Mathew Fogarty

Mathew Fogarty (born October 30, 1956) is an American male badminton player who has specialized in doubles events. He has shared the men's double title in four U.S. National Badminton Championships (1980, 1984, 1986, 2000) with three different partners.^[1] In 1985, Partnering with Bruce Pontow from Chicago Illinois, coming out of retirement after 2 years, Pontow and Fogarty established the greatest “Underdog” defeat in Men's Doubles history defeating Korean All-England Champions Kim Moon-soo and Lee Deuk-choon in Thomas Cup held in Vancouver, Canada after the Men's Team with Legendary coach and player Park Joo-bong challenged into and winning the Pan American Zone. The victory by far the best an Unranked pair competed against the best in the world during the era from 1985 until 1991 Korea Dominated World Badminton by winning many of the All-England doubles events (Women's, Men's and Mixed Doubles) with 16 wins to Korea, 4 to China, and 1 win to Nora Perry from England and Billy Gilliland from Scotland. In 2008, he won the bronze medal at the Pan Am Badminton Championships in the mixed team event.^[2] He also won the men's doubles bronze medal in 2009 and 2014.^[3][4] In 2015, at age 58, Fogarty became the oldest shuttler competing at the BWF World Championships at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium, Jakarta. He has been qualified for the BWF World Championships seven times. He practiced six days a week after work to maintain his fitness.^[5] Fogarty works as a Physician by practice in the US Navy.^[6]

Mathew Fogarty
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1956-10-30) October 30, 1956 (age 68)
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)
Men's
Highest ranking	168 (MS) November 5, 2011 72 (XD) June 25, 2018
Current ranking	595 (MS) June 25, 2018 72 (XD) June 25, 2018
Medal record Badminton Representing  United States Pan Am Championships 2014 Markham Men's doubles 2009 Guadalajara Men's doubles 2008 Lima Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan Am Championships 2

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Bjorn Seguin	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	11-21, 10-21	Bronze
2009	Coliseo Olímpico de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico	David Neumann	Antonio de Vinatea Martin Del Valle	21-18, 14-21, 16-21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Manhattan Beach International	Bjorn Seguin	David Yedija Pohan Ricky Alverino Sidarta	17-21, 14-21	Runner-up
2014	Puerto Rico International	Bjorn Seguin	Giovanni Greco Rosario Maddaloni	13-21, 12-21	Runner-up
2011	Colombia International	Nicholas Jinadasa	Lucas Alves Andrés Corpancho	21-13, 15-21, 21-17	Winner
2010	Colombia International	Alistair Casey	Pablo Aguilar Bruno Monteverde	11-21, 21-18, 19-21	Runner-up
2009	Guatemala International	David Neumann	Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez	16-21, 14-21	Runner-up
2009	Mexican International	David Neumann	José Luis Gonzalez Andrés López	18-21, 21-16, 14-21	Runner-up
2009	Colombia International	David Neumann	Santiago Zambrano Sebastian Teran	21-9, 17-21, 21-14	Winner
2007	Puerto Rico International	Dean Schoppe	Kumasaka Guilherme Pardo Guilherme	10-21, 15-21	Runner-up
2000	Brazil São Paulo International	Dean Schoppe	Luis Lopezllera Bernardo Monreal	15-9, 15-10	Winner
2000	Pan American Classic	Kevin Han	Andy Chong Henrik Wiberg	15-8, 15-4	Winner
1998	Suriname International	Dean Schoppe	Brent Olynyk Iain Sydie	3-15, 2-15	Runner-up
1998	Miami International	Andy Chong	Howard Bach Kevin Han	5-15, 12-15	Runner-up
1998	Brazil São Paulo International	Dean Schoppe	Guilherme Kumasaka Paulo von Scala	10-15, 15-8, 15-11	Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Brazil São Paulo International	Lina Taft	Rodrigo Pacheco Lorena Blanco	3-11, 1-11	Runner-up
2000	Pan American Classic	Lina Taft	Andy Chong Kokoe Tanak	2-15, 14-17	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Mathew Fogarty". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
2. "USA Badminton Team Wins Three Bronze Medals at the 2008 Pan American Badminton Championships". www.teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
3. "Canadá se llena de oro en Panamericano de Bádminton". www.informador.com.mx (in Spanish). El Informador. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
4. "XIX Pan Am Championships 2014 – Day 3: Chew in Line for Double". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
5. "Oldest shuttler aims to be sport's watchdog". www.thejakartapost.com. The Jakarta Post. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
6. "Never too old for a smash or two". www.deccanherald.com. Deccan Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2017.

External links

• Mathew Fogarty at BWFBadminton.com
• Mathew Fogarty at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Mathew Fogarty at Global Sports Archive