Rubén Castellanos

Rubén Alonso Castellanos España (born 18 January 1997) is a Guatemalan badminton player.^[1][2] He won the men's doubles bronze medals at the 2017 and 2021 Pan Am Championships.^[3][4] He also part of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.^[5]

Rubén Castellanos
Personal information
Birth name	Rubén Alonso Castellanos España
Country	Guatemala
Born	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 26) Morales, Guatemala
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	119 (MS 18 October 2022) 84 (MD with Aníbal Marroquín 6 July 2017) 315 (XD with Nikté Sotomayor 15 June 2017)
Current ranking	125 (MS), 90 (MD with Christopher Martínez) (8 November 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Guatemala Pan Am Championships 2017 Havana Men's doubles 2021 Guatemala City Men's doubles Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Aníbal Marroquín	Austin Bauer   Ty Alexander Lindeman	18–21, 12–21	Bronze
2021	Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Christopher Martínez	Jason Ho-Shue   Nyl Yakura	15–21, 7–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 7 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Colombia International	Rodolfo Ramírez	1–0 retired	Winner
2019	Guatemala Future Series	Job Castillo	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2021	Santo Domingo Open	Luis Montoya	19–21, 21–19, 21–13	Winner
2021	Guatemala Future Series	Don Henley Averia	21–17, 13–21, 24–22	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Venezuela International	Adams Rodríguez	Osleni Guerrero   Ronald Toledo	21–18, 8–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2016	Colombia International	Aníbal Marroquín	Rudolfo Ramírez   Jonathan Solís	Walkover	Winner
2017	Guatemala Future Series	Aníbal Marroquín	Rudolfo Ramírez   Jonathan Solís	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Guatemala International	Aníbal Marroquín	Osleni Guerrero   Leodannis Martínez	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2018	El Salvador International	Aníbal Marroquín	Brandon Alavardo   Christopher Martínez	17–21, 21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	Peru International	Aníbal Marroquín	Fabricio Farias   Francielton Farias	22–20, 21–17	Winner
2020	Peru Future Series	Christopher Martínez	Mateo Delmastro   Santiago Otero	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2021	Santo Domingo Open	Christopher Martínez	Aníbal Marroquín   Jonathan Solís	10–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	Guatemala Future Series	Christopher Martínez	Enrico Asuncion   Don Henley Averia	19–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2022	Guatemala International	Christopher Martínez	Aníbal Marroquín   Jonathan Solís	21–18, 18–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Suriname International	Nikté Sotomayor	Mitchel Wongsodikromo   Crystal Leefmans	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Ruben Castellanos". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
2. "Biografias: Rubén Alonso Castellanos España". www.badmintonguate.org.gt (in Spanish). Federación Nacional de Bádminton de Guatemala. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
3. Diego, Juan (27 April 2017). "Participación de Guatemala en el Panamericano de Bádminton 2017" (in Spanish). Guatemala.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
4. "Crowns Owners – Pan Am 2021". www.badmintonpanam.org. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
5. "Athlete Profile: Castellanos España Ruben Alonso". Barranquilla 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

External links

• Rubén Castellanos at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com