# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valiyaveetil-diju
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:38:56.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valiyaveetil-diju"
name: "Valiyaveetil Diju"
slug: "valiyaveetil-diju"
description: "Valiyaveetil Diju, also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. He represented India in the 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."
tagline: "Badminton player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V_Diju.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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birthDate: "1981-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  224
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump