Rupesh Kumar K. T. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Rupesh Kumar Kallyad Thazhathe Veetil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sirpur, Asifabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India. (present day Telangana, India) | 31 August 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 13 [1] (July 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Rupesh Kumar K. T. (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana. He is one of India's finest-ever doubles player, with nine successive national titles. He won the silver medal in mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, and a bronze medal in 2006 Melbourne. He, along with his doubles partner Sanave Thomas, won the BWF Grand Prix title at the 2009 New Zealand Open and 2010 Bitburger Open. [2] He was three times men's doubles gold medalists at the South Asian Games, in 2004 partnered with Markose Bristow, and in 2006 and 2010 with Thomas.
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan | Markose Bristow | Jaseel P. Ismail J. B. S. Vidyadhar | 15–8, 15–4 | Gold |
2006 | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sanave Thomas | Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody | 21–16, 21–10 | Gold |
2010 | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Sanave Thomas | Chetan Anand V. Diju | 21–19, retired | Gold |
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 doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2008 | Dutch Open | Sanave Thomas | Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya | 18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2009 | Australian Open | Sanave Thomas | Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen | 13–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
2009 | New Zealand Open | Sanave Thomas | Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata | 21–16, 15–21, 21–13 | Winner |
2009 | Bitburger Open | Sanave Thomas | Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis | 17–21, 22–20, 24–22 | Winner |
2010 | India Open | Sanave Thomas | Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari | 12–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Syed Modi International | Sanave Thomas | V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail | 15–12, 15–8 | Winner |
2004 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | Sanave Thomas | Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater | 15–7, 15–13 | Winner |
2004 | India Satellite | Sanave Thomas | V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail | 9–15, 1–15 | Runner-up |
2005 | Surabaya Satellite | Sanave Thomas | Tri Kusharyanto Bambang Suprianto | 9–15, 12–15 | Runner-up |
2005 | India Satellite | Sanave Thomas | V. Diju Jaseel P. Ismail | 17–14, 15–7 | Winner |
2006 | India Satellite | Sanave Thomas | Chan Peng Soon Chang Hun Pin | 19–21, 21–8, 22–20 | Winner |
2008 | Croatian International | Sanave Thomas | Jakub Bitman Zvonimir Đurkinjak | 21–9, 21–14 | Winner |
2008 | Portugal International | Sanave Thomas | Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder | 19–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
2010 | Bahrain International | Sanave Thomas | Bennet Antony Anchery Alwin Francis | 21–7, 16–21, 21–14 | Winner |
2011 | Bahrain International | Sanave Thomas | Andrei Adistia Christopher Rusdianto | 21–14, 17–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2011 | Tata Open India International | Sanave Thomas | Pranav Chopra Akshay Dewalkar | 21–19, 17–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
2012 | Austrian International | Sanave Thomas | Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata | 23–21, 22–20 | Winner |
2012 | Bahrain International | Sanave Thomas | K. Nandagopal Jishnu Sanyal | 21–18, 19–21, 21–18 | Winner |
2013 | Bahrain International | Sanave Thomas | V. Diju K. Nandagopal | 17–21, 21–12, 19–21 | Runner-up |
2013 | Bahrain International Challenge | Sanave Thomas | V. Diju K. Nandagopal | Walkover | Winner |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2007 | India International | Aparna Balan | V. Diju Jwala Gutta | 14–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
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