Jaseel P. Ismail

Jaseel P. Ismail (born 16 September 1972) is a former badminton player from Kozhikode city of Kerala, India. He, arguably, is one of India's finest ever doubles players.^[1]

Jaseel P. Ismail
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1972-09-16) 16 September 1972 (age 50)
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Doubles
Medal record Representing  India Men's badminton Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men's team South Asian Federation Games 2004 Islamabad Mixed doubles 2004 Islamabad Men's team 2004 Islamabad Men's doubles
BWF profile

Career

During his long career, Jaseel won five doubles titles at Indian National Badminton Championships, partnering George Thomas, Vijaydeep Singh, and Vincent Lobo. He also won two National mixed-doubles titles with Manjusha Kanwar as partner. Jaseel, partnering V. Diju, won the doubles title at Indian Asian Satellite 2004 held at Hyderabad. In the final the pair beat Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas 15-9, 15-1.^[2] In the same year, Jaseel and Diju pair also reached the semifinals at Cheers Asian Satellite, Singapore. They upset second seeds Kovit Phisetsarasai and Nitipong Saengsila of Thailand in the men's doubles quarterfinals with a score of 15-7, 15-8.^[3] In the semifinal they went down to third-seeded Lin Woon Fui and Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari of Malaysia.^[4]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	J. B. S. Vidyadhar	Rupesh Kumar K. T.   Marcos Bristow	8–15, 4–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Jwala Gutta	Marcos Bristow   Manjusha Kanwar	15–6, 15–3	Gold

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	India International	Vincent Lobo	Jeremy Gan   Chan Chong Ming	10–15, 15–17	Runner-up
1999	India International	Vincent Lobo	Rajeev Bagga   Vinod Kumar	15–4, 17–14	Winner
2002	Bangladesh Satellite	Jaison Xavier	B. Nagraj   J. B. S. Vidyadhar	15–6, 15–7	Winner
2004	India Satellite	Valiyaveetil Diju	Rupesh Kumar K. T.   Sanave Thomas	15–9, 15–1	Winner
2005	India Satellite	Valiyaveetil Diju	Rupesh Kumar K. T.   Sanave Thomas	14–17, 7–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	India Satellite	Manjusha Kanwar	Marcos Bristow   B. R. Meenakshi	11–5, 11–3	Winner

References

1. . The Hindu. 3 June 2006. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
2. "Gopichand wins Asian Satellite crown". rediff.com. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
3. "Gopichand wins Asian Satellite crown". rediff.com. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
4. . The Hindu. 12 September 2004. Archived from the original on 28 November 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

External links

• BWF Player Profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• Jaseel P. Ismail at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com