Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri ( th, เมษิณี มังคละคีรี; ; born April 21, 1983, in

Los Alamitos, California Los Alamitos () is a city in Orange County, California. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,780 at the 2020 census, up from 11,449 at the 2010 census. The adjacent unincorporated community of Rossmoor uses the same 9 ...

) is an American badminton player of Thai descent. She won a bronze medal, along with her partner

Raju Rai Rajiv Kumar "Raju" Rai (born February 3, 1983, in Lawrenceville, Georgia) is an American badminton player of Indian descent. He won a bronze medal, along with his partner Mesinee Mangkalakiri, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games ...

, in the mixed doubles at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 ( Distrito Nacional) , webs ...

. She repeated her bronze medal performance with her new partner

Bob Malaythong Khan "Bob" Malaythong (born 10 April 1981 in Vientiane, Laos) is an Americans, American badminton player. He qualified for the U.S. badminton team as a doubles competitor at the Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics. Malayt ...

in the mixed doubles, and also, beat Canada's Fiona McKee and Charmaine Reid for the gold in the women's doubles at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

. Mangkalakiri is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in

Anaheim, California Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most p ...

, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles champion

Tony Gunawan Tony Gunawan (; born 9 April 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title. Career ...

(2000), who is currently playing for the United States. Mangkalakiri qualified for the women's doubles at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, by placing fourteenth and receiving an allocated entry from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Mangkalakiri and her partner and former high school teammate

Eva Lee Eva Lee (, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player. Career ;1997 She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member). ;1998 She took her first three crown titles in US Jun ...

, however, lost the preliminary round match to the Singaporean pair

Jiang Yanmei Jiang Yanmei ( Simplified Chinese: 江彦媚; born 28 February 1981) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player. She competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics; 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games; and also 2006 Asian Games. Early life Bo ...

and

Li Yujia Li Yujia (Simplified Chinese: 李羽佳; born 18 January 1983) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's and mixed doubles event. Born in Jingzhou, Hubei in 1983, she moved to Singapor ...

, with a score of 12–21 each in two straight periods.

Achievements

Pan American Games

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Pan Am Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

References

External links

*
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mangkalakiri, Mesinee 1983 births Living people American sportspeople of Thai descent People from Los Alamitos, California People from Garden Grove, California Sportspeople from California American female badminton players Olympic badminton players for the United States Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2003 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century American women