Khan "Bob" Malaythong (born 10 April 1981 in Vientiane, Laos) is an American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Malaythong moved to the United States at age 8. Malaythong teamed with Howard Bach in the men's doubles. Malaythong graduated from William Jefferson Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Santa Ana College.
Malaythong portrayed a Chinese badminton player in a Vitamin Water commercial starring David Ortiz and Brian Urlacher.
Bob Malaythong won the U.S. National Badminton Championships six times in the men's doubles event, in partnership with Tony Gunawan in 2003 and with Howard Bach in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009. He also won one mixed doubles National title with Mesinee Mangkalakiri in 2005. Malaythong now currently coaches at the Synergy Badminton Academy in Menlo Park, CA, along with fellow Olympian and long-time friend, Raju Rai.
Achievements
Pan American Games Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Howard Bach Mike Beres William Milroy 20–22, 13–21 Silver
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mesinee Mangkalakiri Mike Beres Valerie Loker 20–22, 21–19, 18–21 Bronze
Pan Am Championships Men's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 2007 Calgary Winter Club,Calgary, Canada Howard Bach Mike Beres William Milroy 13–21, 19–21 Silver 2005 Bridgetown, Barbados Raju Rai Mike Beres William Milroy 11–15, 15–8, 15–6 Gold
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 2007 Calgary Winter Club,Calgary, Canada Mesinee Mangkalakiri Mike Beres Valerie Loker 11–21, 20–22 Bronze 2001 Lima, Peru Elie Wu Keith Chan Milaine Cloutier 2–7, 7–2, 3–7 Silver
BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2008 U.S. Open Howard Bach Halim Haryanto Raju Rai 21–14, 21–19 Winner2007 U.S. Open Howard Bach Tadashi Ohtsuka Keita Masuda 18–21, 11–21 Runner-up2003 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Lee Sung-yuan Lin Wei-hsiang 6–15, 15–4, 15–5 Winner2002 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Howard Bach Kevin Han 11–15, 15–7, 15–7 Winner2002 Puerto Rico Open Tony Gunawan José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis 15–6, 15–3 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2002 Southern Pan Am Classic Tjitte Weistra 11–15, 15–5, 8–15 Runner-up
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Canadian International Howard Bach Keishi Kawaguchi Naoki Kawamae 15–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2007 Irish International Howard Bach Michael Fuchs Roman Spitko 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2007 Norwegian International Howard Bach Mikkel Delbo Larsen Jacob Chemnitz 21–15, 21–11 Winner 2007 Miami Pan Am International Howard Bach Mike Beres William Milroy 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2006 Canadian International Howard Bach Mike Beres William Milroy 16–21, 21–19, 12–21 Runner-up 2005 SCBA International Raju Rai Howard Bach Tony Gunawan 0–1 Retired Runner-up 2004 Carebaco International Raju Rai Alexandre Tremblay Tom Lucas Picher 15–5, 15–7 Winner 2004 New Zealand International Raju Rai Shuichi Nakao Shuichi Sakamoto 3–15, 15–10, 12–15 Runner-up 2002 Southern Pan Am Classic Tony Gunawan Philippe Bourret Alexandre Tremblay 15–4, 15–4 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2005 U.S. International Mesinee Mangkalakiri Howard Bach Eva Lee 15–13, 15–12 Winner 2001 Southern Pan Am Classic Mesinee Mangkalakiri Bradley Graham Nigella Saunders 7–8, 7–5, 6–8 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
Malaythong's Blog