Abhinav Manota (born 7 April 1992) is an Indian-born New Zealand badminton player.[2] He won four Oceania Championships title, two in the men's singles, and two in the men's doubles.[3]
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| Country | India New Zealand (2014–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1992 Jalandhar, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Men's singles & men's doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 100 (MS 9 August 2018) 70 (MD 3 March 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 102 (MS) 81 (MD with Leydon-Davis) (3 May 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life edit
Manota is an Indian immigrant who came to New Zealand in 2014, to study Diploma in Business and Enterprise Management from Abacus Institute of Studies. He settled in Christchurch and representing Canterbury in the New Zealand national events.[4]
Achievements edit
Oceania Championships edit
Men's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand |  Rémi Rossi
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21–12, 21–14 |  Gold
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| 2019 | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia | Rémi Rossi
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10–21, 18–21 |  Bronze
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| 2020 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |  Edward Lau
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21–17, 21–15 | Gold
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| 2023 | Auckland Badminton Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | Edward Lau
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21–12, 21–16 | Gold
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Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2020 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |
Oliver Leydon-Davis
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 Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe
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18–21, 21–9, 21–14 | Gold
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| 2022 | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
Jack Wang
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Kenneth Choo Lim Ming Chuen
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21–14, 23–21 | Gold
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BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up) edit
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | North Harbour International | Oscar Guo
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14–21, 10–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2019 | Bulgarian Open |  Toma Junior Popov
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15–21, 10–21 | Runner-up
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Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Dutch International | Oliver Leydon-Davis
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 Daniel Lundggard Mathias Thyrri
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16–21, 21–15, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Hellas Open | Oliver Leydon-Davis
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Éloi Adam Julien Maio
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18–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Bulgarian Open | Oliver Leydon-Davis
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Éloi Adam Julien Maio
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21–10, 16–21, 12–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Waikato International | Justine Villegas
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Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Susannah Leydon-Davis
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13–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ a b "Abhinav Manota". NZ Badminton League. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Players: Abhinav Manota". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen makes history, Gronya and Abhinav doubles up on gold. Final highlights – Victor Oceania Championships 2020". Badminton Oceania. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Excellence: Abhinav Manota, a migrant, wins national badminton championship". The Migrant Times. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
External links edit
- Abhinav Manota at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
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