Prakash Padukone

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Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone at the Tata Open championship.JPG
Padukone at the Tata Open championship
Personal information
Birth namePrakash Ramesh Padukone
CountryIndia
Born (1955-06-10) 10 June 1955 (age 69)
Bengaluru, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking1 [1]  (1980)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Copenhagen Men's singles
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Kyoto Men's singles
World Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Santa Clara Men's singles
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Edmonton Men's singles
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1974 Tehran Men's Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1986 Seoul Men's Team
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Calcutta Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1976 Hyderabad Men's singles
Honours Arjuna award (1972)
Padma Shri (1982)

Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is an Indian former badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 by the Government of India. [2] He is one of the co-founders of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India.

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Early life

Padukone was born on 10 June 1955 [3] in Bangalore in Karnataka. His father, Ramesh, was a secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association. [4]

Career

Prakash was initiated into the game by his father Ramesh Padukone, who was the Secretary of Mysore Badminton Association for many years.

Padukone's first official tournament was the Karnataka state junior championship in 1962, which he lost in the very first round. However, two years later he managed to win the state junior title. He changed his playing style to a more aggressive one 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 Indonesia's Liem Swie King, who was one of the world's leading singles players of his era. Padukone spent much of his international career training in Denmark, and developed close friendships with European players such as Morten Frost. [6]

Other services

After his retirement from competitive sports in 1991, Padukone served as the chairman of the Badminton Association of India for a short while. He also served as the coach of the Indian national badminton team from 1993 to 1996. He co-founded Olympic Gold Quest with Geet Sethi, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India. [7]

Personal life

Prakash Padukone with family Padukone with family.jpg
Prakash Padukone with family

Padukone married Ujjala. [8] They have two daughters, Deepika and Anisha. [9] [10]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1983 Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Flag of Indonesia.svg Icuk Sugiarto 15–9, 7–15, 1–15 Med 3.png Bronze

World Cup

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1980 Kyoto, Japan Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King 12–15, 6–15 Med 3.png Bronze
1981 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Jian 15–0, 18–16 Med 1.png Gold

World Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Changjie 14–18, 16–18 Med 3.png Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1976 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad,
India
Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King 8–15, 3–15 Med 3.png Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1978 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Flag of England.svg Derek Talbot 15–9, 15–8 Med 1.png Gold

International tournaments

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1979 India Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Dhany Sartika15–10, 11–15, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1979English Masters Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost 15–4, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1980Copenhagen Cup Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost8-15, 15-10, 9-15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1980 Denmark Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost15–7, 18–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1980 All England Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King 15–3, 15–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1980 Swedish Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Rudy Hartono 9–15, 15–12, 15–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1981Denmark Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost7–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1981 All England Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King15–11, 4–15, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1981English Masters Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Luan Jin 9–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1981India Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Jian 9–15, 15–5, 15–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1981Scandinavian Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost4–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1982 Dutch Open Flag of England.svg Ray Stevens 5–15, 15–2, 15–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1982Denmark Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost7–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1982Scandinavian Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost3–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1983 Chinese Taipei Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Icuk Sugiarto 10–15, 8–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1983 Japan Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Jian15–6, 8–15, 9–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1983Dutch Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost11–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1983Scandinavian Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost17–18, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1983India Open Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost7–15, 13–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1984 Thailand Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Icuk Sugiarto15–13, 5–15, 4–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1985Chinese Taipei Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Lius Pongoh 15–5, 9–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1981 Japan Open Flag of Denmark.svg Flemming Delfs Flag of Indonesia.svg Christian Hadinata
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lius Pongoh
4–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1988 U.S. Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King Flag of Indonesia.svg Christian Hadinata
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lius Pongoh
15–7, 11–15, 13–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Invitational tournaments

Men's doubles

YearTournamentVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1978 Asian Invitational Championships Capital Indoor Stadium
Peking, China
Flag of India.svg Syed Modi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Shiquan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Xianhu
3–15, 5–15 Med 2.png Silver

References

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  10. Kaura, Neha (11 June 2012). "Deepika's link-ups don't bother us, says sister". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2013.