Khan Malaythong

Khan "Bob" Malaythong (born 10 April 1981 in Vientiane, Laos) is an American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Khan Bob Malaythong
Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong (USA)
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1981-04-10) 10 April 1981 (age 44) Vientiane, Laos
Residence	Orange, California, United States
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  United States Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2005 Bridgetown Men's doubles 2007 Calgary Men's doubles 2007 Calgary Mixed team 2005 Bridgetown Mixed team 2001 Lima Mixed doubles 2007 Calgary Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Malaythong moved to the United States at age 8. Malaythong teamed with Howard Bach in the men's doubles. Malaythong graduated from William Jefferson Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Santa Ana College.

Malaythong portrayed a Chinese badminton player in a Vitamin Water commercial starring David Ortiz and Brian Urlacher.^[2]

Bob Malaythong won the U.S. National Badminton Championships six times in the men's doubles event, in partnership with Tony Gunawan in 2003 and with Howard Bach in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009. He also won one mixed doubles National title with Mesinee Mangkalakiri in 2005. Malaythong now currently coaches at the Synergy Badminton Academy in Menlo Park, CA, along with fellow Olympian and long-time friend, Raju Rai.^[3]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Howard Bach	Mike Beres William Milroy	20–22, 13–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	20–22, 21–19, 18–21	Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Howard Bach	Mike Beres William Milroy	13–21, 19–21	Silver
2005	Bridgetown, Barbados	Raju Rai	Mike Beres William Milroy	11–15, 15–8, 15–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	11–21, 20–22	Bronze
2001	Lima, Peru	Elie Wu	Keith Chan Milaine Cloutier	2–7, 7–2, 3–7	Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	U.S. Open	Howard Bach	Halim Haryanto Raju Rai	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2007	U.S. Open	Howard Bach	Tadashi Ohtsuka Keita Masuda	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2003	U.S. Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Sung-yuan Lin Wei-hsiang	6–15, 15–4, 15–5	Winner
2002	U.S. Open	Tony Gunawan	Howard Bach Kevin Han	11–15, 15–7, 15–7	Winner
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Tony Gunawan	José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis	15–6, 15–3	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Southern Pan Am Classic	Tjitte Weistra	11–15, 15–5, 8–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Canadian International	Howard Bach	Keishi Kawaguchi Naoki Kawamae	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Howard Bach	Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Howard Bach	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Jacob Chemnitz	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2007	Miami Pan Am International	Howard Bach	Mike Beres William Milroy	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2006	Canadian International	Howard Bach	Mike Beres William Milroy	16–21, 21–19, 12–21	Runner-up
2005	SCBA International	Raju Rai	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	0–1 Retired	Runner-up
2004	Carebaco International	Raju Rai	Alexandre Tremblay Tom Lucas Picher	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2004	New Zealand International	Raju Rai	Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto	3–15, 15–10, 12–15	Runner-up
2002	Southern Pan Am Classic	Tony Gunawan	Philippe Bourret Alexandre Tremblay	15–4, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	U.S. International	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Howard Bach Eva Lee	15–13, 15–12	Winner
2001	Southern Pan Am Classic	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Bradley Graham Nigella Saunders	7–8, 7–5, 6–8	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament