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Top 10 Interesting Facts about Thet Htar Thuzar

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. The most common forms of the game are 鈥淪ingles鈥� (One player on each side) and 鈥渄oubles鈥� (two players on each side).

Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or a beach. Formal competitive games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with a racquet and landing it within the opposing side鈥檚 half of the court,

Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. The play ends once the shuttle cock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the Umpire, Service judge or (in the absence) the opposing side.

Thet Htar Thuzar, one such phenomenal badminton player appears to have mastered the skill to play the game at its highest level. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about her.

1. Thet Htar Thuzar was born in Yangon

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Thet Htar Thuzar is a famous Burmese Badminton player who was born on March 15, 1999, in Yangon Myanmar.

2. She started playing badminton at seven years old

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Badminton was always on the cards for Thet Htar Thuzar since she was born in 1999 in Yangon to parents who are both badminton players. She first picked up a badminton racquet when she was seven years old.

3. Thet Htar Thuzar was briefly raised in Thailand

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Thet Htar was raised briefly in Thailand since her father was serving as a coach there. She juggled sports and studies in Thailand and won third prize in her first competition at the age of seven.

4. She participated in the 2011 SEA games when only 11  

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She returned to Myanmar with her family in 2010 after her father鈥檚 brief stint in Thailand. She trained more enthusiastically while handling her academic studies. Shortly after her return to her motherland, she was selected to represent the Yangon Region in the Regions and states tournament and won the best player award.

Then, she started competing in open tournaments and was enlisted in the National team. She was only 11 when she participated in the 2011 Southeast Asian games.

Although she did not emerge victorious in her international debut, Thet Htar Thuzar had now fallen in love with the taste of competition.

5. Thet Htar won her first international title in 2018

She won her first international title at the Egypt International 2018. The Egypt International is an International badminton tournament held in Cairo, Egypt.

The event is part of the Badminton World Federation鈥檚 Future series and part of the Badminton Confederation of Africa鈥檚 Circuit.

6. She reached most finals in the African Badminton Circuit

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In 2019, Thet Htar Thuzar reached eight finals, most in the African Badminton circuit, winning six events (In Uganda, Kenya, Mauritius, Benin, Ivory Coast and again in Egypt).

The tournament is sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF).

7. Thet Htar Thuzar participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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Thet Htar Thuzar qualified and participated in the 2020 Olympics in July 2021. She however lost both her Group M women鈥檚 singles matches against 14 seed Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia (11-21,8- 21) and Lianne Tan of Belgium (6-21, 8-21).

8. Thet Htar Thuzar participated in the 2021 BWF World Championship

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After the Olympics, she played her last match during the round of 64 of the 2021 BWF World Championships losing 15-21, 16-21 to Chinese Taipei Player Pai Yu-Po.

The championship was a badminton tournament which took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at Palacio de Los Deportes Carolina Marin in Huelva, Spain.

9. She has participated in multiple competitions throughout her career.

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Thet Htar Thuzar reached three semi-finals in 2019 at the India International Challenge losing a closely contested match against Thai player Benyapa Aim saard and the semi-finals at the Maldives international where she lost after one hour and two minutes against V农 Thi Trong of Vietnam.

She lost the semi-final at her home event, The Myanmar International to Indonesian Maharani Sekar Batari.

She participated in the 2019 Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan, China. She lost the quarter-finals of the 2019 Bulgarian open to eventual winner Nesli Han Yi千it of Turkey in a 57 minutes marathon Match that she claims is one of her most competitive.

10. She intends to be a businesswoman when she retires

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During a past interview, while training for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines, she was asked about her retirement plan. She responded and said that she desires to be a businesswoman.

She claimed she is already selling Victor-branded badminton equipment from Thailand and she intends to expand to other fields of business when she retires.

Thet Htar Thuzar has been able to stay at the top of her game for a long time. Playing badminton from an early age up to this day has enabled her to gain experience which is evident from the composure she possesses when playing the game.

Her family and the entire Myanmar team have been supportive in the development of her career which has been a stepping stone in improving her game. She maintains close ties with her teammates and family which in turn give her ample time to concentrate on her playing time.

She is best suited to represent her country and she does not seem to be slowing down any time sooner.