Abhinav Manota

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Abhinav Manota
Personal information
CountryIndia
New Zealand (2014–present)
Born (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 32)
Jalandhar, India
Residence Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
HandednessRight [1]
Men's singles & men's doubles
Highest ranking100 (MS 9 August 2018)
70 (MD 3 March 2020)
Current ranking102 (MS)
81 (MD with Leydon-Davis) (3 May 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Auckland Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Men's singles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Auckland Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Abhinav Manota (born 7 April 1992) is an Indian-born New Zealand badminton player. [2] He won four Oceania Championships title, two in the men's singles, and two in the men's doubles. [3]

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Personal life

Manota is an Indian immigrant who came to New Zealand in 2014, to study Diploma in Business and Enterprise Management from Abacus Institute of Studies. He settled in Christchurch and representing Canterbury in the New Zealand national events. [4]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand Flag of French Polynesia.svg Rémi Rossi 21–12, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Flag of French Polynesia.svg Rémi Rossi10–21, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg Edward Lau 21–17, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold
2023 Auckland Badminton Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg Edward Lau21–12, 21–16 Med 1.png Gold

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
18–21, 21–9, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jack Wang Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenneth Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lim Ming Chuen
21–14, 23–21 Med 1.png Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2018 North Harbour International Flag of New Zealand.svg Oscar Guo 14–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Bulgarian Open Flag of France.svg Toma Junior Popov 15–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019 Dutch International Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of Denmark.svg Daniel Lundggard
Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri
16–21, 21–15, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Hellas Open Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of France.svg Éloi Adam
Flag of France.svg Julien Maio
18–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Bulgarian Open Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis Flag of France.svg Éloi Adam
Flag of France.svg Julien Maio
21–10, 16–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Waikato International Flag of New Zealand.svg Justine Villegas Flag of New Zealand.svg Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis
13–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
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References

  1. 1 2 "Abhinav Manota". NZ Badminton League. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. "Players: Abhinav Manota". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen makes history, Gronya and Abhinav doubles up on gold. Final highlights – Victor Oceania Championships 2020". Badminton Oceania. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  4. "Excellence: Abhinav Manota, a migrant, wins national badminton championship". The Migrant Times. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.