Raul Must
Personal information
Country Estonia
Born (1987-11-09) November 9, 1987
Tallinn, Estonia
ResidenceTallinn, Estonia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachPer-Henrik Croona, Ge Cheng, Aigar Tõnus
Men's singles
Highest ranking38 (30 June 2016)
Current ranking82 (27 August 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Estonia
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Men's singles
BWF profile

Raul Must (born November 9, 1987) is a badminton player from Estonia. He is a four time Olympian representing Estonia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics[1] and also at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Must was a men's singles bronze medalist at the 2019 Minsk European Games.

Career

Must played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Björn Joppien, of Germany, 21–12, 21–11. Must also played the 2008 Olympic Games in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Przemysław Wacha, of Poland, 14–21, 15–21.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he did not qualify from the group round.[3] Winning his group match against Austrian Michael Lahnsteiner with 21-14, 21-18, but losing the other group match against Indonesian Simon Santoso 12-21, 8-21. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he again won a groupsmatch, this time against Brice Leverdez from France with 21-18, 12-21, 21-18. But lost the other groups match against Dane Jan Ø. Jørgensen with 8-21, 15-21 so didn't advance further. For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Must has been placed by draw in a group with Chen Long from China and Pablo Abián from Spain.[4][5]

Achievements

European Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus France Brice Leverdez 20–22, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Dutch Open India Ajay Jayaram 12–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Russian Open Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto 16–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Belarus International China Lei Lanxi 10–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Estonian International England Toby Penty 16–21, 24–22, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Eurasia Bulgaria International France Lucas Claerbout 21–15, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Norwegian International Denmark Soeren Toft Hansen 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Poland Michal Rogalski 11–6, 10–11, 8–11, 11–10, 11–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Riga International Norway Marius Myhre 14–5, Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Hungarian International Spain Ernesto Velazquez 14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Lithuanian International Poland Adrian Dziolko 21–23, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Estonian International Finland Ville Lång 8–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Croatian International Germany Dieter Domke 16–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Estonian International Finland Ville Lång 15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Finnish Open Finland Ville Lång 21–11, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Polish International Netherlands Dicky Palyama 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Bulgarian International Japan Yuichi Ikeda 17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Banuinvest International Finland Ville Lång 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Raul Must". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Nick Laham/Getty Images (2008-08-09). "Photos: Poland wins Men's Singles round of 64". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Raul Must Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  4. ↑ "badminton-schedule Tokyo-2020". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  5. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 draw: Who will be facing who?". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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