Rizwan Azam

Rizwan Azam (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani badminton player who also play in the Australian circuit, and was the National champion in both Pakistan and Australia. Azam was the men's doubles bronze medalists at the South Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2016, also in the team event in 2006 and 2016. At the BWF circuit, he was the men's singles champion in Pakistan International, also won the men's doubles titles in Syria, Maldives, and Pakistan.[2][3]

Rizwan Azam
Personal information
CountryPakistan
Born (1985-02-02) 2 February 1985
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking289 (MS 15 October 2009)
110 (MD 16 September 2010)
102 (XD 22 September 2016)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Pakistan
South Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Colombo Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Colombo Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka		 Pakistan Muhammad Atique India Rupesh Kumar K. T.
India Sanave Thomas		 17–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh		 Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali India Rupesh Kumar K. T.
India Sanave Thomas		 14–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India		 Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali India Pranav Chopra
India Akshay Dewalkar		 22–24, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Pakistan International Pakistan Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Syria International Pakistan Muhammad Atique Sri Lanka Diluka Karunaratne
Sri Lanka Dinuka Karunaratne		 21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Pakistan International Pakistan Muhammad Atique Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali
Pakistan Ahmad Muhammad Waqas		 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Nepal International Pakistan Muhammad Atique India Akshay Dewalkar
India Valiyaveetil Diju		 21–19, 10–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Syria International Pakistan Muhammad Atique Iran Mohammadreza Kheradmandi
Iran Ali Shahhosseini		 19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Maldives International Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali Sri Lanka Dinuka Karunaratne
Sri Lanka Niluka Karunaratne		 18–21, 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Syria International Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali Bahrain Ebrahim Jafar Al Sayed Jafar
Bahrain Heri Setiawan		 21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Waikato International Australia Michael Fariman Australia Matthew Chau
Australia Sawan Serasinghe		 16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Pakistan International Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali Pakistan Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti
Pakistan Azeem Sarwar		 21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Nepal International Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali India Arjun M.R.
India Ramchandran Shlok		 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Pakistan International Pakistan Sulehri Kashif Ali Pakistan Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti
Pakistan Azeem Sarwar		 21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Azam Rizwan". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. "Players: Rizwan Azam". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. "Rizwan Azam Playing Achievements". Melbourne Badminton. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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