Prakash Padukone
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 Prakash Padukone at the Tata Open championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Prakash Padukone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 1955 Bengaluru, india | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 1[1] (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prakash Padukone is a former Indian badminton player from Karnataka. He was born on 10 June 1955[2] to a Chitrapur Saraswat family.[3] He won the All England Championship in 1980 and became the first Indian to do so. Prakash was awarded the Padma Shri in 1982. He, along with Geet Sethi, has co-founded Olympic Gold Quest which is a Foundation for the Promotion of Sports in India. Prakash Padukone's life story has been chronicled in the biography 'Touch Play', by Dev S. Sukumar. The book is only the second biography of any badminton player.
Personal life
He was born in Padukone (village), village near Kundapura, Udupi district, Karnataka, India from where the surname originates and now he currently lives in Bengaluru with wife Ujjala and has two daughters, Deepika Padukone, an actress and Anisha Padukone, a golfer.[4] His mother tongue is Konkani. He runs the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972.
Career
Prakash was initiated into the game by his father Ramesh Padukone, who was the Secretary of the "Mysore Badminton Association" for many years.
Padukone's first official tournament was the Karnataka state junior championship in 1962. Though he lost in the very first round, two years later he managed to win the state junior title. He changed his playing style into a more aggressive style in 1971, and won the Indian national junior title in 1972. He also won the senior title the same year. He won the National title consecutively for the next seven years. In 1978, he won his first major international title, the men's singles gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.[5] In 1979, he won the "Evening of Champions" at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
In 1980, he won the Danish Open, the Swedish Open and became the first Indian to win the men's singles title at the All England Championship with a victory over Indonesian rival Liem Swie King. He spent much of his international career training in Denmark, and developed close friendships with European players such as Morten Frost.[6]
After his retirement in 1991, he was the chairman of the Badminton Association of India for a short while. He was the coach of the Indian national badminton team from 1993 to 1996.
Major achievements
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
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| World Championships | |||
| 3 | Singles | 1983 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| Commonwealth Games | |||
| 1 | Singles | 1978 | Edmonton, CAN |
| Asian Games | |||
| 3 | Team | 1974 | Tehran, IRAN |
| 3 | Team | 1986 | Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
| World Cup | |||
| 1 | Singles | 1981 | |
| World Grand Prix | |||
| 1 | Singles | 1979 | Denmark Open |
| 1 | Singles | 1980 | All England Open |
References
- ^ "Prakash Padukone Profile". iloveindia. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/badminton/players/prakash-padukone.html
- ^ http://www.ibtimes.co.in/deepika-proud-kannadiga-says-prakash-padukone-612906
- ^ "I don't have an issue marrying an actor: Deepika Padukone". The Times of India. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Shuttlers aim for gold in the upcoming Commonwealth Games, writes M. S. Unnikrishnan". The Tribune. April 24, 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ The iron mask, BadZine.info, 5 January 2007
External links
- Authorised Biography
- Video interview of Prakash Padukone talking about early days of badminton in India, the sport, his superstitions, badminton, IBL, sport films and Deepika Padukone
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- Indian male badminton players
- Konkani people
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Indian Badminton Champions
- Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- Recipients of the Padma Shri
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Sportspeople from Bangalore
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games
- World No. 1 badminton players