Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Puavaranukroh at the 2022 German Open
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bass
CountryThailand
Born (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997
Chonburi, Thailand
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking14 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren, 20 May 2025)
1 (XD with Sapsiree Taerattanachai, 7 December 2021)
Current ranking14 (MD with Kittinupong Kedren)
8 (XD with Supissara Paewsampran) (27 May 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Thailand
World Championships
2021 HuelvaMixed doubles
2019 BaselMixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold CoastMixed team
2019 NanningMixed team
Asian Championships
2017 WuhanMixed doubles
2019 WuhanMixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi MinhMixed team
SEA Games
2017 Kuala LumpurMen's doubles
2017 Kuala LumpurMixed doubles
2017 Kuala LumpurMen's team
World Junior Championships
2014 Alor SetarBoys' doubles
2014 Alor SetarMixed team
Asian Youth Games
2013 NanjingMixed doubles
BWF profile

Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thai: เดชาพล พัววรานุเคราะห์; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren. Dechapol claimed doubles titles at the 2017 SEA Games by winning the gold medal in the men's doubles with Kedren and in the mixed doubles with Sapsiree Taerattanachai. Together with Sapsiree, he won the silver and gold medals at the BWF World Championships in 2019 and 2021 respectively, became the first Thai pair who won the world title. The duo made a clean sweep of all three 2020 Asian leg titles in Thailand and all 2021 Bali leg titles, thus climbing to world number 1 in the BWF ranking. Dechapol and Sapsiree made history as the first ever Thai players to win a title in the year-end Finals tournaments and rank first in the world ranking.