Tarun Dhillon

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Tarun Dhillon
Personal information
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30)
Hissar, Haryana, India
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Men's singles SL4
Men's doubles SL3–SL4
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking1 (MS 4 July 2022)
1 (MD with Kumar Nitesh 2 March 2023)
15 (XD with Jyothi Verma 30 May 2022)
Current ranking6 (MS)
4 (MD with Kumar Nitesh) (3 September 2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Men's para-badminton
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Dortmund Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Stoke Mandeville Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Basel Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Stoke Mandevile Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Ulsan Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Asian Para Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Incheon Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Bangalore Men's doubles

Tarun Dhillon (born 18 August 1994) is an Indian para-badminton player from Haryana. He competes in the SL4 category. [1] He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, his second Olympics. [2]

Contents

Dhillon has been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SL4. [3] He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and finished fourth in the SL4 singles category. [4]

He won a gold medal in the men’s doubles SL3-SL4 event along with Kumar Nitesh at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Earlier, he won two more Asian Games medals. He had won a silver medal in 2014 and gold medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games. [5]

Early life

Dhillon was born in Hissar, Haryana. When he was 8 years old, he met with an accident while playing football and his right knee was badly injured and two surgeries did not help. He took to badminton and won his first para badminton event at 11. He trains at Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana. [6]

Awards

Dhillon received the Arjuna Award in 2022. [5]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles SL4

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Cheng-che 21–15, 21–10 Med 1.png Gold
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Mazur 18–21, 21–10, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Mazur18–21, 10–21 Med 2.png Silver
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Mazur14–13r Med 2.png Silver

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Stoke Mandeville, England
Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat Flag of India.svg Anand Kumar Boregowda
Flag of India.svg Manoj Sarkar
21–7, 14–21, 6–21 Med 2.png Silver
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Manoj Sarkar
21–14, 15–21, 16–21 Med 2.png Silver

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SL4

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan 20–22, 18–21 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan10–21, 21–13, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of Indonesia.svg Dwiyoko
Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan
9–21, 21–19, 22–20 Med 1.png Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Raheja Stadium,
Bangalore, India
Med 3.png Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. [7] [8]

Men's singles SL4

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2022Spanish Para Badminton InternationalLevel 1 Flag of France.svg Lucas Mazur 7–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022Brazil Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam 21–17, 20–22, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022Bahrain Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Kyung-hwan 21–9, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2022Dubai Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan 11–21, 21–9, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Spanish Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam12–21, 21–8, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023Brazil Para-Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of France.svg Lucas Mazur7–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Canada Para Badminton InternationalLevel 1 Flag of France.svg Lucas Mazur9–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024Spanish Para Badminton International IILevel 2 Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam21–13, 16–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2024Bahrain Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan21–23, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022Brazil Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Mohammad Arwaz Ansari
Flag of India.svg Deep Ranjan Bisoyee
21–13, 17–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022Bahrain Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of Thailand.svg Mongkhon Bunsun
Flag of Thailand.svg Siripong Teamarrom
21–13, 21–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023Spanish Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam
20–22, 21–12, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Thailand Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam
21–18, 14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Bahrain Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam
24–22, 9–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023Canada Para Badminton InternationalLevel 1 Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Nilesh Gaikwad
Flag of India.svg Nehal Gupta
21–12, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Gailly
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg William Roussy
21–13, 21–12
Flag of India.svg Deep Ranjan Bisoyee
Flag of India.svg Manoj Sarkar
21–9, 17–21, 21–16
Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam
11–21, 21–16, 21–16

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles SL4

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Dubai Para Badminton International Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Mazur 13–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Uganda Para Badminton International Flag of India.svg Sukant Kadam 21–12, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Canada Para Badminton International Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Mazur21–18, 19–21, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Turkish Para Badminton International Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of Indonesia.svg Dwiyoko
Flag of Indonesia.svg Fredy Setiawan
14–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019Irish Para Badminton International Flag of India.svg Kumar Nitesh Flag of India.svg Pramod Bhagat
Flag of India.svg Manoj Sarkar
21–13, 18–21, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

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