Jacob Maliekal (born 1 January 1991) is a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

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. He became the South Africa national team members in 2009 and won gold medals at the 2011 and 2014

African Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the ...

in badminton men's singles event. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

held in

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, 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''

African Championships

''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * * * * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Mthatha South African male badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for South Africa Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games badminton players for South Africa Badminton players at the 2011 All-Africa Games Badminton players at the 2015 African Games African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games gold medalists in badminton African Games silver medalists in badminton Alumni of Selborne College 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-badminton-bio-stub