Jacob Maliekal (born 1 January 1991) is a male badminton player from South Africa. He became the South Africa national team members in 2009 and won gold medals at the 2011 and 2014 African Games in badminton men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Achievements
All-Africa Games Men's singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2015Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Prakash Vijayanath21–17, 21–17 Gold2011Escola Josina Machel, Maputo, Mozambique Edwin Ekiring21–15, 21–14 Gold
African Championships Men's singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2014Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Enejoh Abah21–11, 21–17 Gold2013National Badminton Centre, Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius Prakash Vijayanath21–13, 21–12 Gold2012Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia A Kashkal21–15, 21–15 Gold
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2016Botswana International Anatoliy Yartsev10–21, 18–21 Runner-up2016South Africa International Anatoliy Yartsev21–5, 21–13 Winner2015Kampala International Edwin Ekiring21–8, 18–21, 21–10 Winner2015Waikato International James Eunson20–22, 21–19, 22–20 Winner2015Uganda International Ali Ahmed El Khateeb11–8, 11–10, 11–2 Winner2014Uganda International Dinuka Karunaratne12–21, 15–21 Runner-up2013South Africa International Roj Alen20–22, 21–15, 21–10 Winner2013Botswana International Roj Alen22–20, 21–15 Winner
Men's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2010Botswana International Enrico James Dorian James Willem Viljoen19–21, 10–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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