Jacob Maliekal


Jacob Maliekal is a male badminton player from South Africa. He became the South Africa national team members in 2009 and won gold medals at the 2011 and 2014 African Games in badminton men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Prakash Vijayanath21–17, 21–17 Gold
2011Escola Josina Machel, Maputo, Mozambique Edwin Ekiring21–15, 21–14 Gold

African Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Enejoh Abah21–11, 21–17 Gold
2013National Badminton Centre, Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius Prakash Vijayanath21–13, 21–12 Gold
2012Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A Kashkal21–15, 21–15 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Botswana International Anatoliy Yartsev10–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016South Africa International Anatoliy Yartsev21–5, 21–13 Winner
2015Kampala International Edwin Ekiring21–8, 18–21, 21–10 Winner
2015Waikato International James Eunson20–22, 21–19, 22–20 Winner
2015Uganda International Ali Ahmed El Khateeb11–8, 11–10, 11–2 Winner
2014Uganda International Dinuka Karunaratne12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2013South Africa International Roj Alen20–22, 21–15, 21–10 Winner
2013Botswana International Roj Alen22–20, 21–15 Winner

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Botswana International Enrico James Dorian James
Willem Viljoen		19–21, 10–21 Runner-up