Akshay Dewalkar

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Akshay Dewalkar
Personal information
Country India
Born (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 36)
Mumbai, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking28 (MD 21 July 2016)
57 (XD 23 April 2015)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Colombo Men's doubles
BWF profile

Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player. [1] He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Personal life

Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017. [2] [3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Flag of India.svg Jishnu Sanyal Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Thushara Edirisinghe
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Duminda Jayakody
13–21, 21–16, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy
18–21, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 India Grand Prix Flag of India.svg Jishnu Sanyal Flag of Indonesia.svg Fauzi Adnan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Kusumawardana
25–27, 25–23, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Syed Modi International Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh V Shem
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Wee Kiong
21–14, 22–24, 8–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Nepal International Flag of India.svg V. Diju Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Attique
Flag of Pakistan.svg Rizwan Azam
19–21, 21–10, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Jishnu Sanyal Flag of Iran.svg Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini
14–21, 21–18, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2010 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Arun Vishnu Flag of Indonesia.svg Joko Riyadi
Flag of Indonesia.svg Yoga Ukikasah
22–24, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Swiss International Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of Poland.svg Lukasz Moren
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–17, 16–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of India.svg K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Flag of India.svg Sanave Thomas
19–21, 21–17, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Bangladesh International Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Chee Tean
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Wee Gieen
21–16, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra Flag of Thailand.svg Wannawat Ampunsuwan
Flag of Thailand.svg Tinn Isriyanate
14–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Norwegian International Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Moelhede
18–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Pradnya Gadre Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
21–17, 18–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Sri Lanka International Flag of India.svg Pradnya Gadre Flag of Malaysia.svg Vountus Indra Mawan
Flag of India.svg Prajakta Sawant
21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Pradnya Gadre Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
19–21, 21–19, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Polish Open Flag of India.svg Pradnya Gadre Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Peng Soon
Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Liu Ying
26–28, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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