Mesinee Mangkalakiri


Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri is an American badminton player of Thai descent. She won a bronze medal, along with her partner Raju Rai, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She repeated her bronze medal performance with her new partner Bob Malaythong 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 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mangkalakiri is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in Anaheim, California, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles champion Tony Gunawan, who is currently playing for the United States.
Mangkalakiri qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 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, however, lost the preliminary round match to the Singaporean pair Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia, with a score of 12–21 each in two straight periods.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eva Lee Charmaine Reid
Fiona McKee
21-14, 21-15 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bob Malaythong Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
20–22, 21–19, 18–21 Bronze
2003UASD Pavilion,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Raju Rai Philippe Bourret
Denyse Julien
8–15, 7–15 Bronze

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Eva Lee Fiona McKee
Charmaine Reid
20–22, 21–17, 18–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Calgary Winter Club,
Calgary, Canada
Bob Malaythong Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
11–21, 20–22 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Puerto Rico Open Tony Gunawan Tjitte Weistra
Doriana Rivera
11–2, 11–3 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001Brazil International Agnese Allegrini4–11, 2–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Banuinvest International Eva Lee Olga Golovanova
Anastasia Prokopenko
18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2007Irish International Eva Lee Chloe Magee
Bing Huang
15–21, 21–9, 11–21 Runner-up
2006Canadian International Eva Lee Caren Hückstädt
Huwaina Razi
21–13, 21–14 Winner
2001USA Southern Pan Am International Meiluawati Sandra Jimeno
Doriana Rivera
0–7, 7–3, 7–5 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005OCBC International Bob Malaythong Howard Bach
Eva Lee
15–13, 15–12 Winner
2003Guatemala International Raju Rai Philippe Bourret
Denyse Julien
6–15, 9–15 Runner-up
2002USA Southern Pan Am International Tony Gunawan Philippe Bourret
Denyse Julien
11–3, 11–5 Winner
2001USA Southern Pan Am International Bob Malaythong Bradley Graham
Nigella Saunders
7–8, 7–5, 8–6 Winner