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Akshay Dewalkar

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Akshay Dewalkar
Personal information
CountryIndia
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  India
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 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

Personal life

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

Achievements

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South Asian Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
India Jishnu Sanyal Sri Lanka Thushara Edirisinghe
Sri Lanka Duminda Jayakody
13–21, 21–16, 16–21 Bronze Bronze
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
India Pranav Chopra India Manu Attri
India B. Sumeeth Reddy
18–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

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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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix India Jishnu Sanyal Indonesia Fauzi Adnan
Indonesia Tri Kusumawardana
25–27, 25–23, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Syed Modi International India Pranav Chopra Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
21–14, 22–24, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Nepal International India V. Diju Pakistan Mohammad Attique
Pakistan Rizwan Azam
19–21, 21–10, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Bahrain International India Jishnu Sanyal Iran Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi
Iran Ali Shahhosseini
14–21, 21–18, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Tata Open India International India Arun Vishnu Indonesia Joko Riyadi
Indonesia Yoga Ukikasah
22–24, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Swiss International India Pranav Chopra Poland Lukasz Moren
Poland Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–17, 16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Tata Open India International India Pranav Chopra India K. T. Rupesh Kumar
India Sanave Thomas
19–21, 21–17, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Bangladesh International India Pranav Chopra Malaysia Tan Chee Tean
Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen
21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Tata Open India International India Pranav Chopra Thailand Wannawat Ampunsuwan
Thailand Tinn Isriyanate
14–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Norwegian International India Tarun Kona New Zealand Oliver Leydon-Davis
Denmark Lasse Moelhede
18–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tata Open India International India Pradnya Gadre India Tarun Kona
India Ashwini Ponnappa
21–17, 18–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Sri Lanka International India Pradnya Gadre Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan
India Prajakta Sawant
21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Tata Open India International India Pradnya Gadre India Manu Attri
India N. Sikki Reddy
19–21, 21–19, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Polish Open India Pradnya Gadre Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying
26–28, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Akshay Dewalkar". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ Ratnakar, Manne (22 January 2017). "Cupid strikes yet again at Gopi's academy". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Gopi gets the champions; shuttlers love for a lifetime". www.insidesport.co. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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