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 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

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 The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candida ...

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 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Przemysław Wacha, of Poland, 14–21, 15–21. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he did not qualify from the group round. 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

he again won a groupsmatch, this time against

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from France with 21-18, 12-21, 21-18. But lost the other groups match against Dane

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with 8-21, 15-21 so didn't advance further. For the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Must has been placed by draw in a group with Chen Long from China and

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from Spain.

Achievements

European Games

''Men's singles''

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 The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

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tournament

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

''Men's singles'' :

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

References

External links

Raul Must Homepage
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Must, Raul 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Tallinn Estonian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Estonia Badminton players at the 2015 European Games Badminton players at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Estonia European Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics