Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri (; ; born April 21, 1983) is an American badminton player of Thai descent. She won a bronze medal, along with her partner Raju Rai, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She repeated her bronze medal performance with her new partner Bob Malaythong in the mixed doubles, and also, beat Canada's Fiona McKee and Charmaine Reid for the gold in the women's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mangkalakiri is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in Anaheim, California, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles champion Tony Gunawan (2000), who is currently playing for the United States.
Mangkalakiri qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fourteenth and receiving an allocated entry from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Mangkalakiri and her partner and former high school teammate Eva Lee, however, lost the preliminary round match to the Singaporean pair Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia, with a score of 12–21 each in two straight periods.
Achievements
Pan American Games Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Eva Lee Charmaine Reid Fiona McKee21-14, 21-15 Gold
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bob Malaythong Mike Beres Valerie Loker20–22, 21–19, 18–21 Bronze2003UASD Pavilion,Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Raju Rai Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien8–15, 7–15 Bronze
Pan Am Championships Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Calgary Winter Club,Calgary, Canada Eva Lee Fiona McKee Charmaine Reid20–22, 21–17, 18–21 Silver
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2007Calgary Winter Club,Calgary, Canada Bob Malaythong Mike Beres Valerie Loker11–21, 20–22 Bronze
IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Puerto Rico Open Tony Gunawan Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera 11–2, 11–3 Winner
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2001Brazil International Agnese Allegrini4–11, 2–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2008Banuinvest International Eva Lee Olga Golovanova Anastasia Prokopenko18–21, 15–21 Runner-up2007Irish International Eva Lee Chloe Magee Bing Huang15–21, 21–9, 11–21 Runner-up2006Canadian International Eva Lee Caren Hückstädt Huwaina Razi21–13, 21–14 Winner2001USA Southern Pan Am International Meiluawati Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera0–7, 7–3, 7–5 Winner
Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2005OCBC International Bob Malaythong Howard Bach Eva Lee15–13, 15–12 Winner2003Guatemala International Raju Rai Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien6–15, 9–15 Runner-up2002USA Southern Pan Am International Tony Gunawan Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien11–3, 11–5 Winner2001USA Southern Pan Am International Bob Malaythong Bradley Graham Nigella Saunders7–8, 7–5, 8–6 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
References
External links
NBC 2008 Olympics profile