Khan Malaythong

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.[1]

Khan Bob Malaythong
Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong (USA)
Personal information
Country United States
Born (1981-04-10) 10 April 1981
Vientiane, Laos
ResidenceOrange, California, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
HandednessRight
EventMen's doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Men's doubles
2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles
Pan Am Championships
2005 Bridgetown Men's doubles
2007 Calgary Men's doubles
2007 Calgary Mixed team
2005 Bridgetown Mixed team
2001 Lima Mixed doubles
2007 Calgary Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Malaythong moved to the United States at age 8. Malaythong teamed with Howard Bach in 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.[2]

Bob Malaythong won the U.S. National Badminton Championships six times in the men's doubles event in 2003 with Tony Gunawan and in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 with partner Howard Bach. 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.[3]

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		 Howard Bach Mike Beres
William Milroy		 20–22, 13–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
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

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
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

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
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 Result
2008 U.S. Open Howard Bach Halim Haryanto
Raju Rai		 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2007 U.S. Open Howard Bach Tadashi Ohtsuka
Keita Masuda		 18–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2003 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Lee Sung-yuan
Lin Wei-hsiang		 6–15, 15–4, 15–5 Winner
2002 U.S. Open Tony Gunawan Howard Bach
Kevin Han		 11–15, 15–7, 15–7 Winner
2002 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 Souther 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 Souther Pan Am Classic Tony Gunawan Philippe Bourret
Alexandre Tremblay		 15–4, 15–4 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 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
  1. "Asian Americans Going for the Gold in…". AsianWeek. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. "Athletes: Bob Malaythong Bio". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. "Khan "Bob" Malaythong". Team USA. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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