Khan Malaythong


Khan "Bob" Malaythong is an American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Malaythong moved to the United States at age 8. Malaythong teamed with Howard Bach in men's doubles. Malaythong graduated from William Jefferson Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Santa Ana College.
Malaythong portrayed a Chinese badminton player in a Vitamin Water commercial starring David Ortiz and Brian Urlacher.
Bob Malaythong won the U.S. National Badminton Championships six times in the men's doubles event in 2003 with Tony Gunawan and in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 with partner Howard Bach. He also won one mixed doubles National title with Mesinee Mangkalakiri in 2005.
Malaythong now currently coaches at the Synergy Badminton Academy in Menlo Park, CA, along with fellow Olympian and long-time friend, Raju Rai.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Howard Bach Mike Beres
William Milroy
20–22, 13–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mesinee Mangkalakiri Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
20–22, 21–19, 18–21 Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Howard Bach Mike Beres
William Milroy
13–21, 19–21 Silver
2005Bridgetown, Barbados Raju Rai Mike Beres
William Milroy
11–15, 15–8, 15–6 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Mesinee Mangkalakiri Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
11–21, 20–22 Bronze
2001Lima, Peru Elie Wu Keith Chan
Milaine Cloutier
2–7, 7–2, 3–7 Silver

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 since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008U.S. Open Howard Bach Halim Haryanto
Raju Rai
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2007U.S. Open Howard Bach Tadashi Ohtsuka
Keita Masuda
18–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2003U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Lee Sung-yuan
Lin Wei-hsiang
6–15, 15–4, 15–5 Winner
2002U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Howard Bach
Kevin Han
11–15, 15–7, 15–7 Winner
2002Puerto Rico Open Tony Gunawan José Antonio Crespo
Sergio Llopis
15–6, 15–3 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2002Souther Pan Am Classic Tjitte Weistra11–15, 15–5, 8–15 Runner-up

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Canadian International Howard Bach Keishi Kawaguchi
Naoki Kawamae
15–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2007Irish International Howard Bach Michael Fuchs
Roman Spitko
21–15, 21–17 Winner
2007Norwegian International Howard Bach Mikkel Delbo Larsen
Jacob Chemnitz
21–15, 21–11 Winner
2007Miami Pan Am International Howard Bach Mike Beres
William Milroy
18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2006Canadian International Howard Bach Mike Beres
William Milroy
16–21, 21–19, 12–21 Runner-up
2005SCBA International Raju Rai Howard Bach
Tony Gunawan
0–1 Retired Runner-up
2004Carebaco International Raju Rai Alexandre Tremblay
Tom Lucas Picher
15–5, 15–7 Winner
2004New Zealand International Raju Rai Shuichi Nakao
Shuichi Sakamoto
3–15, 15–10, 12–15 Runner-up
2002Souther Pan Am Classic Tony Gunawan Philippe Bourret
Alexandre Tremblay
15–4, 15–4 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005U.S. International Mesinee Mangkalakiri Howard Bach
Eva Lee
15–13, 15–12 Winner
2001Southern Pan Am Classic Mesinee Mangkalakiri Bradley Graham
Nigella Saunders
7–8, 7–5, 6–8 Winner