{{Short description|Pakistani badminton player (born 1985)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Rizwan Azam | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | country = Pakistan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|2|2}} | birth_place = | residence = | height = 1.88 m<ref name="bio">{{cite web |title=Azam Rizwan |url=https://www.ocagames.com/orb/athlete.php?id_game_edition=4&ctrycod=PAK&person_ln=AZAM+Rizwan&sport_code=BDM |publisher=Olympic Council of Asia |access-date=2 July 2022 |archive-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702095556/https://www.ocagames.com/orb/athlete.php?id_game_edition=4&ctrycod=PAK&person_ln=AZAM+Rizwan&sport_code=BDM |url-status=live}}</ref> | weight = | years_active = | handedness = | coach = | event = Men's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 289 (MS 15 October 2009)<br />{{Nowrap|110 (MD 16 September 2010)}}<br />102 (XD 22 September 2016) | highest_ranking_date = | current_ranking = | current_ranking_date = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's badminton }} {{MedalCountry | {{PAK}} }} {{MedalCompetition | South Asian Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Colombo | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Colombo | Men's team }} {{MedalBronze | 2010 Dhaka | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Guwahati–Shillong | Men's doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Guwahati–Shillong | Men's team }} }}
'''Rizwan Azam''' (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani badminton player who also play in the Australian circuit, and was the National champion in both Pakistan and Australia. Azam was the men's doubles bronze medalists at the South Asian Games in 2006, 2010 and 2016, also in the team event in 2006 and 2016. At the BWF circuit, he was the men's singles champion in Pakistan International, also won the men's doubles titles in Syria, Maldives, and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players: Rizwan Azam |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/54214/rizwan-azam |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rizwan Azam Playing Achievements |url=http://www.melbournebadminton.com/rizwan-azam |publisher=Melbourne Badminton |access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== South Asian Games === ''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2006 | align="left" | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,<br />Colombo, Sri Lanka | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Atique | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Rupesh Kumar K. T.<br />{{flagicon|IND}} Sanave Thomas | align="left" | 17–21, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2010 | align="left" | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,<br />Dhaka, Bangladesh | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Rupesh Kumar K. T.<br />{{flagicon|IND}} Sanave Thomas | align="left" | 14–21, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |- style="background:#FFAAAA" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,<br />Shillong, India | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Pranav Chopra<br />{{flagicon|IND}} Akshay Dewalkar | align="left" | 22–24, 16–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze '''Bronze''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Pakistan International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti | align="left" | 21–15, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | Syria International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Atique | align="left" | {{flagicon|SRI}} Diluka Karunaratne<br />{{flagicon|SRI}} Dinuka Karunaratne | align="left" | 21–9, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2007 | align="left" | Pakistan International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Atique | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali<br />{{flagicon|PAK}} Ahmad Muhammad Waqas | align="left" | 17–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2008 | align="left" | Nepal International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Atique | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Akshay Dewalkar<br />{{flagicon|IND}} Valiyaveetil Diju | align="left" | 21–19, 10–21, 12–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2008 | align="left" | Syria International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Atique | align="left" | {{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammadreza Kheradmandi<br />{{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Shahhosseini | align="left" | 19–21, 18–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2010 | align="left" | Maldives International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|SRI}} Dinuka Karunaratne<br />{{flagicon|SRI}} Niluka Karunaratne | align="left" | 18–21, 21–18, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2010 | align="left" | Syria International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|BHR}} Ebrahim Jafar Al Sayed Jafar<br />{{flagicon|BHR}} Heri Setiawan | align="left" | 21–18, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#E9E9E9" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | Waikato International | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Fariman | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Chau<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Sawan Serasinghe | align="left" | 16–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Pakistan International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti<br />{{flagicon|PAK}} Azeem Sarwar | align="left" | 21–14, 21–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | Nepal International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Arjun M.R.<br />{{flagicon|IND}} Ramchandran Shlok | align="left" | 18–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | Pakistan International | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Sulehri Kashif Ali | align="left" | {{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti<br />{{flagicon|PAK}} Azeem Sarwar | align="left" | 21–18, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWFB|54214/rizwan-azam|Rizwan AZAM (2007–2016)}} * {{BWFT|D457B272-E8A5-4894-828C-EC45EABBEE8E|Rizwan AZAM (2007–2016)|member_id=54214}} * {{BWFB|54398/azam-rizwan|Azam RIZWAN (2008)}} * {{BWFT|9D55D5D5-730D-49B7-BE81-01BEF0B39611|Azam RIZWAN (2008)|member_id=54398}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Azam, Rizwan}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Pakistani male badminton players Category:Asian Games competitors for Pakistan Category:Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Category:South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan Category:South Asian Games medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 2006 South Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2016 South Asian Games Category:21st-century Pakistani sportsmen