Renuga Veeran

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Renuga Veeran
Personal information
Birth nameRenuga Vithi Veeran
CountryMalaysia
Australia
Born (1986-06-20) 20 June 1986 (age 37)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking77 (WS 17 June 2010)
26 (WD 22 September 2011)
40 (XD 5 August 2010)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Ballarat Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Hamilton Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Ballarat Women's doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 BallaratMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 BallaratMixed team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 InvercargillMixed team
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 BallaratWomen's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 InvercargillWomen's team
BWF profile

Renuga Veeran (born 20 June 1986) is a Malaysian-born Australian badminton player. She has represented both Malaysia and Australia internationally as a badminton player. As part of the Australian Olympic Team, [1] she paired with Leanne Choo and reached the quarter-finals in the women's doubles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Personal

Veeran, nicknamed Nunu and Nuges, was born on 20 June 1986 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2] [3] Her mother, father and brother (Raj Veeran) all played badminton, representing Malaysia in international competitions. [3]

Veeran is an ethnic Tamilian, and speaks Tamil fluently. She gave an interview in Tamil language to the Australian Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Tamil Radio a week after returning from the London Olympics. Veeran stated in the interview that she was warmly received by the Prime Minister of Australia on her return to Sydney from the games.

Veeran is 165 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 61 kilograms (134 lb). [3] She is right handed. [2]

Veeran attended primary school at Sekolah Rendah Kepong in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3] She moved to Australia when she was sixteen years old. [2] [3] She attended Leichhardt High School in the Sydney suburbs for high school. [3] She earned a Bachelor of Business in Applied Economics and International Trade from Victoria University, attending from 2007 to 2009. As of 2012, she lived in Melbourne, Victoria. [2] [3]

Badminton

Veeran started playing badminton when she was six years old. [2] She represents Badminton Australia on the club level, [3] and is coached by Ricky Yu, who became her coach in 2008. [3] She trains in Melbourne. [3] Her highest world ranking in the women's doubles was 26th in December 2011. [2] Her highest mixed doubles world ranking was 40th. [2] Her world doubles ranking as of January 2012 was 30th.[2] She has held numerous top rankings in the Australasia region, including being the top-ranked female player in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles simultaneously. [3] The year she moved to Australia, she became the number one ranked badminton player in the country when she was sixteen years old. [2] [3]

Malaysian national team

Veeran represented Malaysia as a member of their junior national team on the World Juniors level. [2] [3]

Australian national team

As of 2012, Veeran has been a member of the Australian national team for six years. [3] As a member of the national team, she is based at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. [4] She has represented Australia as a member of the national team at several different competitions including the 2010 Uber Cup, the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2011 Sudirman Cup. [2] Her women's doubles team which included London bound teammate Leanne Choo finished fifth at the Commonwealth Games. [3] She also competed in the mixed doubles event and team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with her brother Raj, finished 17th in the individual event and fifth in the mixed team event. [3]

Veeran finished 17th in the doubles competition at the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup held in Wuhan, China. [3] At the Thomas Cup, Veeran and Choo lost to South Koreans Kim Min-Jung and Ha Jung-Eun with set scores of 21–15 and 21–10. [5] She finished 5th in the doubles competition at the 2012 Air Tahiti Nui International Challenge held in Punaauia, French Polynesia. [3] She finished 17th in the doubles competition at the 2012 Yonex Australian Open Grand Prix Gold held in Sydney, Australia. [3] She finished 1st in the doubles competition at the 2012 Oceania Championships, and also in the doubles competition at the 2012 Oceania Team Championships, both held in Ballarat, Australia. [3] She finished 1st in the doubles competition at the 2012 Uber Cup Preliminaries – Oceania held in Ballarat, Australia. She finished 2nd in the doubles competition at the 2012 Thomas Cup Preliminaries – Oceania held in Ballarat, Australia. [3]

Veeran was in Australia's badminton team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, [6] [7] [8] making her Olympic debut as a 26-year-old. [3] Going into the Olympics, as a doubles team, Veeran and Choo were ranked 35th in the world. [3] During the qualifying process, their ranking peaked at 26th. [3]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
14–21, 20–22 Med 2.png Silver
2014 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jacinta Joe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louisa Ma
Walkover Med 3.png Bronze
2012 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ann-Louise Slee
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eugenia Tanaka
21–16, 21–13 Med 1.png Gold

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.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 New Zealand Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian Flag of Japan.svg Shizuka Matsuo
Flag of Japan.svg Mami Naito
21–13, 10–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2009 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leisha Cooper 21–15, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018North Harbour International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of New Zealand.svg Sally Fu
Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis
21–6, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kristen Tsai
12–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Maribyrnong International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chiang Mei-hui
Flag of Indonesia.svg Setyana Mapasa
21–19, 25–23Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Italian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
10–21, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Welsh International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian Flag of Indonesia.svg Keshya Nurvita Hanadia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Devi Tika Permatasari
21–15, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Victorian International Flag of Malaysia.svg Sannatasah Saniru Flag of Thailand.svg Ruethaichanok Laisuan
Flag of Thailand.svg Narissapat Lam
15–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Auckland International Flag of England.svg Tracey Hallam Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Thu Huyền
Flag of Vietnam.svg Phạm Như Thảo
21–14, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of Indonesia.svg Keshya Nurvita Hanadia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Devi Tika Permatasari
13–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Altona International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo Flag of New Zealand.svg Amanda Brown
Flag of New Zealand.svg Stephanie Cheng
21–10, 21–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Altona International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Wilson-Smith
21–15, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Erin Carroll Flag of New Zealand.svg Danielle Barry
Flag of New Zealand.svg Donna Haliday
16–21, 21–19, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 Ballarat International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Susan Wang Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tania Luiz
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Wilson-Smith
15–7, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 Australian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Susan Wang Flag of Malaysia.svg Chor Hooi Yee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Pek Siah
13–15, 15–8, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2003 Australia International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Susan Wang Flag of Japan.svg Ai Hirayama
Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Nakashima
4–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Maribyrnong International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rusdina Antardayu Riodingin
18–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tang Hetian
19–21, 21–19, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Auckland International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raymond Tam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Indonesia.svg Andika Anhar
Flag of Indonesia.svg Keshya Nurvita Hanadia
17–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Tahiti International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derrick Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Bruce
23–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Altona International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raj Veeran Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Wilson-Smith
15–21, 21–16, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Scottish International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raj Veeran Flag of Russia.svg Alexandr Nikolaenko
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Sorokina
11–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raj Veeran Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Tam
Flag of New Zealand.svg Donna Haliday
21–12, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Auckland International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Warfe Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chad Whitehead
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eugenia Tanaka
21–12, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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