KAVEH MEHRABI BADMINTON

Date of Birth: 5th May 1982

Hometown: Tehran, Iran

Height: 1.73m

Weight: 65kg's

Current Club: Holbæk Badminton Club

Current World Ranking :88

Career high World Ranking : 59

Previous Club: Tåstrup B70 -  Kobenhavn Badminton Club - Lyngby Badminton Club

Current Coach: Michael Kjeldsen (IBA)

Equipment Sponsor: Reeact

Racket Used: Rocket

Fav Food: Thai and Italian

Fav Movie: Without Limit

Person you most admire: Lance Armstrong

Most Embarassing Badminton Moment: I remember my trip to the Asian Junior Championships in 2000 in Japan with some embarassment. After a very long trip we arrived in Kyoto very late and we had to play our first team match the next morning in less than 12 hours. I had to play the first singles for Iran against Singapore and it was in a huge hall and this was only my second ever tournament outside of Iran. We didn't even get an opportunity to practice and i was really tired and jet lag hat presented itself. I just wanted to go back to the hotel to sleep. The guy from Singapore started the match and I did not hit the shuttle once in the first four points as I totally missed the shuttle on his first 3 high serves. Trust me.... it was really embarassing.

2010:

- Quarter final Iran International Challenge 

2009:

- Representing Iran for the 4th time at the World Championship ( India )

- Semi final Puerto Rico International Challenge

2008:

- Quarter final at Hellas International (Greece)

- Runner up(2nd place) at Puerto Rico International 

- Quarter final Cyprus International
- 3rd place Nigeria International
- First Badminton player ever from the Middle East and west Asia to qualify for    Olympic Games.

2007:

- Winner South Africa international
- Runner up Algeria international
- 3rd place Brazil international
- 3rd place Iran international
- Quarter final at Waikato International
- last 16 at Russia Gold Grand Prix
- last 16 at New Zealand Grand Prix
- Representing Iran at the 2007 World Championship  ( Malaysia )

2006

- Quarter final Estonia Kalev international
- 3rd place South Africa international
- 3rd place Iran international
- Representing Iran at the 2006 World Championship ( Spain )

2005

- First Iranian player ever to qualify for the World Championship ( USA )
- Runner up South Africa international
- Second round at Danish Open(beating world nr 18 at the time)
- Quarter final Spanish Open
- Quarter final Iran international

2004

-Semi final Estonia Kalev international
- Quarter final Spanish Open