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. 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. He also won the men's doubles bronze medal in 2009 and 2014. 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. Fogarty works as a Physician by practice in the US Navy.
Achievements
Pan Am Championships Men's Doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2014Markham Pan Am Centre,Markham, Canada Bjorn Seguin Adrian Liu Derrick Ng11-21, 10-21 Bronze2009Coliseo Olímpico de la Universidad de Guadalajara,Guadalajara, Mexico David Neumann Antonio de Vinatea Martin Del Valle21-18, 14-21, 16-21 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's Doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2016Manhattan Beach International Bjorn Seguin David Yedija Pohan Ricky Alverino Sidarta17-21, 14-21 Runner-up2014Puerto Rico International Bjorn Seguin Giovanni Greco Rosario Maddaloni13-21, 12-21 Runner-up2011Colombia International Nicholas Jinadasa Lucas Alves Andrés Corpancho21-13, 15-21, 21-17 Winner2010Colombia International Alistair Casey Pablo Aguilar Bruno Monteverde11-21, 21-18, 19-21 Runner-up2009Guatemala International David Neumann Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez16-21, 14-21 Runner-up2009Mexican International David Neumann José Luis Gonzalez Andrés López18-21, 21-16, 14-21 Runner-up2009Colombia International David Neumann Santiago Zambrano Sebastian Teran21-9, 17-21, 21-14 Winner2007Puerto Rico International Dean Schoppe Kumasaka Guilherme Pardo Guilherme10-21, 15-21 Runner-up2000Brazil São Paulo International Dean Schoppe Luis Lopezllera Bernardo Monreal15-9, 15-10 Winner2000Pan American Classic Kevin Han Andy Chong Henrik Wiberg15-8, 15-4 Winner1998Suriname International Dean Schoppe Brent Olynyk Iain Sydie3-15, 2-15 Runner-up1998Miami International Andy Chong Howard Bach Kevin Han5-15, 12-15 Runner-up1998Brazil São Paulo International Dean Schoppe Guilherme Kumasaka Paulo von Scala10-15, 15-8, 15-11 Winner
Mixed Doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2002Brazil São Paulo International Lina Taft Rodrigo Pacheco Lorena Blanco3-11, 1-11 Runner-up2000Pan American Classic Lina Taft Andy Chong Kokoe Tanak2-15, 14-17 Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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