Raul Must

Raul Must (born November 9, 1987) is a badminton player from Estonia. He is a four time Olympian representing Estonia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and also at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Must was a men's singles bronze medalist at the 2019 Minsk European Games.

Career Must played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Björn Joppien, of Germany, 21–12, 21–11. Must also played the 2008 Olympic Games in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by Przemysław Wacha, of Poland, 14–21, 15–21. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he did not qualify from the group round. Winning his group match against Austrian Michael Lahnsteiner with 21-14, 21-18, but losing the other group match against Indonesian Simon Santoso 12-21, 8-21. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he again won a groupsmatch, this time against Brice Leverdez from France with 21-18, 12-21, 21-18. But lost the other groups match against Dane Jan Ø. Jørgensen with 8-21, 15-21 so didn't advance further. For the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Must has been placed by draw in a group with Chen Long from China and Pablo Abián from Spain.

Achievements

European Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus Brice Leverdez 20–22, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Dutch Open Ajay Jayaram 12–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2015 Russian Open Tommy Sugiarto 16–21, 10–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2019 Belarus International Lei Lanxi 10–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2017 Estonian International Toby Penty 16–21, 24–22, 21–13 Winner 2015 Eurasia Bulgaria International Lucas Claerbout 21–15, 22–20 Winner 2015 Norwegian International Soeren Toft Hansen 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Michal Rogalski 11–6, 10–11, 8–11, 11–10, 11–9 Winner 2014 Riga International Marius Myhre 14–5, Retired Winner 2013 Hungarian International Ernesto Velazquez 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2013 Lithuanian International Adrian Dziolko 21–23, 13–21 Runner-up 2012 Estonian International Ville Lång 8–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 Croatian International Dieter Domke 16–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2011 Estonian International Ville Lång 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2010 Finnish Open Ville Lång 21–11, 21–10 Winner 2009 Polish International Dicky Palyama 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2008 Bulgarian International Yuichi Ikeda 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2008 Banuinvest International Ville Lång 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament