Rajiv Ouseph

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Rajiv Ouseph
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Ouseph in August 2011
Personal information
Country England
Born (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 37)
Hounslow, London, England
Residence Milton Keynes, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking10 (27 October 2016 [1] )
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kolding Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Kazan Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Huelva Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Manchester Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Leuven Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Men's Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Almere Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Basel Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Kazan Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Thessalonica Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Amsterdam Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Kazan Men's team
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Den Bosch Boys' singles
BWF profile

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.

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Ouseph was born and brought up in London and is of Indian descent.

Career

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]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2010 Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei 10–21, 8–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia Flag of India.svg H. S. Prannoy 17–21, 25–23, 21–9 Med 3.png Bronze

European Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Ø. Jørgensen 14–21, 20–22 Med 3.png Bronze
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Ø. Jørgensen18–21, 10–21 Med 2.png Silver
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Ø. Jørgensen11–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Antonsen 21–19, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen 8–21, 7–21 Med 2.png Silver

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Domke 15–0, 15–4 Med 1.png Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [8]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Flag of India.svg Subhankar Dey 11–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2010 U.S. Open Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez 21–17, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Scottish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 19–21, 21–11, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyun-il 19–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007 Dutch International Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Yunyong 16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Scottish International Flag of India.svg Anand Pawar 21–17, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Irish International Flag of Ireland.svg Scott Evans 21–5, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of India.svg Kashyap Parupalli 21–11, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Canadian International Flag of England.svg Carl Baxter 21–11, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011Scottish International Flag of England.svg Carl Baxter21–18, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011Irish International Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Wacha 21–15, 11–5 retiredGold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Finnish Open Flag of Sweden.svg Henri Hurskainen 21–18, 16–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 French International Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Quach 21–15, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013Finnish Open Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Zavadsky 21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Swedish Masters Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 21–15, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

National titles

Personal life

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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