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.

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

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

Achievements

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon Valerie Loker	20–22, 21–19, 18–21	Bronze Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon William Milroy	13–21, 19–21	Silver Silver
2005	Bridgetown, Barbados	Template:Flagicon Raju Rai	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon William Milroy	11–15, 15–8, 15–6	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Template:Flagicon Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon Valerie Loker	11–21, 20–22	Bronze Bronze
2001	Lima, Peru	Template:Flagicon Elie Wu	Template:Flagicon Keith Chan Template:Flagicon Milaine Cloutier	2–7, 7–2, 3–7	Silver 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	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Halim Haryanto Template:Flagicon Raju Rai	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2007	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Tadashi Ohtsuka Template:Flagicon Keita Masuda	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2003	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Lee Sung-yuan Template:Flagicon Lin Wei-hsiang	6–15, 15–4, 15–5	Winner
2002	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach Template:Flagicon Kevin Han	11–15, 15–7, 15–7	Winner
2002	Puerto Rico Open	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon José Antonio Crespo Template:Flagicon 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	Southern Pan Am Classic	Template:Flagicon Tjitte Weistra	11–15, 15–5, 8–15	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Canadian International	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Keishi Kawaguchi Template:Flagicon Naoki Kawamae	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Michael Fuchs Template:Flagicon Roman Spitko	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Mikkel Delbo Larsen Template:Flagicon Jacob Chemnitz	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2007	Miami Pan Am International	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon William Milroy	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2006	Canadian International	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon William Milroy	16–21, 21–19, 12–21	Runner-up
2005	SCBA International	Template:Flagicon Raju Rai	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	0–1 Retired	Runner-up
2004	Carebaco International	Template:Flagicon Raju Rai	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Tremblay Template:Flagicon Tom Lucas Picher	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2004	New Zealand International	Template:Flagicon Raju Rai	Template:Flagicon Shuichi Nakao Template:Flagicon Shuichi Sakamoto	3–15, 15–10, 12–15	Runner-up
2002	Southern Pan Am Classic	Template:Flagicon Tony Gunawan	Template:Flagicon Philippe Bourret Template:Flagicon Alexandre Tremblay	15–4, 15–4	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	U.S. International	Template:Flagicon Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Template:Flagicon Howard Bach Template:Flagicon Eva Lee	15–13, 15–12	Winner
2001	Southern Pan Am Classic	Template:Flagicon Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Template:Flagicon Bradley Graham Template:Flagicon Nigella Saunders	7–8, 7–5, 6–8	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Template:Sports-Reference
• Malaythong's Blog