Rupesh Kumar K. T.
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Birth name | Rupesh Kumar Kallyad Thazhathe Veetil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979年08月31日) 31 August 1979 (age 45) Sirpur, Asifabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India. (present day Telangana, India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 13[1] (July 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Rupesh Kumar K. T. (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana. He is one of India's finest-ever doubles player, with nine successive national titles. He won the silver medal in mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, and a bronze medal in 2006 Melbourne. He, along with his doubles partner Sanave Thomas, won the BWF Grand Prix title at the 2009 New Zealand Open and 2010 Bitburger Open.[2] He was three times men's doubles gold medalists at the South Asian Games, in 2004 partnered with Markose Bristow, and in 2006 and 2010 with Thomas.
Achievements
[edit ]South Asian Games
[edit ]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan |
India Markose Bristow | India Jaseel P. Ismail India J. B. S. Vidyadhar |
15–8, 15–4 | Gold Gold |
2006 | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
India Sanave Thomas | Sri Lanka Thushara Edirisinghe Sri Lanka Duminda Jayakody |
21–16, 21–10 | Gold Gold |
2010 | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
India Sanave Thomas | India Chetan Anand India V. Diju |
21–19, retired | Gold Gold |
BWF Grand Prix
[edit ]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.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2008 | Dutch Open | India Sanave Thomas | Indonesia Fran Kurniawan Indonesia Rendra Wijaya |
18–21, 18–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2009 | Australian Open | India Sanave Thomas | Malaysia Gan Teik Chai Malaysia Tan Bin Shen |
13–21, 11–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2009 | New Zealand Open | India Sanave Thomas | Japan Hirokatsu Hashimoto Japan Noriyasu Hirata |
21–16, 15–21, 21–13 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2009 | Bitburger Open | India Sanave Thomas | England Chris Adcock England Andrew Ellis |
17–21, 22–20, 24–22 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2010 | India Open | India Sanave Thomas | Malaysia Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Malaysia Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari |
12–21, 20–22 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
[edit ]Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Syed Modi International | India Sanave Thomas | India V. Diju India Jaseel P. Ismail |
15–12, 15–8 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2004 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | India Sanave Thomas | Germany Kristof Hopp Germany Ingo Kindervater |
15–7, 15–13 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2004 | India Satellite | India Sanave Thomas | India V. Diju India Jaseel P. Ismail |
9–15, 1–15 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2005 | Surabaya Satellite | India Sanave Thomas | Indonesia Tri Kusharyanto Indonesia Bambang Suprianto |
9–15, 12–15 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2005 | India Satellite | India Sanave Thomas | India V. Diju India Jaseel P. Ismail |
17–14, 15–7 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2006 | India Satellite | India Sanave Thomas | Malaysia Chan Peng Soon Malaysia Chang Hun Pin |
19–21, 21–8, 22–20 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2008 | Croatian International | India Sanave Thomas | Czech Republic Jakub Bitman Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak |
21–9, 21–14 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2008 | Portugal International | India Sanave Thomas | Netherlands Ruud Bosch Netherlands Koen Ridder |
19–21, 20–22 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2010 | Bahrain International | India Sanave Thomas | India Bennet Antony Anchery India Alwin Francis |
21–7, 16–21, 21–14 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2011 | Bahrain International | India Sanave Thomas | Indonesia Andrei Adistia Indonesia Christopher Rusdianto |
21–14, 17–21, 13–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2011 | Tata Open India International | India Sanave Thomas | India Pranav Chopra India Akshay Dewalkar |
21–19, 17–21, 21–23 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2012 | Austrian International | India Sanave Thomas | Japan Hiroyuki Saeki Japan Ryota Taohata |
23–21, 22–20 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2012 | Bahrain International | India Sanave Thomas | India K. Nandagopal India Jishnu Sanyal |
21–18, 19–21, 21–18 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
2013 | Bahrain International | India Sanave Thomas | India V. Diju India K. Nandagopal |
17–21, 21–12, 19–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
2013 | Bahrain International Challenge | India Sanave Thomas | India V. Diju India K. Nandagopal |
Walkover | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2007 | India International | India Aparna Balan | India V. Diju India Jwala Gutta |
14–21, 16–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
[edit ]- ^ Badminton World Federation – Player Profiles. Bwfbadminton.org. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.
- ^ Profile of Rupesh Kumar K.T., Indian Badminton Player in CWG 2010 [usurped] . Delhispider.com. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.
External links
[edit ]- Rupesh Kumar K. T. at BWFBadminton.com
- Rupesh Kumar K. T. at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
- "Rupesh Kumar K. T." Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Racket sportspeople from Telangana
- Racket sportspeople from Kerala
- Indian male badminton players
- Indian national badminton champions
- Asian Games competitors for India
- Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2004 South Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 South Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games