Varun Kapur

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Varun Kapur
Varun Kapur National Games 2023.jpg
Kapur at the Indian National Games in 2023
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born9 March 2003
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
ResidencePune
Height5'10
Coach Nikhil Kanetkar
Career recordWins: 108/ Losses: 59
Highest ranking141 (BWF World Rankings) (2022)
Current ranking275 (BWF World Rankings) (2024)

Varun Kapur is an Indian badminton player currently training at the Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy (NKBA) in Pune, India. He is a former Junior World No. 1 and is currently ranked No. 4 in India. [1]

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Early life

He was born on 9 March 2003, in Kolkata, Varun Kapur began playing badminton recreationally at the age of 7.[ citation needed ]

Career

2018

TournamentResult
Mongolia Junior Silver medal.svg Silver
Dubai Junior Med 1.png Gold
Slovakia Junior Med 1.png Gold

2019

TournamentResult
Croatia Junior [2] Med 1.png Gold
Cyprus Junior Med 1.png Gold
Russia Junior Silver medal.svg Silver
Bulgaria Junior Bronze medal.svg Bronze
Lithuania Junior Med 1.png Gold
Dubai Junior Silver medal.svg Silver
Portugal Junior Silver medal.svg Silver
National Championship India Bronze medal.svg Bronze

2020

TournamentResult
Khelo India- Guwahati Bronze medal.svg Bronze
Hungary Junior Silver medal.svg Silver
Portugal Junior [3] Med 1.png Gold

2021

TournamentResult
Uganda senior international series [4] Med 1.png Gold

2022

TournamentResult
Pune District championship Med 1.png Gold
Maharashtra state championship Med 1.png Gold
Maharashtra state selection Med 1.png Gold
West Zone (Maharashtra Team) Med 1.png Gold
National Games (Maharashtra Team) Bronze medal.svg Bronze

2023

TournamentResult
Maharashtra Olympics (Pune Team) Med 1.png Gold
Maharashtra Olympics Singles event Silver medal.svg Silver
Maldives International Quarter Finalist
All India Ranking Hyderabad Bronze medal.svg Bronze
National Games (Maharashtra Team) Silver medal.svg Silver

References

  1. ↑ "Varun Kapur, tournamentsoftware.com".
  2. ↑ Shahaney, Pranav. "Meet the player: Varun Kapur, Pune's rising star in India's badminton galaxy". Hindustan Times.
  3. ↑ Hindocha, Jigar. "Pune's badminton star Varun Kapur ranked World No. 2 in U-19 singles". Hindustan Times.
  4. ↑ "Indian shuttler Varun Kapur wins Uganda International title". The Times of India .
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