Jacob Maliekal


Jacob Maliekal is a male badminton player from South Africa. He became the South Africa national team members in 2009 and won gold medals at the 2011 and 2014 African Games in badminton men's singles event. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

African Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Botswana Internationalsilver2