Iskandar Zulkarnain bin Zainuddin (born 24 May 1991) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player and coach. He represented

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as the third singles in the 2018 Thomas Cup and helped Malaysia qualify for the quarter finals. Iskandar was appointed as part of the Irish badminton coaching staff in 2021. Iskander has further gone back to Malaysia, but will return to coach in Ireland later in 2022.

Achievements

Summer Universiade

''Men's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the

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. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Record Against Selected Opponents

Head to head (H2H) against international challenges. *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian male badminton players Badminton coaches Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Universiade bronze medalists for Malaysia Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Malaysian people