Raul Must

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Raul Must
Personal information
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Born (1987-11-09) November 9, 1987 (age 35)
Tallinn, Estonia
Residence Tallinn, Estonia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachPer-Henrik Croona, Ge Cheng, Aigar Tõnus
Men's singles
Highest ranking38 (30 June 2016)
Current ranking82 (27 August 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Minsk Men's singles
BWF profile

Raul Must (born November 9, 1987) is a badminton player from Estonia. He is a four time Olympian representing Estonia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics [1] and also at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Must was a men's singles bronze medalist at the 2019 Minsk European Games.

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Career

Must played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Björn Joppien, of Germany, 21–12, 21–11. Must also played the 2008 Olympic Games in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Przemysław Wacha, of Poland, 14–21, 15–21. [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he did not qualify from the group round. [3] Winning his group match against Austrian Michael Lahnsteiner with 21-14, 21-18, but losing the other group match against Indonesian Simon Santoso 12-21, 8-21. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he again won a groupsmatch, this time against Brice Leverdez from France with 21-18, 12-21, 21-18. But lost the other groups match against Dane Jan Ø. Jørgensen with 8-21, 15-21 so didn't advance further. For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Must has been placed by draw in a group with Chen Long from China and Pablo Abián from Spain. [4] [5]

Achievements

European Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Flag of France.svg Brice Leverdez 20–22, 8–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015 Dutch Open Flag of India.svg Ajay Jayaram 12–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Russian Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Tommy Sugiarto 16–21, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019 Belarus International Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lei Lanxi 10–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Estonian International Flag of England.svg Toby Penty 16–21, 24–22, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Eurasia Bulgaria International Flag of France.svg Lucas Claerbout 21–15, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Norwegian International Flag of Denmark.svg Soeren Toft Hansen 21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Flag of Poland.svg Michal Rogalski 11–6, 10–11, 8–11, 11–10, 11–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Riga International Flag of Norway.svg Marius Myhre 14–5, RetiredGold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Hungarian International Flag of Spain.svg Ernesto Velazquez 14–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Lithuanian International Flag of Poland.svg Adrian Dziolko 21–23, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Estonian International Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 8–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Croatian International Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Domke 16–21, 7–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Estonian International Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 15–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2010 Finnish Open Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 21–11, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Polish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dicky Palyama 12–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Bulgarian International Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Ikeda 17–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Banuinvest International Flag of Finland.svg Ville Lång 17–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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