James Selvaraj

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| birth_place = Selangor, Malaysia

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| event = Men's Singles & Men's Doubles

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Dato' James Selvaraj Joseph {{post-nominals|post-noms=DPTJ}} (born 21 November 1950) is a Malaysian former badminton player and coach.{{Cite web|last=Boopathy|first=K. M.|date=2020-02-15|title=Retired Mr Bata eager to serve badminton once again {{!}} New Straits Times|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2020/02/565804/retired-mr-bata-eager-serve-badminton-once-again|access-date=2021-07-12|website=NST Online|language=en}}

Badminton career

James was a former national shuttler during the mid 1970s to early 1980s. He was a national singles champion for three consecutive years from 1974 to 1976. In the 1975/76 Thomas Cup series, he was a member of the team who were runner-up to Indonesia. Among his other achievements were a bronze medal at the 1977 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur and a bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.{{Cite web|title=James Selvaraj Appointed BAM High Performance Director|url=http://www.badminton-information.com/james-selvaraj-appointed-bam-high-performance-director.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=www.badminton-information.com}}

Post-retirement

James was the national badminton coach from 1982 to 1985 and Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) High Performance Director from 2010 to 2012.{{Cite web|last=Mariadass|first=Tony|date=2015-04-30|title=Level Field: James born to be badminton ambassador|url=https://level-field.blogspot.com/2015/04/james-born-to-be-badminton-ambassador.html|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Level Field}}

Achievement

= SEA Games =

Men's singles

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| align="center" |1977

| align="left" |Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| align="left" |{{flagicon|THA}} Surapong Suharitamrong

| align="left" |15–10, 15–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" |Bronze Bronze

Honour

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{{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}}:
50x50px Knight Commander of the Grand Order of Tuanku Ja’afar (D.P.T.J.) - Dato' (2005){{Cite web|title=semakan-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-bintang-dan-pingat/|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/semakan-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-bintang-dan-pingat/}}