Rupesh Kumar K. T.

Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Personal information
Birth name	Rupesh Kumar Kallyad Thazhathe Veetil
Country	India
Born	31 August 1979 (age 45); Sirpur, Asifabad district, Andhra Pradesh, India. (present day 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
South Asian Games
	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.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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

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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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