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Kennevic Asuncion

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Kennevic Asuncion
Personal information
CountryPhilippines
Born (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)
Barbaza, Antique, Philippines
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking117 (MD with Antonio Benjamin Gadi 10 June 2010)
11 (XD with Kennie Asuncion)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Vietnam Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Kennevic Asuncion (Chinese: 洪育雄; born March 21, 1980) is a male badminton player from the Philippines.[1] He was born in Barbaza, Antique and is the son of former Philippine Badminton Team Coach Nelson Asuncion. He plays doubles with his sister Kennie Asuncion.

The brother-sister team used to host a now defunct local badminton TV show, Badminton Extreme along with their father. The show was canceled due to the siblings' training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In its steed a magazine called Badminton Extreme was released.

He won several international tournaments including the Peru Open.

Career

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Asuncion played at the 2006 Philippine Open Grand Prix Gold in mixed doubles. He beat Indonesia's Tri Kusharjanto and Minarti Timur 21-15, 21-10 before losing to Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in the finals.

He played for the 2009 Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou, China; with the other Filipino players, including his sister Kennie. They showed good results in the said mixed team championships where they beat South Africa with a 1-4 score, before losing to Switzerland 4-1.

He is currently coaching the University of the Philippines and in the International School Manila' Badminton Team.

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Philippines Open Philippines Kennie Asuncion Thailand Sudket Prapakamol
Thailand Saralee Thungthongkam
18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles)

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Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Peru International Philippines Kennie Asuncion Spain José Antonio Crespo
Spain Yoana Martinez
15-11, 12-15, 15-12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Ballarat International Philippines Kennie Asuncion Australia Renuga Veeran
Australia Raj Veeran
18-21, 21-14, 21-17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 North Harbour International Philippines Kennie Asuncion New Zealand Daniel Shirley
New Zealand Gabby Shirley
17-21, 21-17, 21-13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Maldives International United States Karyn Velez Sri Lanka Udara Nayanajith
Sri Lanka Chandrika de Silva
24-22, 17-21, 21-13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Lao International Philippines Kennie Asuncion Thailand Siriwat Matayanumati
Thailand Pattaraporn Jindapol
11-21, 21-16, 21-17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Participants by Sport: Badminton". 15th Asian Games Doha 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-01-03.
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