Abhinav Manota

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]

Abhinav Manota
Personal information
CountryIndia
New Zealand (2014–present)
Born (1992-04-07) 7 April 1992
Jalandhar, India
ResidenceChristchurch, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
HandednessRight[1]
Men's singles & men's doubles
Highest ranking100 (MS 9 August 2018)
70 (MD 3 March 2020)
Current ranking102 (MS)
81 (MD with Leydon-Davis) (3 May 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
2018 Hamilton Men's singles
2020 Ballarat Men's singles
2020 Ballarat Men's doubles
2022 Melbourne Men's doubles
2023 Auckland Men's singles
2019 Melbourne Men's singles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
2019 Melbourne Mixed team
2023 AucklandMixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
2018 Hamilton Men's team
2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Personal life

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

Oceania Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand Rémi Rossi 21–12, 21–14 Gold
2019 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Rémi Rossi 10–21, 18–21 Bronze
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia Edward Lau 21–17, 21–15 Gold
2023 Auckland Badminton Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Edward Lau 21–12, 21–16 Gold

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,
Ballarat, Australia
Oliver Leydon-Davis Matthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe
18–21, 21–9, 21–14 Gold
2022 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre,
Melbourne, Australia
Jack Wang Kenneth Choo
Lim Ming Chuen
21–14, 23–21 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 North Harbour International Oscar Guo 14–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2019 Bulgarian Open Toma Junior Popov 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Dutch International Oliver Leydon-Davis Daniel Lundggard
Mathias Thyrri
16–21, 21–15, 14–21 Runner-up
2019 Hellas Open Oliver Leydon-Davis Éloi Adam
Julien Maio
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Bulgarian Open Oliver Leydon-Davis Éloi Adam
Julien Maio
21–10, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Waikato International Justine Villegas Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Susannah Leydon-Davis
13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Abhinav Manota". NZ Badminton League. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. "Players: Abhinav Manota". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.


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