Raju Rai

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Raju Rai
Personal information
Birth name Rajiv Kumar Rai
Country  United States
Born (1983-02-03) 3 February 1983
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Residence Irving, California
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Tony Gunawan
Medal record
Men's badminton
Competitor for  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Rajiv Kumar "Raju" Rai (born February 3, 1983 in Lawrenceville, Georgia) is an American badminton player of Indian descent.[1] He won a bronze medal, along with his partner Mesinee Mangkalakiri, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[2] Rai is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in Anaheim, California, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles champion Tony Gunawan (2000), who is currently playing for the United States.[3]

Rai qualified for the men's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after he was ranked sixty-eighth in the world, and awarded an entry as one of the top 38 seeded players by the Badminton World Federation. He received a bye for the second preliminary round before losing out to Finland's Ville Lång, with a score of 9–21 and 16–21.[4][5]

Rai is a former coach of Bellevue Badminton Club, and also, an athlete director for the U.S. national badminton team.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Raju Rai". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "USA Badminton Announces New Board of Directors". Team USA. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 
  3. ↑ Rao, Sam (5 August 2008). "Another Indian-American books berth". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Men's Singles Round of 32". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 
  5. ↑ Miller, Jeff (11 August 2008). "O.C. badminton drought continues with Rai loss". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 

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