Rajiv Ouseph

Theratil Rajiv Ouseph[2][3] (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. Ouseph was the European Champions, winning in 2017.

Rajiv Ouseph
Personal information
CountryEngland
Born (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986
Hounslow, London, England
ResidenceMilton Keynes, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking10 (27 October 2016[1])
BWF profile

Ouseph was born and brought up in London and is of Indian descent.

Career

Ouseph has won the men's singles titles at the National Championships, seven times in a row from 2008 to 2014, the first player to do so.[4] Ouseph became the first player to win more than four consecutive national singles titles since Darren Hall (1988–1991).

In the junior English national circuit, he has won all the singles titles from the ages of U–13 to U–19. In the European tournaments, he has won the U–19 Danish titles in singles and mixed doubles and the German Junior title in singles. His other notable achievements are winning the European Junior Championship in 2005, the first Englishman to win the title in twenty years.

In 2009, he won the Canadian International, Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse, Scottish Open, Irish Open and went on to win the 2009 European Circuit Finals.

He won his first senior cap for England at the age of nineteen in the Thomas Cup. He also represented England in the Sudirman Cup where he was the youngest player in the English team. Ouseph was selected as the number one singles player for the English team in the Thomas Cup qualifiers which was held in Poland in February 2010.

Ouseph was ranked as world number 11 in November 2010, after winning the U.S. Open men's singles title and winning the bronze medal in the men's singles in the European Championships. Later that year he won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's singles, as well as the bronze medal in the mixed team event.

In 2014, Ouseph took silver at the European Championships after losing to top seed Jan Ø. Jørgensen of Denmark in Kazan, Russia.[5]

Representing Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, he was defeated by bronze medalist Viktor Axelsen from Denmark in quarter finals.[6]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India Lee Chong Wei 10–21, 8–21 Silver
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia H. S. Prannoy 17–21, 25–23, 21–9 Bronze

European Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Jan Ø. Jørgensen 14–21, 20–22 Bronze
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Jan Ø. Jørgensen 18–21, 10–21 Silver
2016 Vendéspace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Jan Ø. Jørgensen 11–21, 16–21 Bronze
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Anders Antonsen 21–19, 21–19 Gold
2018 Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain Viktor Axelsen 8–21, 7–21 Silver

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Dieter Domke 15–0, 15–4 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Subhankar Dey 11–21, 14–21 Runner-up

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 singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2010 U.S. Open Brice Leverdez 21–17, 21–9 Winner
2015 Scottish Open Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 19–21, 21–11, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Lee Hyun-il 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Dutch International Wu Yunyong 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2008 Scottish International Anand Pawar 21–17, 21–8 Winner
2008 Irish International Scott Evans 21–5, 21–19 Winner
2009 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Kashyap Parupalli 21–11, 21–12 Winner
2009 Canadian International Carl Baxter 21–11, 21–19 Winner
2011 Scottish International Carl Baxter 21–18, 21–10 Winner
2011 Irish International Przemysław Wacha 21–15, 11–5 retired Winner
2012 Finnish Open Henri Hurskainen 21–18, 16–21, 21–18 Winner
2013 French International Flemming Quach 21–15, 21–15 Winner
2013 Finnish Open Dmytro Zavadsky 21–16, 21–12 Winner
2015 Swedish Masters Pablo Abián 21–15, 21–17 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

National titles

  • 2005 English U–19 Nationals men's singles Winner
  • 2008 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2009 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2010 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2011 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2012 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2013 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2014 English Nationals men's singles winner
  • 2016 English Nationals men's singles winner

Personal life

Ouseph took up badminton at the age of 9, encouraged by the rest of his family who also played badminton.[4] Although he began a degree in Media at Loughborough University, he chose to give it up in favour of his badminton career.[4]

References

  1. "Ranking History". Badminton World Federation.
  2. Delhi 2010: Team - We Are England
  3. The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games, Graham Groom, 2013, pg 181 and 197
  4. "Glasgow 2014 – Rajiv Ouseph Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. Badminton: Rajiv Ouseph takes silver at European Championships - BBC Sport
  6. "Team GB stars seeded for Rio 2016 Games". Badminton England. 22 July 2016.
  7. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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