Theratil Rajiv Ouseph [2] [3] (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. A long-time English and British No. 1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achievement was becoming the European Men's Singles Champion, winning the title in 2017.
Ouseph was born and brought up in London and is of Indian descent.
Ouseph has won the men's singles titles at the National Championships, seven times in a row from 2008 to 2014, the first player to do so. [4] Ouseph became the first player to win more than four consecutive national singles titles since Darren Hall (1988–1991).
In the junior English national circuit, he has won all the singles titles from the ages of U–13 to U–19. In the European tournaments, he has won the U–19 Danish titles in singles and mixed doubles and the German Junior title in singles. His other notable achievements are winning the European Junior Championship in 2005, the first Englishman to win the title in twenty years.
In 2009, he won the Canadian International, Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse, Scottish Open, Irish Open and went on to win the 2009 European Circuit Finals.
He won his first senior cap for England at the age of nineteen in the Thomas Cup. He also represented England in the Sudirman Cup where he was the youngest player in the English team. Ouseph was selected as the number one singles player for the English team in the Thomas Cup qualifiers which was held in Poland in February 2010.
Ouseph was ranked as world number 11 in November 2010, after winning the U.S. Open men's singles title and winning the bronze medal in the men's singles in the European Championships. Later that year he won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's singles, as well as the bronze medal in the mixed team event.
In 2014, Ouseph took silver at the European Championships after losing to top seed Jan Ø. Jørgensen of Denmark in Kazan, Russia. [5]
Representing Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, he was defeated by bronze medalist Viktor Axelsen from Denmark in quarter finals. [6]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India | Lee Chong Wei | 10–21, 8–21 | Silver |
2018 | Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia | H. S. Prannoy | 17–21, 25–23, 21–9 | Bronze |
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 14–21, 20–22 | Bronze |
2014 | Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 18–21, 10–21 | Silver |
2016 | Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 11–21, 16–21 | Bronze |
2017 | Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark | Anders Antonsen | 21–19, 21–19 | Gold |
2018 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | Viktor Axelsen | 8–21, 7–21 | Silver |
Boys' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2005 | De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands | Dieter Domke | 15–0, 15–4 | Gold |
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Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | Subhankar Dey | 11–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
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Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | U.S. Open | Brice Leverdez | 21–17, 21–9 | Winner |
2015 | Scottish Open | Hans-Kristian Vittinghus | 19–21, 21–11, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2015 | U.S. Grand Prix | Lee Hyun-il | 19–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2007 | Dutch International | Wu Yunyong | 16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2008 | Scottish International | Anand Pawar | 21–17, 21–8 | Winner |
2008 | Irish International | Scott Evans | 21–5, 21–19 | Winner |
2009 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | Kashyap Parupalli | 21–11, 21–12 | Winner |
2009 | Canadian International | Carl Baxter | 21–11, 21–19 | Winner |
2011 | Scottish International | Carl Baxter | 21–18, 21–10 | Winner |
2011 | Irish International | Przemysław Wacha | 21–15, 11–5 retired | Winner |
2012 | Finnish Open | Henri Hurskainen | 21–18, 16–21, 21–18 | Winner |
2013 | French International | Flemming Quach | 21–15, 21–15 | Winner |
2013 | Finnish Open | Dmytro Zavadsky | 21–16, 21–12 | Winner |
2015 | Swedish Masters | Pablo Abián | 21–15, 21–17 | Winner |
Ouseph took up badminton at the age of 9, encouraged by the rest of his family who also played badminton. [4] Although he began a degree in Media at Loughborough University, he chose to give it up in favour of his badminton career. [4]
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