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{{short description|Indian badminton player}}
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{{Infobox badminton player
| image = V Diju.jpg
| caption = 5 October 2008
| nickname = V. Diju
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|01|04}}
| birth_place = [[Ramanattukara]], [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India
| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight =
| event = Men's & mixed doubles
| highest_ranking = 6 (in XD)
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| current_ranking =
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| country = {{IND}}
| coach =
| handedness = Right
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 New Delhi]] | [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Mixed team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Mixed team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[South Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games|2006 Colombo]] | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games|2006 Colombo]] | Men's team }}
{{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2010 South Asian Games|2010 Dhaka]] | Men's team }}
{{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2010 South Asian Games|2010 Dhaka]] | Mixed doubles }}
{{MedalGold | [[Badminton at the 2010 South Asian Games|2010 Dhaka]] | Men's doubles }}
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'''Valiyaveetil Diju''' (born 4 January 1981), also known as '''V. Diju''', is an [[India]]n [[badminton]] player from [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Rakesh |last=Jha |title=Valiyaveetil Diju |url=http://www.indiansportsnews.com/sports-profiles/1038-badminton-profiles/10581-valiyaveetil-diju |website=www.indiansportsnews.com |date=12 March 2012 |access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref> He clinched six [[Indian National Badminton Championships|National Championships]] title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. He represented India in the [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]], became the first Indian player to participate at the Olympics in the mixed doubles alongside [[Jwala Gutta]]. 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 winner of Vivekanandha sports excellence award 2014. He won the Youth excellence award also in 2014.He is the only mixed doubles player from India to reach top 10 in the world badminton ranking(BWF) .His highest ranking is number 6th in world ranking.

== Career ==
Diju started his International career by representing India for Asian junior badminton championship held at Hong Kong in 1997. In 2002, he and [[Sanave Thomas]] won the men's doubles title at the Indian National Championships by defeating [[Jaseel P. Ismail]] and Jaison Xavier in four games.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu|title=Abhinn is men's champion |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/01/12/stories/2002011201791900.htm |date=12 January 2002 |access-date=2009-04-19}}</ref> He won the [[Bitburger Open|2008 Bitburger Open]] in [[Germany]] along with Jwala Gutta. It was India's first mixed-doubles [[World Badminton Grand Prix|Grand Prix]] win. Diju is a five-time National mixed-doubles champion. In 2006, he won the mixed team bronze medal in [[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] at [[Melbourne]]. Diju-Gutta pair was runner-up at Indian Open held at Hyderabad in 2009. They lost to Indonesian [[Flandy Limpele]] and [[Vita Marissa]] in the final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jwala-diju-lose-in-indian-open-final/89008-5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003123655/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jwala-diju-lose-in-indian-open-final/89008-5.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2012 |title=Jwala, Diju lose in Indian Open final |date=30 March 2009 |publisher=IBNLive.com |access-date=2009-08-14}}</ref>

; 2009 World Badminton Championship
In August 2009, the Diju-Gutta mixed doubles pair became the first Indians to enter the quarterfinals of [[BWF World Championships|World Championship]]. The [[2009 BWF World Championships|Championships]] was held at Hyderabad, India. The duo, seeded 8th, got a bye in the first round followed by a walkover in the second. In the third round they defeated 12th seed polish pair of [[Robert Mateusiak]] and [[Nadiezda Kostiuczyk]] 21–11, 22–20 in a 31-minute clash.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indias-guttadiju-enter-world-badminton-quarterfinal/99177-5-23.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208182307/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indias-guttadiju-enter-world-badminton-quarterfinal/99177-5-23.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2009 |title=India's Gutta-Diju enter World Badminton quarterfinal |date=14 August 2009 |publisher=IBNLive.com |access-date=2009-08-14}}</ref> In the quarter-final they went down to defending champions and second seeds [[Nova Widianto]] and [[Lilyana Natsir]] of Indonesia. The Indian pair was beaten 16–21, 14–21 in 27 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sports.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/14/jwala-diju-lose-in-quarter-finals-of-world-badminton.htm |title=Jwala-Diju crash out in quarter-finals |date=30 March 2009 |publisher=rediff SPORTS.com |access-date=2009-08-14}}</ref>

