1. Valiyaveetil Diju clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles.
14 Facts About Valiyaveetil Diju
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Valiyaveetil Diju represented India in the 2012 London Olympics, became the first Indian player to participate at the Olympics in the mixed doubles alongside Jwala Gutta.
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Valiyaveetil Diju 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.
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Valiyaveetil Diju is winner of Vivekanandha sports excellence award 2014.
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Valiyaveetil Diju is the only mixed doubles player from India to reach top 10 in the world badminton ranking.
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Valiyaveetil Diju's highest ranking is number 6th in world ranking.
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Valiyaveetil Diju won the 2008 Bitburger Open in Germany along with Jwala Gutta.
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On 30 August 2009, Valiyaveetil Diju partnering Jwala Gutta became the first Indian badminton mixed doubles pair to win a Grand Prix Gold title.
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In 2010, Valiyaveetil Diju won the silver medal in Commonwealth Games in the mixed team event.
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Valiyaveetil Diju started his Olympic campaign pairing Jwala Gutta in mixed doubles.
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Valiyaveetil Diju was born at Ramanattukara, in the Calicut district to Karunakaran and Lalitha on 4 January 1981.
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Valiyaveetil Diju is currently working as Chief Manager in ONGC, Chennai.
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Valiyaveetil Diju is married to Dr Soumya on 16 September 2012.
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Valiyaveetil Diju and Soumya have a son Ivaan, who born 16 February 2017.