Valiyaveetil Diju

Valiyaveetil Diju
5 October 2008
Personal information
Nickname(s)V. Diju
CountryIndia
Born (1981-01-04) 4 January 1981 (age 43)
Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking6 (in XD)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka Men's doubles
BWF profile

Valiyaveetil Diju (born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.[1] He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. He represented India in the 2012 London Olympics, became the first Indian player to participate at the Olympics in the mixed doubles alongside Jwala Gutta. He is the winner of Arjuna Award 2014, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize his outstanding achievement in National sports. He is also the winner of G. V. Raja awards, which is the highest government-level recognition for sports persons in Kerala. He is winner of Jimmy George award 2014. He is also winner of Vivekanandha sports excellence award 2014. He won the Youth excellence award also in 2014.He is the only mixed doubles player from India to reach top 10 in the world badminton ranking(BWF) .His highest ranking is number 6th in world ranking.

  1. ^ Jha, Rakesh (12 March 2012). "Valiyaveetil Diju". www.indiansportsnews.com. Retrieved 31 December 2019.