Valiyaveetil Diju
| Valiyaveetil Diju | |
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5 October 2008
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname(s) | V. Diju |
| Country |
 India
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| Born |
4 January 1981 Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Men's Doubles/Mixed Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 7 |
| Current ranking | 7th in World badminton ranking (BWF) |
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| BWF profile | |
Valiyaveetil Diju (Malayalam: വലിയവീട്ടില് ദിജു; born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He, along with partner Jwala Gutta, is the current national mixed-doubles champions and the pair are currently ranked 7th in the world by Badminton World Federation. 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 only the second badminton player from the state, after Vimal Kumar, to represent India in Olympics.
Diju started his International career by representing India for Price Asian junior badminton championship held at Hong Kong in 1997. In 2002, he and Sanave Thomas won the Indian National Badminton Championships (doubles) at Lucknow by defeating Jaseel P. Ismail and Jaison Xavier in four games. He won the Bitburger Open Championship in Germany along with Jwala Gutta. It was India's first mixed-doubles Grand Prix win. Diju is a four-time National mixed-doubles champion. In 2006, he won bronze medal in Commonwealth Games at Melbourne. He has also won the National doubles title in 2002 with Sanave Thomas as the partner. Diju-Jwala pair was runner up at Indian Open held at Hyderabad in 2009. They lost to Indonesian Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa in the final.
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