Kunlavut Vitidsarn
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Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thai: กุลวุฒิ วิทิตศานต์; born 11 May 2001), simply known as View (Thai: วิว) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in men's singles. He is the current Asia men's singles champions as he won the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Championships, as well a silver medalist in the 2024 Olympic Games. He was also three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is nicknamed the "Three-Game God" because his defensive style generally requires him to play three games long and likely to win in the end due to opponent's stamina loss. Kunlavut became the first men's singles player to win three World Junior Championships titles, joining Ratchanok Intanon and Chen Qingchen as a three-time winner of the World Junior title in the same discipline. He claimed the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2019, where he previously won a silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017. Kunlavut participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and was part of the team Omega took the silver medal in the mixed team event. He was named the 2020/2021 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player. In the senior category, Kunlavut won the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships and, in the following year, the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships. He became the first Thai player to win the World Championships title in the men's singles category. Kunlavut clinched the gold medal at the 2021 SEA Games and 2025 Asian Championships. He reached a career high of world number 1 in May 2025.