Dato' James Selvaraj Joseph (born 21 November 1950) is a Malaysian former

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player and coach.

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

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. Among his other achievements were a bronze medal at the 1977 SEA Games in

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and a bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in

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Post-retirement

James was the national badminton coach from 1982 to 1985 and

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(BAM) High Performance Director from 2010 to 2012.

Achievement

SEA Games

''Men's singles''

Honour

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

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Knight Commander of the Grand Order of Tuanku Ja’afar (D.P.T.J.) - Dato' (2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selvaraj, James 1950 births Living people Malaysian male badminton players Malaysian people of Tamil descent Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Sportspeople from Selangor Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 1973 SEAP Games Competitors at the 1975 SEAP Games Competitors at the 1977 SEA Games Competitors at the 1979 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton Malaysian sports coaches Badminton coaches