Rupesh Kumar K. T.

Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Personal information
Birth name	Rupesh Kumar Kallyad Thazhathe Veetil
Country	India
Born	(1979-08-31) 31 August 1979 Sirpur, Asifabad district, Telangana, India
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	13 (July 2010)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing India Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Mixed team 2006 Melbourne Mixed team South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Men's doubles 2004 Islamabad Men's team 2006 Colombo Men's doubles 2006 Colombo Men's team 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles 2010 Dhaka Men's team
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. 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.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sanave Thomas	Chetan Anand V. Diju	21–19, Retired	Gold
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sanave Thomas	Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody	21–16, 21–10	Gold
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Markose Bristow	Jaseel P. Ismail J. B. S. Vidyadhar	15–8, 15–4	Gold

BWF Grand Prix

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 doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	India Open	Sanave Thomas	Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif	12–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2009	Bitburger Open	Sanave Thomas	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	17–21, 22–20, 24–22	Winner
2009	New Zealand Open	Sanave Thomas	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	21–16, 15–21, 21–13	Winner
2009	Australian Open	Sanave Thomas	Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen	13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2008	Dutch Open	Sanave Thomas	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Sanave Thomas	K. Nandagopal V. Diju	Walkover	Winner
2013	Bahrain International	Sanave Thomas	K. Nandagopal V. Diju	17–21, 21–12, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Bahrain International	Sanave Thomas	K. Nandagopal Jishnu Sanyal	21–18, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2012	Austrian International	Sanave Thomas	Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata	23–21, 22–20	Winner
2011	Tata Open India International	Sanave Thomas	Pranav Chopra Akshay Dewalkar	21–19, 17–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2011	Bahrain International	Sanave Thomas	Andrei Adistia Christopher Rusdianto	21–14, 17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Bahrain International	Sanave Thomas	Alwin Francis Bennet Antony Anchery	21–7, 16–21, 21–14	Winner
2008	Portugal International	Sanave Thomas	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2008	Croatian International	Sanave Thomas	Jakub Bitman Zvonimir Đurkinjak	21–9, 21–14	Winner
2006	India Satellite	Sanave Thomas	Chan Peng Soon Chang Hun Pin	19–21, 21–8, 22–20	Winner
2005	India Satellite	Sanave Thomas	Jaseel P. Ismail V. Diju	17–14, 15–7	Winner
2005	Surabaya Satellite	Sanave Thomas	Tri Kusharyanto Bambang Suprianto	9–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	India Satellite	Sanave Thomas	Jaseel P. Ismail V. Diju	9–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Sanave Thomas	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	15–7, 15–13	Winner
2004	Syed Modi International	Sanave Thomas	Jaseel P. Ismail V. Diju	15–12, 15–8	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	India International	Aparna Balan	V. Diju Jwala Gutta	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

External links

• "Rupesh Kumar K. T." Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.