Renuga Veeran

Renuga Veeran
Personal information
Birth name	Renuga Vithi Veeran
Country	Australia
Born	(1986-06-20) 20 June 1986 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's
Highest ranking	77 (WS) 17 June 2010 26 (WD) 22 September 2011 40 (XD) 5 August 2010
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2012 Ballarat Women's doubles 2014 Ballarat Women's doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2014 Ballarat Mixed team 2012 Ballarat Mixed team 2010 Invercargill Mixed team Oceania Women's Team Championships 2012 Ballarat Women's team 2010 Invercargill Women's team
BWF profile

Renuga Veeran (born 20 June 1986) is an Australian badminton player. She has represented both Malaysia and Australia internationally as a badminton player. As part of the Australian Olympic Team,^[1] she paired with Leanne Choo and reached the quarter-finals in the women's doubles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal

Veeran, nicknamed Nunu and Nuges, was born on 20 June 1986 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2][3] Her mother, father and brother (Raj Veeran) all played badminton, representing Malaysia in international competitions.^[3]

Veeran is an ethnic Tamilian, and speaks Tamil fluently. She gave an interview in Tamil language to the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Tamil Radio a week after returning from the London Olympics. Veeran stated in the interview that she was warmly received by the Prime Minister of Australia on her return to Sydney from the games.

Veeran is 165 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 61 kilograms (134 lb).^[3] She is right handed.^[2]

Veeran attended primary school at Sekolah Rendah Kepong in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3] She moved to Australia when she was sixteen years old.^[2][3] She attended Leichhardt High School in the Sydney suburbs for high school.^[3] She earned a Bachelor of Business in Applied Economics and International Trade from Victoria University, attending from 2007 to 2009. As of 2012, she lived in Melbourne, Victoria.^[2][3]

Badminton

Veeran started playing badminton when she was six years old.^[2] She represents Badminton Australia on the club level,^[3] and is coached by Ricky Yu, who became her coach in 2008.^[3] She trains in Melbourne.^[3] Her highest world ranking in the women's doubles was 26th in December 2011.^[2] Her highest mixed doubles world ranking was 40th.^[2] Her world doubles ranking as of January 2012 was 30th.^[2] She has held several Australasia region top female player rankings, including being first in the ladies singles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles to hold the top spots at the same time.^[3] The year she moved to Australia, she became the number one ranked badminton player in the country when she was sixteen years old.^[2][3]

Malaysian national team

Veeran represented Malaysia as a member of their junior national team on the World Juniors level.^[2][3]

Australian national team

As of 2012, Veeran has been a member of the Australian national team for six years.^[3] As a member of the national team, she is based at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.^[4] She has represented Australia as a member of the national team at several different competitions including the 2010 Uber Cup, the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2011 Sudirman Cup.^[2] Her women's doubles team which included London bound team mate Leanne Choo finished fifth at the Commonwealth Games.^[3] She also competed in the mixed doubles event and team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with her brother Raj, finished 17th in the individual event and fifth in the mixed team event.^[3]

Veeran finished 17th in the doubles competition at the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup held in Wuhan, China.^[3] At the Thomas Cup, Veeran and Choo lost to South Koreans Kim Min-Jung and Ha Jung-Eun with set scores of 21–15 and 21–10.^[5] She finished 5th in the doubles competition at the 2012 Air Tahiti Nui International Challenge held in Punaauia, French Polynesia.^[3] She finished 17th in the doubles competition at the 2012 Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix Gold held in Sydney, Australia.^[3] She finished 1st in the doubles competition at the 2012 Oceania Championships, and also in the doubles competition at the 2012 Oceania Team Championships, both held in Ballarat, Australia.^[3] She finished 1st in the doubles competition at the 2012 Uber Cup Preliminaries – Oceania held in Ballarat, Australia. She finished 2nd in the doubles competition at the 2012 Thomas Cup Preliminaries – Oceania held in Ballarat, Australia.^[3]

Veeran was in Australia's badminton team for the 2012 Summer Olympics,^[6][7][8] making her Olympic debut as a 26-year-old.^[3] Going into the Olympics, as a doubles team, Veeran and Choo were ranked 35th in the world.^[3] During the qualifying process, their ranking peaked at 26th.^[3]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Tang Hetian	Jacinta Joe Louisa Ma	Walkover	Bronze
2012	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Leanne Choo	Ann-Louise Slee Eugenia Tanaka	21–16, 21–13	Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	New Zealand Open	Tang Hetian	Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	21–13, 10–21, 21–18	01 ! Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Maribyrnong International	Tang Hetian	Chiang Mei-hui Setyana Mapasa	21–19, 25–23	01 ! Winner
2013	Italian International	Tang Hetian	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	10–21, 8–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Welsh International	Tang Hetian	Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Devi Tika Permatasari	21–15, 21–12	01 ! Winner
2013	Victorian International	Sannatasah Saniru	Ruethaichanok Laisuan Narissapat Lam	15–21, 14–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Auckland International	Tracey Hallam	Lê Thu Huyền Phạm Như Thảo	21–14, 21–9	01 ! Winner
2012	Victorian International	Leanne Choo	Keshya Nurvita Hanadia Devi Tika Permatasari	13–21, 11–21	02 ! Runner-up
2011	Altona International	Leanne Choo	Amanda Brown Stephanie Cheng	21–10, 21–5	01 ! Winner
2010	Altona International	Tang Hetian	Leanne Choo Kate Wilson-Smith	21–15, 21–15	01 ! Winner
2004	Ballarat International	Susan Wang	Tania Luiz Kate Wilson-Smith	15–7, 15–12	01 ! Winner
2004	Australian International	Susan Wang	Chor Hooi Yee Lim Pek Siah	13–15, 15–8, 15–12	01 ! Winner
2003	Australia International	Susan Wang	Ai Hirayama Akiko Nakashima	4–15, 11–15	02 ! Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Maribyrnong International	Ross Smith	Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif Rusdina Antardayu Riodingin	18–21, 11–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Victorian International	Ross Smith	Robin Middleton Tang Hetian	19–21, 21–19, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Auckland International	Ross Smith	Raymond Tam Gronya Somerville	21–16, 21–12	01 ! Winner
2012	Victorian International	Ross Smith	Andika Anhar Keshya Nurvita Hanadia	17–21, 12–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Tahiti International	Ross Smith	Derrick Ng Alex Bruce	23–21, 21–14	01 ! Winner
2010	Altona International	Raj Veeran	Glenn Warfe Kate Wilson-Smith	15–21, 21–16, 21–12	01 ! Winner
2009	Scottish International	Raj Veeran	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina	11–21, 16–21	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

References