Abhinav Manota

Personal information

Country

India
New Zealand (2014–present)

Born

7 April 1992 (age 31)
Jalandhar, India

Residence

Christchurch, New Zealand

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]

Handedness

Right^[1]

Men's singles & men's doubles

Highest ranking

100 (MS 9 August 2018)
70 (MD 3 March 2020)

Current ranking

102 (MS)
81 (MD with Leydon-Davis) (3 May 2022)

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing New Zealand
Oceania Championships
	2018 Hamilton	Men's singles
	2020 Ballarat	Men's singles
	2020 Ballarat	Men's doubles
	2022 Melbourne	Men's doubles
	2023 Auckland	Men's singles
	2019 Melbourne	Men's singles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
	2019 Melbourne	Mixed team
	2023 Auckland	Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
	2018 Hamilton	Men's team
	2020 Ballarat	Men's team

BWF profile

Abhinav Manota (born 7 April 1992) is an Indian-born New Zealand badminton player.^[2] He won four Oceania Championships title, two in the men's singles, and two in the men's doubles.^[3]

Personal life

Manota is an Indian immigrant who came to New Zealand in 2014, to study Diploma in Business and Enterprise Management from Abacus Institute of Studies. He settled in Christchurch and representing Canterbury in the New Zealand national events.^[4]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Rémi Rossi	21–12, 21–14	Gold
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Rémi Rossi	10–21, 18–21	Bronze
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Edward Lau	21–17, 21–15	Gold
2023	Auckland Badminton Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Edward Lau	21–12, 21–16	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Oliver Leydon-Davis	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	18–21, 21–9, 21–14	Gold
2022	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Jack Wang	Kenneth Choo Lim Ming Chuen	21–14, 23–21	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	North Harbour International	Oscar Guo	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Bulgarian Open	Toma Junior Popov	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dutch International	Oliver Leydon-Davis	Daniel Lundggard Mathias Thyrri	16–21, 21–15, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Hellas Open	Oliver Leydon-Davis	Éloi Adam Julien Maio	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Bulgarian Open	Oliver Leydon-Davis	Éloi Adam Julien Maio	21–10, 16–21, 12–21	Runner-up