; Chinese Taipei Grand Prix
On 30 August 2009, Diju partnering Jwala Gutta became the first Indian badminton mixed doubles pair to win a [[BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix|Grand Prix Gold title]]. They defeated [[Indonesia]]'s [[Hendra Aprida Gunawan]] and [[Vita Marissa]] 24–22, 21–18 in the [[Chinese Taipei Open]] final.<ref name="THT_aug09">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News/othersports/Historic-gold-for-Jwala-Diju/Article1-448624.aspx |title=Historic gold for Jwala-Diju |date=31 August 2009 |work=[[The Hindustan Times]] | access-date=2009-08-31}}</ref> In the quarter-final, the world No. 7 pair and third seed in the tournament, defeated South Korean pair [[Shin Baek-cheol]] and [[Yoo Hyun-young (badminton)|Yoo Hyun-Young]] and in the semi-final Diju and Gutta prevailed over Malaysians [[Goh Liu Ying]] and [[Chan Peng Soon]] 21–11, 17–21, 24–22.<ref name="sify_aug09">{{cite news |url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=ji4u4cjfiie&title=Jwala_Diju_ecstatic_after_Chinese_Taipei_Grand_Prix_win |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818051726/http://www.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=ji4u4cjfiie&title=Jwala_Diju_ecstatic_after_Chinese_Taipei_Grand_Prix_win |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 August 2016 |title=Jwala, Diju ecstatic after Chinese Taipei Grand Prix win |date=30 August 2009 |publisher=[[Sify]] News |access-date=2009-08-31}}</ref>
[[File:Dijujwala.jpg|right|thumb|Diju with [[Jwala Gutta]]]]

; 2009 World Super Series Masters
In December 2009, Diju and his doubles partner Gutta reached the [[BWF Super Series|World Superseries Masters]] final in [[Johor Bahru]], Malaysia. They beat [[Robert Mateusiak]] and [[Nadieżda Kostiuczyk]] of Poland in straight-games 21–19, 21–11.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jwala-diju-enter-finals-of-world-super-series-final/550354/ |title=Jwala, Diju enter finals of World Super Series Final |date=5 December 2009 |work=[[The Indian Express]] | access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref> In the final the Indian pair went down to World Championship bronze medalists [[Joachim Fischer Nielsen]] and [[Christinna Pedersen]] 14–21, 18–21.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/07/stories/2009120752081700.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214022536/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/07/stories/2009120752081700.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2009 |title=Jwala-Diju lose to top-seeded Danish duo in final |date=7 December 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=16 January 2010}}</ref>

; 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games
In 2010, Diju won the silver medal in [[Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] in the mixed team event. He participated at the [[Badminton at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]] in Guangzhou. Diju and Gutta pair reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships for the second consecutive year beaten by Koreans [[Ko Sung-hyun]] and [[Ha Jung-eun]] 21–16, 21–19 having beaten the English pair of [[Chris Adcock]] and [[Gabrielle White]] and Malaysians Goh Liu Ying and Chan Peng Soon in straight games and overcoming [[Chayut Triyachart]] and [[Yao Lei]] from Singapore in the pre-quarters in three games. The pair also won the 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold for their second Grand Prix Gold title beating Triyachart and Lei in three games.

; 2011 Ranchi National Games winner
In 2011, Diju and Gutta reached the quarter-finals or better at three tournaments including two Super Series Premieres events at Denmark Open and China Masters where they reached the semi-finals, their first since 2009. They beat second seeded Chinese pair of [[Tao Jiaming]] and [[Tian Qing]] in the first round 5–21, 21–14, 21–18.

; 2012 London Olympics
Diju started his Olympic campaign pairing [[Jwala Gutta]] in mixed doubles. However they lost their opening match 16–21, 12–21 in just 25 minutes at the Wembley Arena in London.

; G.V Raja Award
Government of Kerala announced him as the recipient of [[G.V. Raja]] awards for 2012–13.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/London-Olympics-Jwala-Diju-pair-loses-opening-group-match/articleshow/15230806.cms |title=London Olympics: Jwala-Diju pair loses opening group match. |access-date=2012-07-28}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Diju was born at [[Ramanattukara]], in the [[Calicut district]] to Karunakaran and Lalitha on 4 January 1981. He did his schooling in Govt. Model Boys School, [[Thrissur]]. He completed his graduation from [[Farook College, Calicut|Farook College]], Calicut. Diju is currently working as Chief Manager in [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation|ONGC]], [[Chennai]]. He is married to Dr. Soumya on 16 September 2012. Diju and Soumya have a son Ivaan, who born 16 February 2017.<ref name=toi_sep12>{{cite news |title=Shuttler V Diju ties the knot |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Shuttler-V-Diju-ties-the-knot/articleshow/16422580.cms |access-date=16 September 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=16 September 2012}}</ref> Diju has an elder brother Dinu.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item306601/%22We-stuck-to-our-natural-game%22/ We stuck to our natural game: Exclusive interview to espnstar.com]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/v-diju-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/v-diju-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

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