satomi

Sarina Satomi (里見 紗李奈, Satomi Sarina; born 9 April 1998) is a Japanese para-badminton player who competes in international elite competitions.^[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won gold medals in women's singles WH1, and women's doubles WH1–WH2 events.^[2][1][3]

Sarina Satomi 里見 紗李奈
Sarina Satomi at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30th, 2024
Personal information
Country	Japan
Born	(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 27) Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Women's singles WH1 Women's doubles WH1–WH2
Highest ranking	1 (WS 29 August 2019) 1 (WD with Yuma Yamazaki 16 May 2019)
Current ranking	1 (WS) 1 (WD with Yuma Yamazaki) (8 November 2022)
Medal record Para-badminton Representing  Japan Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo Women's singles 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles 2024 Paris Women's singles 2024 Paris Women's doubles World Championships 2019 Basel Women's singles 2022 Tokyo Women's singles 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's doubles 2024 Pattaya Women's singles 2024 Pattaya Women's doubles Asian Para Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's singles 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles 2018 Jakarta Women's singles
BWF profile

She is twice a World women's singles champion and a world champion in the doubles with teammate Yuma Yamazaki.

Life

Satomi sustained a spinal cord injury when she was involved in a car accident in May 2016.^[4][5]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Sujirat Pookkham	14–21, 21–19, 21–13	Gold
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Sujirat Pookkham	18–21, 21–13, 21–18	Gold

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	16–21, 21–16, 21–13	Gold
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	17–21, 19–21	Silver

World Championships

Women's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Sujirat Pookkham	21–16, 21–15	Gold
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Cynthia Mathez	21–9, 21–10	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Yin Menglu	12–21, 18–21	Bronze

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	Walkover	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Yuma Yamazaki	Emine Seçkin To Man-kei	21–11, 21–15	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	7–21, 17–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games

Women's singles WH1

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Li Hongyan	6–21, 9–21	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Sujirat Pookkham	21–15, 21–19	Gold

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022[a]	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	10–21, 17–12	Silver
			Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–16, 12–21, 21–17
			Hu Guang-chiou Yang I-chen	21–9, 21–9
			Jung Gyeoul Kwon Hyunah	21–8, 21–11

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (19 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[6][7]

Women's singles WH1

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Bahrain Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Cynthia Mathez	21–12, 21–9	Winner
2022	4 Nations Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Cynthia Mathez	21–10, 21–14	Winner
2022	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Cynthia Mathez	21–13, 21–8	Winner
2023	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	To Man-kei	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2023	Spanish Para-Badminton International I	Level 1	To Man-Kei	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2023	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Level 2	To Man-Kei	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Yin Menglu	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Sujirat Pookkham	19–21, 21–10, 21–13	Winner
2023	Japan Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Yin Menglu	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2024	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	Sujirat Pookkham	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2024	Spanish Para-Badminton International I	Level 1	Sujirat Pookkham	21–14, 17–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2024	4 Nations Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Sujirat Pookkham	23–21, 21–19	Winner

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Bahrain Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Yuma Yamazaki	Jung Gyeo-ul Kwon Hyun-ah	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2022	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Yuma Yamazaki	Jung Gyeo-ul Kwon Hyun-ah	21–1, 21–18	Winner
2023	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	Yuma Yamazaki	Cynthia Mathez Ilaria Renggli	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2023	Spanish Para-Badminton International I	Level 1	Yuma Yamazaki	Jung Gyeo-ul Kwon Hyun-ah	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2023	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	14–21, 22–20, 21–17	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	4 Nations Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Yuma Yamazaki	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2024	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	Yuma Yamazaki	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2024[a]	Spanish Para-Badminton International I	Level 1	Yuma Yamazaki	Hu Guang-chiou Yang I-chen	21–8, 21–6	Winner
				Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–14, 21–16
				Maria Gilda Antunes Auricélia Nunes	21–6, 21–4

International tournaments (2011–2021) (11 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles WH1

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Japan Para-Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	21–12, 21–23	Winner
2018	Australia Para-Badminton International	Kim Seung-suk	21–11, 21–7	Winner
2019	Irish Para-Badminton International	Karin Suter-Erath	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2019	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2019[a]	China Para-Badminton International	Valeska Knoblauch	21–13, 17–21, 21–12	Runner-up
		Yin Menglu	16–21, 21–15, 21–11
		Zhang Jing	21–16, 18–21, 9–21
		To Man-kei	21–6, 21–13

Women's doubles WH1–WH2

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Japan Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Ikumi Fuke Rie Ogura	21–9, 21–15	Winner
2018[a]	Australia Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Etsuko Kobayashi Chiemi Ogata	21–1, 21–3	Winner
			Ikumi Fuke Rie Ogura	21–13, 21–12
			Cynthia Mathez Emmanuelle Ott	21–9, 21–9
			Kim Dae-young Kim Seung-suk	21–11, 21–14
2019	Dubai Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Xu Tingting Zhang Jing	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2019	Canada Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Emine Seçkin To Man-kei	21–10, 21–6	Winner
2019	Irish Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Ikumi Fuke Rie Ogura	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2019	Denmark Para Badminton presented by Danisa	Yuma Yamazaki	Sujirat Pookkham Amnouy Wetwithan	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2019	Japan Para-Badminton International	Yuma Yamazaki	Liu Yutong Yin Menglu	14–21, 25–23, 21–15	Winner

Notes

1. This tournament uses a round robin system.