Theratil Rajiv Ouseph^[2][3] (born 30 August 1986) is a former badminton player from England who represented both England and Great Britain in the international tournaments. A long-time English and British No. 1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achievement was becoming the European Men's Singles Champion, winning the title in 2017.

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Rajiv Ouseph
Ouseph in August 2011
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Country	England
Born	(1986-08-30) 30 August 1986 (age 37) Hounslow, London, England
Residence	Milton Keynes, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	10 (27 October 2016[1])
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  England Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Men's singles 2014 Glasgow Mixed team 2010 Delhi Mixed team 2018 Gold Coast Men's singles 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team European Championships 2017 Kolding Men's singles 2014 Kazan Men's singles 2018 Huelva Men's singles 2010 Manchester Men's singles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Men's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2013 Moscow Mixed team European Men's Team Championships 2008 Almere Men's team 2014 Basel Men's team 2018 Kazan Men's team 2006 Thessalonica Men's team 2012 Amsterdam Men's team 2016 Kazan Men's team Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Mixed team European Junior Championships 2005 Den Bosch Boys' singles
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Ouseph was born and brought up in London and is of Indian descent.

Ouseph has won the men's singles titles at the National Championships, seven times in a row from 2008 to 2014, the first player to do so.^[4] Ouseph became the first player to win more than four consecutive national singles titles since Darren Hall (1988–1991).

In the junior English national circuit, he has won all the singles titles from the ages of U–13 to U–19. In the European tournaments, he has won the U–19 Danish titles in singles and mixed doubles and the German Junior title in singles. His other notable achievements are winning the European Junior Championship in 2005, the first Englishman to win the title in twenty years.

In 2009, he won the Canadian International, Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse, Scottish Open, Irish Open and went on to win the 2009 European Circuit Finals.

He won his first senior cap for England at the age of nineteen in the Thomas Cup. He also represented England in the Sudirman Cup where he was the youngest player in the English team. Ouseph was selected as the number one singles player for the English team in the Thomas Cup qualifiers which was held in Poland in February 2010.

Ouseph was ranked as world number 11 in November 2010, after winning the U.S. Open men's singles title and winning the bronze medal in the men's singles in the European Championships. Later that year he won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's singles, as well as the bronze medal in the mixed team event.

In 2014, Ouseph took silver at the European Championships after losing to top seed Jan Ø. Jørgensen of Denmark in Kazan, Russia.^[5]

Representing Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, he was defeated by bronze medalist Viktor Axelsen from Denmark in quarter finals.^[6]

Ouseph took up badminton at the age of 9, encouraged by the rest of his family who also played badminton.^[4] Although he began a degree in Media at Loughborough University, he chose to give it up in favour of his badminton career.^[4]