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 (age 39)
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

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South Asian Games

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Men's doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Pakistan International   Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti 21–15, 21–18   Winner

Men's doubles

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

References

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  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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