Manoj Sarkar

Manoj Sarkar
Manoj Sarkar
	Sarkar in 2018
Personal information
Country	India
Born	12 January 1990 (age 34); Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India
Coach	Gaurav Khanna
Men's singles SL3; Men's doubles SL3-SL4
Highest ranking	3 (MS 1 January 2019); 1 (MD with Pramod Bhagat 3 October 2019)
Current ranking	4 (MS); 2 (MD with Pramod Bhagat) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing India
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Asian Para Games
Asian Championships

Manoj Sarkar (born 12 January 1990) is an Indian para-badminton player .He has won 50 international medals in which he have 19 gold medals, 13 silver medals & 18 bronze medals. He is the only Arjun Awardee and Para Olympian Bronze medalist from Uttarakhand. He is awarded by President of India in 2018 by Arjun award. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.

Early life and background

Manoj's condition arose out of wrongful medical treatment at the age of one. He hails from a modest background and has two siblings. He suffers from a PPRP Lower Limb condition.

Career

Manoj has won numerous accolades in the International circuit including a Men's Singles Silver at the Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017, A Gold at the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017,^[1] a silver at the Irish Para-Badminton International 2016^[2] and a Gold in the men's doubles event at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015.^[3] He also won a gold medal at the Turkish Para-badminton International Championship in May 2018.^[4]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles SL3

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Daisuke Fujihara	22–20, 21–13	Bronze

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Phạm Đức Trung	16–21, 11–21	Bronze
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Ukun Rukaendi	21–15, 19–21, 16–21	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Pramod Bhagat	18–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kumar Nitesh	10–21, 13–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Pramod Bhagat	Taku Hiroi Toshiaki Suenaga	21–15, 10–21, 21–18	Gold
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Anand Kumar Boregowda	Pramod Bhagat Tarun Dhillon	7–21, 21–14, 21–6	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	14–21, 21–15, 21–16	Gold
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Pramod Bhagat	Hikmat Ramdani Ukun Rukaendi	21–14, 18–21, 13–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar	Peter Schnitzler Katrin Seibert	12–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Ukun Rukaendi	14–21, 15–21	Silver
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ukun Rukaendi	18–21, 20–22	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Pramod Bhagat	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	13–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Chen Xiaoyu	21–17, 21–14	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Anand Kumar Boregowda	Ukun Rukaendi Hary Susanto	9–21, 8–21	Bronze

Awards

Arjuna Award 25 September 2018^[5]^[6]

References

^ "BWF - Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "BWF - Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "BWF - BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ Scroll Staff. "World No 1 Manoj Sarkar wins gold at Turkish Para-badminton International Championship". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "National Sports Awards 2018: full list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards, Dronacharya Awards". The Hindu. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ Team Sportstar (25 September 2018). "National sports awards 2018: Full list of winners - Sportstar". Sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

External links

indusind.com

[1] "BWF - Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.

[2] "BWF - Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.

[3] "BWF - BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.

[4] Scroll Staff. "World No 1 Manoj Sarkar wins gold at Turkish Para-badminton International Championship". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[5] "National Sports Awards 2018: full list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards, Dronacharya Awards". The Hindu. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[6] Team Sportstar (25 September 2018). "National sports awards 2018: Full list of winners - Sportstar". Sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

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Gold medalists	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Sumit Antil (2020 Tokyo) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo)
Silver medalists	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2020 Tokyo) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2020 Tokyo)
Bronze medalists	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo)