Mesinee Mangkalakiri

Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri (Thai: เมษิณี มังคละคีรี;^[1] RTGS: Mesini Mangkhala-khiri; born April 21, 1983) is an American badminton player of Thai descent.^[2][3] She won a bronze medal, along with her partner Raju Rai, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.^[4] She repeated her bronze medal performance with her new partner Bob Malaythong in the mixed doubles, and also, beat Canada's Fiona McKee and Charmaine Reid for the gold in the women's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[5][6] Mangkalakiri is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in Anaheim, California, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles champion Tony Gunawan (2000), who is currently playing for the United States.^[7]

Mesinee Mangkalakiri
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1983-04-21) April 21, 1983 (age 41) Los Alamitos, California
Residence	Washington
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Tony Gunawan
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles 2003 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles Pan Am Championships 2007 Calgary Women's doubles 2007 Calgary Mixed team 2005 Bridgetown Mixed team 2007 Calgary Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Mangkalakiri qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fourteenth and receiving an allocated entry from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Mangkalakiri and her partner and former high school teammate Eva Lee, however, lost the preliminary round match to the Singaporean pair Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia, with a score of 12–21 each in two straight periods.^[8][9][10]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Eva Lee	Charmaine Reid Fiona McKee	21-14, 21-15	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bob Malaythong	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	20–22, 21–19, 18–21	Bronze
2003	UASD Pavilion, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Raju Rai	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	8–15, 7–15	Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Eva Lee	Fiona McKee Charmaine Reid	20–22, 21–17, 18–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Bob Malaythong	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	11–21, 20–22	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Tony Gunawan	Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera	11–2, 11–3	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Brazil International	Agnese Allegrini	4–11, 2–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Banuinvest International	Eva Lee	Olga Golovanova Anastasia Prokopenko	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Eva Lee	Chloe Magee Bing Huang	15–21, 21–9, 11–21	Runner-up
2006	Canadian International	Eva Lee	Caren Hückstädt Huwaina Razi	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2001	USA Southern Pan Am International	Meiluawati	Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera	0–7, 7–3, 7–5	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	OCBC International	Bob Malaythong	Howard Bach Eva Lee	15–13, 15–12	Winner
2003	Guatemala International	Raju Rai	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	6–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2002	USA Southern Pan Am International	Tony Gunawan	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien	11–3, 11–5	Winner
2001	USA Southern Pan Am International	Bob Malaythong	Bradley Graham Nigella Saunders	7–8, 7–5, 8–6	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

References

1. สยามทาวน์ แอลเอ ฉบับที่ 41 [Siam Town L.A. Vol. 41]. Siam Town US. (in Thai). July 17, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mesinee Mangkalakiri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
3. "Asian Americans Cause a Racquet in Badminton". AsianWeek. June 24, 2008. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
4. "USA Badminton Announces New Board of Directors". Team USA. April 14, 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
5. "U.S. swims to gold at subdued Pan Am Games". USA Today. July 19, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
6. "Beres set to upgrade his silver to gold". Ottawa Citizen. Canada.com. July 18, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
7. Cazeneuve, Brian (March 3, 2008). "The Road To Beijing". Sports Illustrated. CNN. p. 5. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
8. "Women's Doubles Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
9. Miller, Jeff (August 9, 2008). "OC badminton duo eliminated". The Orange County Register. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
10. "Tao Li qualifies for 100m butterfly final". The Straits Times. AsiaOne. August 10, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2013.

External links

• Mesinee Mangkalakiri at Team USA (archived)
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile