George Thomas (badminton)
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Born | Kerala, India | 15 April 1966
Handedness | Left Handed Player |
Men's singles, Men's doubles, Mixed doubles | |
Current ranking | Retired |
George Thomas (Malayalam: ജോര്ജ് തോമസ്) (born 15 April 1966) is a former badminton player from Kerala, India. He won the National Singles title in 1990 and the doubles title with Jaseel P. Ismail in 1992.[1] He was a member of the Indian team that won a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian Badminton.[2] He is at present working for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and is posted at Kochi.
Career
George began his career by playing for the University of Calicut.[3]
References
- ^ "Past National Winners". badmintonindia.org. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ Unnikrishnan, M.S. (3 August 2001). "Arjuna Award for Milkha, Abhinav Khel Ratna for Gopichand". The Tribune. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION". University of Calicut. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
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Categories:
- Indian male badminton players
- Indian national badminton champions
- Sportspeople from Kochi
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Alumni of University of Calicut
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Racket sportspeople from Kerala
- Indian badminton biography stubs