Zulfadli Zulkiffli
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| Born | Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli 11 February 1993 Los Angeles, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 30 (26 January 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli (born 11 February 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles gold medalist at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships, also at the Commonwealth Youth Games.[1]
In 2018, Zulkiffli was found guilty by the Badminton World Federation and barred from all badminton-related activities for 20 years over match fixing violations.[2][3]
Achievements
[edit]World Junior Championships
[edit]Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2011 | Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan |  Viktor Axelsen
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21–18, 9–21, 21–19 |  Gold
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Commonwealth Youth Games
[edit]Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2011 | National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man |  Sameer Verma
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21–16, 17–21, 21–15 | Gold
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Asian Junior Championships
[edit]Boys' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2010 | Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Huang Yuxiang
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16–21, 12–21 |  Bronze
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| 2011 | Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India | Sameer Verma
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21–15, 21–17 | Gold
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BWF Grand Prix
[edit]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 |
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| 2016 | Brasil Open | Anand Pawar
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18–21, 21–11, 21–17 |  Winner
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| 2016 | Russian Open | Siril Verma
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16–21, 21–19, 21–10 | Winner
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- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
[edit]Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Maldives International | Srikanth Kidambi
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21–13, 11–21, 16–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2015 | Sydney International |  Nguyễn Tiến Minh
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11–21, 12–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Zulfadli Zulkiffli". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Zulfadli and Chun Seang to attend match-fixing hearing in Singapore". The Star. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Zulfadli and Chun Seang handed career-ending bans by BWF".
External links
[edit]- Zulfadli Zulkiffli at BWFBadminton.com
- Zulfadli Zulkiffli at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles
- People from Petaling Jaya
- American emigrants to Malaysia
- Malaysian people of Malay descent
- Malaysian people of Indonesian descent
- Malaysian male badminton players
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Summer World University Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Malaysian Muslims