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Mesinee "May" Mangkalakiri (Thai: เมษิณี มังคละคีรี; Mesini Mangkhala-khiri; born April 21, 1983 in Los Alamitos, California) is an American badminton player of Thai descent. She won a bronze medal, along with her partner Raju Rai, in the mixed doubles at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She repeated her bronze medal performance with her new partner Bob Malaythong in the mixed doubles, and also, beat Canada's Fiona McKee and Charmaine Reid for the gold in the women's doubles at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mangkalakiri is also a member of Orange County Badminton Club in Anaheim, California, and is coached and trained by former Olympic doubles championTony Gunawan (2000), who is currently playing for the United States.
Mangkalakiri qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fourteenth and receiving an allocated entry from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Mangkalakiri and her partner and former high school teammate Eva Lee, however, lost the preliminary round match to the Singaporean pair Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia, with a score of 12–21 each in two straight periods.
Achievements
Pan American Games
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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Mixed doubles
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Pan Am Championships
Women's doubles
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Mixed doubles
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IBF World Grand Prix
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2002 | Puerto Rico Open | Tony Gunawan | Tjitte Weistra Doriana Rivera | 11–2, 11–3 |  Runner-up |
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Brazil International | Agnese Allegrini | 4–11, 2–11 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2008 | Banuinvest International | Eva Lee | Olga Golovanova Anastasia Prokopenko | 18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2007 | Irish International | Eva Lee | Chloe Magee Bing Huang | 15–21, 21–9, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2006 | Canadian International | Eva Lee | Caren Hückstädt Huwaina Razi | 21–13, 21–14 |  Winner |
| 2001 | USA Southern Pan Am International | Meiluawati | Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera | 0–7, 7–3, 7–5 | Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | OCBC International | Bob Malaythong | Howard Bach Eva Lee | 15–13, 15–12 | Winner |
| 2003 | Guatemala International | Raju Rai | Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien | 6–15, 9–15 | Runner-up |
| 2002 | USA Southern Pan Am International | Tony Gunawan | Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien | 11–3, 11–5 | Winner |
| 2001 | USA Southern Pan Am International | Bob Malaythong | Bradley Graham Nigella Saunders | 7–8, 7–5, 8–6 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament