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Valiyaveetil Diju was born on 4 January, 1981 in Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, is an Indian badminton player (born 1981). Discover Valiyaveetil Diju's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?
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43 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
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4 January 1981 |
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4 January |
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Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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He is a member of famous Player with the age 43 years old group.
Valiyaveetil Diju Height, Weight & Measurements
At 43 years old, Valiyaveetil Diju height is 1.86 m .
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1.86 m |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Valiyaveetil Diju Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Valiyaveetil Diju worth at the age of 43 years old? Valiyaveetil Diju’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Valiyaveetil Diju's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Valiyaveetil Diju Social Network
Timeline
Valiyaveetil Diju (born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.
He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles.
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Diju started his International career by representing India for Asian junior badminton championship held at Hong Kong in 1997.
In 2002, he and Sanave Thomas won the men's doubles title at the Indian National Championships by defeating Jaseel P. Ismail and Jaison Xavier in four games.
In 2006, he won the mixed team bronze medal in Commonwealth Games at Melbourne.
It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
He won the 2008 Bitburger Open in Germany along with Jwala Gutta.
It was India's first mixed-doubles Grand Prix win.
Diju is a five-time National mixed-doubles champion.
Diju-Gutta pair was runner-up at Indian Open held at Hyderabad in 2009.
In August 2009, the Diju-Gutta mixed doubles pair became the first Indians to enter the quarterfinals of World Championship.
The Championships was held at Hyderabad, India.
The duo, seeded 8th, got a bye in the first round followed by a walkover in the second.
On 30 August 2009, Diju partnering Jwala Gutta became the first Indian badminton mixed doubles pair to win a Grand Prix Gold title.
In the quarter-final, the world No. 7 pair and third seed in the tournament, defeated South Korean pair Shin Baek-cheol and Yoo Hyun-Young and in the semi-final Diju and Gutta prevailed over Malaysians Goh Liu Ying and Chan Peng Soon 21–11, 17–21, 24–22.
In December 2009, Diju and his doubles partner Gutta reached the World Superseries Masters final in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
They beat Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk of Poland in straight-games 21–19, 21–11.
In 2010, Diju won the silver medal in Commonwealth Games in the mixed team event.
He participated at the Asian Games in Guangzhou.
The pair also won the 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold for their second Grand Prix Gold title beating Triyachart and Lei in three games.
In 2011, Diju and Gutta reached the quarter-finals or better at three tournaments including two Super Series Premieres events at Denmark Open and China Masters where they reached the semi-finals, their first since 2009.
They beat second seeded Chinese pair of Tao Jiaming and Tian Qing in the first round 5–21, 21–14, 21–18.
Diju started his Olympic campaign pairing Jwala Gutta in mixed doubles.
However they lost their opening match 16–21, 12–21 in just 25 minutes at the Wembley Arena in London.
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.
In the third round they defeated 12th seed polish pair of Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 21–11, 22–20 in a 31-minute clash.
The Indian pair was beaten 16–21, 14–21 in 27 minutes.
Government of Kerala announced him as the recipient of G.V. Raja awards for 2012–13.
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold.
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 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.
