Sanave Thomas

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Sanave Thomas
Personal information
Birth nameSanave Thomas Arattukulam
CountryIndia
Born (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980 (age 42)
Mararikulam village, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India [1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking13 (MD 15 July 2010)
168 (XD 17 April 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Colombo Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player. [2] [3] He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event. [4] He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events, also won silver medal in the mixed doubles in 2010.

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Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thushara Edirisinghe
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Duminda Jayakody
21–16, 21–10 Med 1.png Gold
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg Chetan Anand
Flag of India.svg V. Diju
21–19, retired Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
11–21, 15–21 Med 2.png Silver

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 doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Dutch Open Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T. Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rendra Wijaya
18–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Australian Open Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T. Flag of Malaysia.svg Gan Teik Chai
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Bin Shen
13–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 New Zealand Open Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T. Flag of Japan.svg Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Noriyasu Hirata
21–16, 15–21, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2009 Bitburger Open Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T. Flag of England.svg Chris Adcock
Flag of England.svg Andrew Ellis
17–21, 22–20, 24–22Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 India Open Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T. Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
12–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000 Hungarian International Flag of India.svg V. Diju Flag of Spain.svg José Antonio Crespo
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Llopis
17–14, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 Syed Modi International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg Jaseel P. Ismail
15–12, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
15–7, 15–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004India Satellite Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg Jaseel P. Ismail
9–15, 1–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005 Surabaya Satellite Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Kusharyanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Bambang Suprianto
9–15, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005India Satellite Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg Jaseel P. Ismail
17–14, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006India Satellite Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Peng Soon
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chang Hun Pin
19–21, 21–8, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Croatian International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Bitman
Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonimir Đurkinjak
21–9, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Portugal International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder
19–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Aneesh Aneefa Kannangayath Flag of Bahrain.svg Ebrahim Jaffer Al Sayed Jaffer
Flag of Bahrain.svg Heri Setiawan
21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010Bahrain International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg Bennet Antony Anchery
Flag of India.svg Alwin Francis
21–7, 16–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011Bahrain International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of Indonesia.svg Andrei Adistia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Christopher Rusdianto
21–14, 17–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra
Flag of India.svg Akshay Dewalkar
21–19, 17–21, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 Austrian International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Saeki
Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Taohata
23–21, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2012Bahrain International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg K. Nandagopal
Flag of India.svg Jishnu Sanyal
21–18, 19–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013Bahrain International Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg K. Nandagopal
17–21, 21–12, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2013 Bahrain International Challenge Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg K. Nandagopal
WalkoverGold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Bahrain International Challenge Flag of India.svg Prajakta Sawant Flag of India.svg V. Diju
Flag of India.svg N. Siki Reddy
19–21, 21–14, 23–23 RetiredGold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament`
  BWF International Series tournament

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References

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