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Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Personal information
Birth nameRupesh Kumar Kallyad Thazhathe Veetil
CountryIndia
Born (1979-08-31) 31 August 1979 (age 45)
Sirpur, Asifabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India. (present day Telangana, India)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking13[1] (July 2010)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's team
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

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South Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
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

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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
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

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
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
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

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  1. ^ Badminton World Federation – Player Profiles. Bwfbadminton.org. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ Profile of Rupesh Kumar K.T., Indian Badminton Player in CWG 2010. Delhispider.com. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.
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  • "Rupesh Kumar K. T." Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.