Raju Rai


Rajiv Kumar "Raju" Rai is an American badminton player of Indian descent. 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. 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, who is currently playing for the United States.
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.
Rai is a former coach of Bellevue Badminton Club, and also, an athlete director for the U.S. national badminton team. He, along with fellow Olympian Bob Malaythong, currently coach the top junior players in the United States at Synergy Badminton Academy in Menlo Park, California.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003UASD Pavilion,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Mesinee Mangkalakiri Philippe Bourret
Denyse Julien
8–15, 7–15 Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2005Bridgetown, Barbados Andrew Dabeka2–15, 9–15 Bronze

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Bridgetown, Barbados Bob Malaythong Mike Beres
William Milroy
11–15, 15–8, 15–6 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 since 2007.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008U.S Open Halim Haryanto Howard Bach
Bob Malaythong
14–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008Nigeria International Alexandre Paixão13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2008Giraldilla International Yuhan Tan19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2007Hellas International Marc Zwiebler14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2007Carebaco International Brice Leverdez12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2004Carebaco International Andrew Dabeka9–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Southern Carolina International Bob Malaythong Howard Bach
Tony Gunawan
0–1 Retired Runner-up
2004Carebaco International Bob Malaythong Alexandre Tremblay
Tom Lucas Picher
15–5, 15–7 Winner
2004New Zealand International Bob Malaythong Shuichi Nakao
Shuichi Sakamoto
3–15, 15–10, 12–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Southern Carolina International Mesinee Mangkalakiri Philippe Bourret
Denyse Julien
6–15, 9–15 Runner-up