Valiyaveetil Diju, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Valiyaveetil Diju

badminton player

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1981

Place of Birth: Ramanattukara, Kerala, India

Profession: badminton player

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Valiyaveetil Diju (Malayalam: ????????????? ????; born 4 January 1981), also known as V.
Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.
He, along with partner Jwala Gutta, is the current national mixed-doubles champions and the pair are currently ranked 7th in the world by Badminton World Federation.He represented India in the London Olympics 2012.He is the only indian to participate Olympics in mixed doubles.
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He is the winner of Arjuna Award 2014, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize his outstanding achievement in National sports.
He is also the winner of G.
V.
Raja awards, which is the highest government-level recognition for sports persons in Kerala.
He is winner of Jimmy George award 2014.He is also nowinner of Vivekanandha sports excellence award 2014.
He won the Youth excellence award also in 2014.He is only the second badminton player from the state, after Vimal Kumar, to represent India in Olympics.