James Selvaraj

James Selvaraj
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1950-11-21) 21 November 1950 (age 74) Selangor, Malaysia
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's Singles & Men's Doubles
Medal record Representing  Malaysia Men's badminton Thomas Cup 1976 Bangkok Men's team Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton Mixed team SEA Games 1973 Singapore Men's team 1975 Bangkok Men's team 1979 Jakarta Men's team 1977 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1977 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles

Dato' James Selvaraj Joseph DPTJ (born 21 November 1950) is a Malaysian former badminton player and coach.[1]

Badminton career

James was a former national shuttler during the mid 1970s to early 1980s. He was a national singles champion for three consecutive years from 1974 to 1976. In the 1975/76 Thomas Cup series, he was a member of the team who were runner-up to Indonesia. Among his other achievements were a bronze medal at the 1977 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur and a bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.[2]

Post-retirement

James was the national badminton coach from 1982 to 1985 and Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) High Performance Director from 2010 to 2012.[3]

Achievement

SEA Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1977	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Surapong Suharitamrong	15–10, 15–11	Bronze

Honour

Honours of Malaysia

•  Negeri Sembilan:
  • Knight Commander of the Grand Order of Tuanku Ja’afar (D.P.T.J.) - Dato' (2005)[4]

References

1. Boopathy, K. M. (15 February 2020). "Retired Mr Bata eager to serve badminton once again | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. "James Selvaraj Appointed BAM High Performance Director". www.badminton-information.com. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
3. Mariadass, Tony (30 April 2015). "Level Field: James born to be badminton ambassador". Level Field. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
4. "semakan-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-bintang-dan-pingat/".