Meet the Team
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Shiva Kumar Muthyal — Principle Coach
Mr. Shiva Kumar is a former International Badminton player and a Badminton World Federation (BWF) certified coach with more than a decade of coaching experience, delivering high performance coaching in a challenging and competitive environment.
During his career as a player, he represented India at various international tournaments such as Yonex Mauritius Internationals, Bangladesh International Challenge, Tata Open International Challenge, Malaysia Grand Prix Gold, Yonex Sunrise India open, Adidas Boston Open, Nepal International. He was ranked in Men’s doubles and Mixed doubles categories at BWF world level ranking.
During his stint as an Indian Junior Badminton team coach several players who were training under him were selected into the Indian National team to participate in World Junior Championships. Prior to this position as a India Junior Badminton team coach he held multiple head coach positions e.g. Karnataka state team coach, Belgaum, head coach, and various badminton academies including his own.
Ajit Joshi — Principle Coach
Ajit started playing badminton in Pune, India where he got his professional training from professional coaches. During his school and college days Ajit played badminton and participated in various tournaments within Maharashtra state.
Coaching experiences:
USAB Certified coach
Tualatin Hills Park and recreation District, Beaverton – From 2008 to 2015 – Head coach – Created coaching program and consistently coaching approximately 75+ kids/adults during any given season at different skill levels.
Trained 5+ coaches as assistant coaches.
Badminton achievements:
US Masters International Badminton Tournament 2017
- Champion – Men’s singles 40+, 35+ Men’s doubles, 40+ Men’s doubles
- Runners up – 35+ Mixed doubles
From 2004 through 2018 State Games Of Oregon
- Men’s singles – Champion 2009, 2012 Runners up – 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016
- Men’s doubles – Champion 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017 Runners up – 2008, 2009, 2013, 2018
- Mixed doubles – Champion 2004
From 1997 through 2004 – Ajit played various tournaments within Oregon and Washington area and participated in singles, doubles and mixed doubles events where he was a champion or runners up in some of the tournaments.
Vikas Vij — Coach
Vikas started playing badminton in Baroda, India where he was professionally trained by a Gujarat State Coach. He has been playing the game for more than 25years. He has participated in various national tournaments in India and won many state tournaments in Gujarat and also in Oregon. He has also worked with his coach in developing the next generation badminton players in Baroda.
Achievements:
Oregon State Games
- Men’s singles – Champion 2014, 2015, 2016. Runners up 2017
- Men’s doubles – Champion 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
US Masters International Badminton Tournament 2017
- Champion – 35+ Men’s Doubles
University of Oregon, Eugene Games
- Men’s singles – Runners up 2014, 2015
- Men’s doubles – Champion 2015, Runners up 2014
Gujarat State (1990 – 2002)
- Vikas has won various state singles and doubles tournaments in Under 12, 14, 16, 19 years category
- Vikas has also represented Gujarat state at various national tournaments in Under 12, 14, 16, 19 years category
Tony Huang — Coach
OBA coaches for 2 years
Sandeep Nair — Coach
OBA coaches for 2 years
WE ARE RECRUITING
We welcome experienced coaches to join us. Please send your brief bio and contact information to info@orbadminton.com.
You can also call 503-430-7861 to speak about your interest.