| Names |
PRAKASH PADUKONE |
| Date of Birth |
June 10, 1955 (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India). |
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Identity |
Indian Badminton Player |
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Date-wise Events |
- 1972: His real badminton career started from winning the
Indian national junior title in this year. He also won the senior
title the same year.
- 1972: He received the Arjuna Award.
- 1978: He won his first major international
title, the men's singles gold medal at the 1978
Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.
- 1979: He won the Indian national title consecutively
for the next seven years, until this year. In the same
year, he won the Evening of Champions
at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
- March 23, 1980: On this
day, he became the first Indian to win All England Badminton
Championship when he beat Indonesia's Liem Swie King in the
final.
- 1982: He received the
PADMA SHRI Award from the Govt f India.
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| General |
- First Indian to win All England
Badminton Championship.
- He, along with Geet Sethi, have
co-founded Olympic Gold Quest which is a Foundation
for the Promotion of Sports in India.
- He presently runs the Prakash Padukone Badminton
Academy in Bengaluru.
- He is also the father of model turned actress,
Deepika Padukone and Anisha Padukone,
who is a golfer.
- He was the coach of the Indian national
badminton team in 1993 and 1996.
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