Mesinee Mangkalakiri

Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri (; ; born April 21, 1983) 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

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 Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Puerto Rico Open Tony Gunawan Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera 11–2, 11–3 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament