Sanave Thomas
Personal information
Birth nameSanave Thomas Arattukulam
CountryIndia
Born (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980
Mararikulam village, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking13 (MD 15 July 2010)
168 (XD 17 April 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player.[2][3] He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event.[4] He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events, also won silver medal in the mixed doubles in 2010.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Sri Lanka Thushara Edirisinghe
Sri Lanka Duminda Jayakody
21–16, 21–10 Gold Gold
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India Chetan Anand
India V. Diju
21–19, retired Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
India Aparna Balan India V. Diju
India Ashwini Ponnappa
11–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Dutch Open India Rupesh Kumar K. T. Indonesia Fran Kurniawan
Indonesia Rendra Wijaya
18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Australian Open India Rupesh Kumar K. T. Malaysia Gan Teik Chai
Malaysia Tan Bin Shen
13–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 New Zealand Open India Rupesh Kumar K. T. Japan Hirokatsu Hashimoto
Japan Noriyasu Hirata
21–16, 15–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Bitburger Open India Rupesh Kumar K. T. England Chris Adcock
England Andrew Ellis
17–21, 22–20, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 India Open India Rupesh Kumar K. T. Malaysia Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Malaysia Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
12–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Hungarian International India V. Diju Spain José Antonio Crespo
Spain Sergio Llopis
17–14, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Syed Modi International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India V. Diju
India Jaseel P. Ismail
15–12, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Germany Kristof Hopp
Germany Ingo Kindervater
15–7, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 India Satellite India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India V. Diju
India Jaseel P. Ismail
9–15, 1–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Surabaya Satellite India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Indonesia Tri Kusharyanto
Indonesia Bambang Suprianto
9–15, 12–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 India Satellite India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India V. Diju
India Jaseel P. Ismail
17–14, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 India Satellite India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Chang Hun Pin
19–21, 21–8, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Croatian International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Czech Republic Jakub Bitman
Croatia Zvonimir Đurkinjak
21–9, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Portugal International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Netherlands Ruud Bosch
Netherlands Koen Ridder
19–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Bahrain International India Aneesh Aneefa Kannangayath Bahrain Ebrahim Jaffer Al Sayed Jaffer
Bahrain Heri Setiawan
21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Bahrain International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India Bennet Antony Anchery
India Alwin Francis
21–7, 16–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Bahrain International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Indonesia Andrei Adistia
Indonesia Christopher Rusdianto
21–14, 17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Tata Open India International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India Pranav Chopra
India Akshay Dewalkar
21–19, 17–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Austrian International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar Japan Hiroyuki Saeki
Japan Ryota Taohata
23–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Bahrain International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India K. Nandagopal
India Jishnu Sanyal
21–18, 19–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bahrain International India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India V. Diju
India K. Nandagopal
17–21, 21–12, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Bahrain International Challenge India K. T. Rupesh Kumar India V. Diju
India K. Nandagopal
Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Bahrain International Challenge India Prajakta Sawant India V. Diju
India N. Siki Reddy
19–21, 21–14, 23–23 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament`
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Sanave Thomas". www.badmintonindia.org. Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Players: Sanave Thomas". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. "Sanave Thomas Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. "India in Commonwealth Games Badminton : Medallists". www.sportsbharti.com. Sports Bharti. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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