Raul Must

Raul Must (born November 9, 1987) is a badminton player from Estonia. He is a four time Olympian representing Estonia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics^[1] and also at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Must was a men's singles bronze medalist at the 2019 Minsk European Games.

Raul Must
Personal information
Country	Estonia
Born	(1987-11-09) November 9, 1987 (age 36) Tallinn, Estonia
Residence	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Per-Henrik Croona, Ge Cheng, Aigar Tõnus
Men's singles
Highest ranking	38 (30 June 2016)
Current ranking	82 (27 August 2020)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Estonia European Games 2019 Minsk Men's singles
BWF profile

Career

Must played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Björn Joppien, of Germany, 21–12, 21–11. Must also played the 2008 Olympic Games in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Przemysław Wacha, of Poland, 14–21, 15–21.^[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he did not qualify from the group round.^[3] Winning his group match against Austrian Michael Lahnsteiner with 21-14, 21-18, but losing the other group match against Indonesian Simon Santoso 12-21, 8-21. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he again won a groupsmatch, this time against Brice Leverdez from France with 21-18, 12-21, 21-18. But lost the other groups match against Dane Jan Ø. Jørgensen with 8-21, 15-21 so didn't advance further. For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Must has been placed by draw in a group with Chen Long from China and Pablo Abián from Spain.^[4][5]

Achievements

European Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Brice Leverdez	20–22, 8–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Dutch Open	Ajay Jayaram	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Russian Open	Tommy Sugiarto	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Belarus International	Lei Lanxi	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian International	Toby Penty	16–21, 24–22, 21–13	Winner
2015	Eurasia Bulgaria International	Lucas Claerbout	21–15, 22–20	Winner
2015	Norwegian International	Soeren Toft Hansen	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2014	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Michal Rogalski	11–6, 10–11, 8–11, 11–10, 11–9	Winner
2014	Riga International	Marius Myhre	14–5, Retired	Winner
2013	Hungarian International	Ernesto Velazquez	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Lithuanian International	Adrian Dziolko	21–23, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	Estonian International	Ville Lång	8–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Croatian International	Dieter Domke	16–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2011	Estonian International	Ville Lång	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Finnish Open	Ville Lång	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2009	Polish International	Dicky Palyama	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Bulgarian International	Yuichi Ikeda	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2008	Banuinvest International	Ville Lång	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Raul Must". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
2. Nick Laham/Getty Images (2008-08-09). "Photos: Poland wins Men's Singles round of 64". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
3. "Raul Must Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
4. "badminton-schedule Tokyo-2020". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
5. "Tokyo 2020 draw: Who will be facing who?". www.badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.

External links

• Raul Must at BWFBadminton.com
• Raul Must at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Raul Must at Olympedia
• Raul Must at Olympics.com
• Raul Must at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 January 2010)