Farzin Khanjani

Last updated
Farzin Khanjani
Personal information
CountryFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Born (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 27)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking148 (MS) 3 Sep 2015
74 (MD) 14 Apr 2016
Current ranking601
BWF profile

Farzin Khanjani (born 4 October 1994) is an Iranian male badminton player. [1] At the age of 19, Khanjani won the men's singles title at the Kenya International tournament, and became the runner-up in the men's doubles event partnered with Mehran Shahbazi. [2] [3] He also won the South Africa International tournament in the men's doubles event in 2014 and 2015. [4] [5]

Contents

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014 Kenya International Flag of Austria.svg Luka Wraber 24-22, 21-9Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's Doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 South Africa International Flag of Iran.svg Soroush Eskandari Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
17-21, 21-16, 21-18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 South Africa International Flag of Iran.svg Mohamad Reza Khanjani Flag of Austria.svg Luka Wraber
Flag of Slovenia.svg Alen Roj
21-15, 21-11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Kenya International Flag of Iran.svg Mehran Shahbazi Flag of Iran.svg Soroush Eskandari
Flag of Iran.svg Hasan Motaghi
15-21, 13-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Related Research Articles

Boonsak Ponsana Badminton player

Boonsak Ponsana is a male badminton player from Thailand. His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team. He got a Bachelor of Laws from Sri Patum.

Jeffrey Tho is an Australian male badminton player. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2014, he won the gold medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's singles event, he also won bronze in 2008.

Jan Fröhlich is a male badminton player from the Czech Republic.

Edwin Ekiring Badminton player

Edwin Ekiring is a Ugandan badminton player, nicknamed "The Black Pearl". He is 1.83 metres tall and weighs 65 kilograms (143 lb).

Pranaav Jerry Chopra is an Indian badminton player. He joined the India national badminton team in 2007. In the year 2018, at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, he won the gold medal in mixed team as being a member of the Indian mixed team. He is only the second player from India to reach Top 15 in the World Rankings in Mixed Doubles with his partner.

Srikanth Kidambi Indian badminton player

Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player who trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. He ranked as world number 1 at the BWF ranking in April 2018. Kidambi was awarded with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2018. and Arjuna award in 2015. In 2021, he became the first ever Indian to reach the World Championships final in the men's singles and win a silver medal.

Grace Gabriel Ofodile is a Nigerian badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2012 and 2013 African Championships. Gabriel also won the women's singles silver medal at the 2011 and 2015 African Games.

Daniel Vasconcellos Paiola is a Brazilian badminton player. He became the first Brazilian badminton player to win an individual medal in the Pan American Games when he won a bronze in the men's singles event at the 2011 Games, losing in the semi-finals to Guatemalan Kevin Cordón. He has medaled ten at the Pan American Badminton Championships, and is a one-time national champion.

Sawan Serasinghe Australian badminton player

Sawan Serasinghe is a former badminton player from Australia. He won seven Oceania Championships titles, five in the men's doubles and two in the mixed doubles. Serasinghe competed in the men's doubles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Matthew Chau.

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.

Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese badminton player. He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative. He is known for his quick and explosive movements with his signature drop shot. Watanabe has collected three bronze medals at the World Junior Championships, and also four bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. Watanabe was selected to join the Japanese mixed team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia, winning a gold medal in the qualification to Gold Coast at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the team finished in the semi-final round, took the bronze medal. The left-handed Watanabe has won the maiden Super 1000 tournament a total of four times, the first ever male player from Japan to win an All England Open title. First at the 2018 All England Open in the mixed doubles event partnered with Arisa Higashino, then in the 2020 All England Open in the men's doubles event with Hiroyuki Endo, and in both men's and mixed doubles in the 2021 All England Open, defending his men's doubles title with Hiroyuki Endo and winning the mixed doubles category with once again, Arisa Higashino. He won a mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Prakash Vijayanath is a South African badminton player.

Lavina Sabastian Martins is a Kenyan badminton player. In 2015, she won the bronze medal at the African Games in women's doubles event. She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jovica Rujević is a Serbian male badminton player, and a former South Africa national badminton team. In 1996, he was the semi finalist at the South Africa International tournament in the men's doubles event with Dave Calvert. In 2013, he reach the final round at the Botswana International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Andries Malan. The duo became the runner-up after defeated by the Slovenian pair in the rubber game. At the Balkan Badminton Championships, he won the bronze medal in the mixed team event. He and Malan also the semi finalist at the 2016 South Africa International tournament. He also play for the Novi Sad badminton club, and in 2013 he won the men's and mixed doubles title at the Vojvodina Championship, and also became the runner-up in the men's singles event.

Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti is a Pakistani badminton player. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. He was the men's doubles champion at the 2016 All Pakistan National ranking tournament. He also the runner-up at Pakistan International tournament in the singles and doubles events. Teamed-up with Azeem Sarwar, they won the men's doubles title at the Nepal Annapurna International Badminton Championship. He was the bronze medalists at the 2016 South Asian Games in the men's singles and team events.

Georges Julien Paul is a Mauritian badminton player. Paul took part at the 2014 African Youth Games, and won three gold medals in the individual event. He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2015 African Games. Paul won the men's singles title at the 2018 and 2020 African Championships.

Soroush Eskandari Vatannejad is an Iranian male badminton player. In 2014, he won the men's doubles title at the Kenya International tournament partnered with Hasan Motaghi. In 2015, he became the men's singles champion at the Zambia International tournament. He also won the men's doubles title at the South Africa International tournament partnered with Farzin Khanjani.

Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik is a Jordanian badminton player. He was the mixed doubles runner-up at the Morocco International tournament in 2014 and 2015, and also men's doubles runner-up in 2015. At the Egypt International tournament he became the runner-up in the men's doubles event. He won her first international title at the 2017 Uganda International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Domou Amro. At the Cameroon, he won double title when he captured the men's singles and doubles event.

Mohamad Reza Khanjani is an Iranian badminton player. In 2014, he won the men's doubles title at the South Africa International tournament, and in 2015, he was the runner-up at the Turkey International.

Godwin Richard Olofua is a Nigerian badminton player who participated at local and international badminton competitions representing Nigeria and has won several trophies. Olofua won gold medal in the mixed team event with silver and bronze medals in singles and doubles events at the 2019 African Championships in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He also won gold during the 2019 African Games in the mixed team, a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the men's singles. Olofua won the men's doubles title at the 2018 Côte d'Ivoire, 2019 Benin and Cameroon International tournaments partnered with Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. "Players: Farzin Khanjani". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. "Zambians Win Mixed Doubles". www.bcabadminton.org. Badminton Confederation of Africa . Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  3. "Iran crests Kenya International Badminton Championships". theiranproject.com. The Iran Project. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. "Alen Roj uspešno nastopil v JAR". badminton-zveza.si (in Slovenian). Badmintonska zveza Slovenije. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. "Iran's Khanjani, Eskandari crowned at badminton South Africa event". teamiran.net. Team Iran. Retrieved 11 February 2017.