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Ram Nayyar is a Chandigarh-born Canadian Badminton Team Coach, a former Badminton player from Canada and currently serving as the high performance director for Badminton Canada. He is also the founder of Coach Ram Nayyar.com, a consulting firm focusing on Leadership coaching for athletes and entrepreneurs. Coaching Career and Achievements

He trained many successful athletes like Michelle Li, Alexendra Bruce and many competing at the international level for Canada. In 2011 Michelle Li won two gold medals for Canada in PANAM games. One in women singles and the other one in women doubles with his Olympic doubles partner Alexendra Bruce.

The biggest breakthrough of Ram’s career as a coach was the London Olympics 2012 where Canadian women doubles pair Michelle Li, and Alexendra Bruce competed for Olympic bronze.

In 2013, Ram was awarded for his hard-work and talent. Badminton Canada crowned him with a position of High Performance Director. The impact of his leadership and passion was visible. In 2014, Michelle Li created history where she won a gold medal in prestigious Common Wealth Games  held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Early Life and Career

Nayyar, who is an outstanding role model for South Asian kids, came to Canada when he was just four years old. He went to school in Edmonton and then attended both the University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba.

Badminton drew his attention in early childhood and he started competing at the province level and reached at the national level in early 90s. He competed as a player for Canada in many international badminton championships. He won the U.S Midwest Open in 1993 and 1997 respectively. Nayyar moved from Alberta to B.C. in 1999, after landing his job at Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton. Since then, he has achieved a Level 5 designation from NCCP, which means he is among a handful of the sport’s top coaches in Canada. It’s the highest level of coaching certification one can receive in Canada. Primarily, this level of coaching is held for those who have produced Olympic standard players.

Personal

A notable addition to Ram’s career is the foundation of CoachRamNayyar.com where he envisions institutionalizing sports traits in people’s life by teaching fearlessness.

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