Khan Malaythong

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Khan Bob Malaythong
Bach and Malaythong.jpg
Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong (USA)
Personal information
CountryUnited States
Born (1981-04-10) 10 April 1981 (age 42)
Vientiane, Laos
Residence Orange, California, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
EventMen's doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Bridgetown Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Calgary Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Calgary Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bridgetown Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Lima Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Calgary Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Khan "Bob" Malaythong (born 10 April 1981 in Vientiane, Laos) is an American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1]

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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. [2]

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. [3]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Milroy
20–22, 13–21 Med 2.png Silver

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flag of the United States.svg Mesinee Mangkalakiri Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Valerie Loker
20–22, 21–19, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007 Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Milroy
13–21, 19–21 Med 2.png Silver
2005 Bridgetown, Barbados Flag of the United States.svg Raju Rai Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Milroy
11–15, 15–8, 15–6 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007 Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Flag of the United States.svg Mesinee Mangkalakiri Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Valerie Loker
11–21, 20–22 Med 3.png Bronze
2001 Lima, Peru Flag of the United States.svg Elie Wu Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Keith Chan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milaine Cloutier
2–7, 7–2, 3–7 Med 2.png 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 (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 U.S. Open Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of the United States.svg Halim Haryanto
Flag of the United States.svg Raju Rai
21–14, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 U.S. Open Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Japan.svg Tadashi Ohtsuka
Flag of Japan.svg Keita Masuda
18–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2003 U.S. Open Flag of the United States.svg Tony Gunawan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Sung-yuan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Wei-hsiang
6–15, 15–4, 15–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002 U.S. Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Tony Gunawan Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Han
11–15, 15–7, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2002 Puerto Rico Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Tony Gunawan Flag of Spain.svg José Antonio Crespo
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Llopis
15–6, 15–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2002 Souther Pan Am Classic Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tjitte Weistra 11–15, 15–5, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Canadian International Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Kawaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Kawamae
15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Irish International Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Germany.svg Michael Fuchs
Flag of Germany.svg Roman Spitko
21–15, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Norwegian International Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Delbo Larsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Chemnitz
21–15, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Miami Pan Am International Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Milroy
18–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2006 Canadian International Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Milroy
16–21, 21–19, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005SCBA International Flag of the United States.svg Raju Rai Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Gunawan
0–1 RetiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2004 Carebaco International Flag of the United States.svg Raju Rai Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Tremblay
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tom Lucas Picher
15–5, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 New Zealand International Flag of the United States.svg Raju Rai Flag of Japan.svg Shuichi Nakao
Flag of Japan.svg Shuichi Sakamoto
3–15, 15–10, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2002 Souther Pan Am Classic Flag of Indonesia.svg Tony Gunawan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philippe Bourret
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Tremblay
15–4, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005 U.S. International Flag of the United States.svg Mesinee Mangkalakiri Flag of the United States.svg Howard Bach
Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
15–13, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2001 Southern Pan Am Classic Flag of the United States.svg Mesinee Mangkalakiri Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Bradley Graham
Flag of Jamaica.svg Nigella Saunders
7–8, 7–5, 6–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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