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
Country	India New Zealand (2014–present)
Born	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 32) Jalandhar, India
Residence	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Handedness	Right[1]
Men's singles & men's doubles
Highest ranking	100 (MS 9 August 2018) 70 (MD 3 March 2020)
Current ranking	102 (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 Auckland Mixed 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.

External links

• Abhinav Manota at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com