Rizwan Azam
CountryPakistan
Birth date2 February 1985 (age 41)
Height1.88 m[1]
EventMen's singles & doubles
Highest ranking289 (MS 15 October 2009)
110 (MD 16 September 2010)
102 (XD 22 September 2016)

Rizwan Azam (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani badminton player who also play in the Australian circuit, and was the National champion in both Pakistan and Australia. Azam was the men's doubles bronze medalists at the South Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2016, also in the team event in 2006 and 2016. At the BWF circuit, he was the men's singles champion in Pakistan International, also won the men's doubles titles in Syria, Maldives, and Pakistan.[2][3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Muhammad AtiqueRupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas
17–21, 13–21Bronze
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sulehri Kashif AliRupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas
14–21, 13–21Bronze
2016Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Sulehri Kashif AliPranav Chopra
Akshay Dewalkar
22–24, 16–21Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Pakistan InternationalMuhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti21–15, 21–18Winner

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Syria InternationalMuhammad AtiqueDiluka Karunaratne
Dinuka Karunaratne
21–9, 21–15Winner
2007Pakistan InternationalMuhammad AtiqueSulehri Kashif Ali
Ahmad Muhammad Waqas
17–21, 18–21Runner-up
2008Nepal InternationalMuhammad AtiqueAkshay Dewalkar
Valiyaveetil Diju
21–19, 10–21, 12–21Runner-up
2008Syria InternationalMuhammad AtiqueMohammadreza Kheradmandi
Ali Shahhosseini
19–21, 18–21Runner-up
2010Maldives InternationalSulehri Kashif AliDinuka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne
18–21, 21–18, 21–15Winner
2010Syria InternationalSulehri Kashif AliEbrahim Jafar Al Sayed Jafar
Heri Setiawan
21–18, 21–18Winner
2015Waikato InternationalMichael FarimanMatthew Chau
Sawan Serasinghe
16–21, 15–21Runner-up
2016Pakistan InternationalSulehri Kashif AliMuhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti
Azeem Sarwar
21–14, 21–13Winner
2016Nepal InternationalSulehri Kashif AliArjun M.R.
Ramchandran Shlok
18–21, 15–21Runner-up
2017Pakistan InternationalSulehri Kashif AliMuhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti
Azeem Sarwar
21–18, 21–18Winner
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Azam Rizwan". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived 2 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Players: Rizwan Azam". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Rizwan Azam Playing Achievements". Melbourne Badminton. Retrieved 6 January 2020.