Akshay Dewalkar
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mumbai, India | 2 July 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 28 (MD 21 July 2016) 57 (XD 23 April 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.[2][3]
Achievements
[edit]South Asian Games
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2006 | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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13–21, 21–16, 16–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India |
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18–21, 17–21 | ![]() |
BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)
[edit]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 |
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2009 | India Grand Prix | ![]() |
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25–27, 25–23, 15–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Syed Modi International | ![]() |
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21–14, 22–24, 8–21 | ![]() |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)
[edit]Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2008 | Nepal International | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–10, 21–12 | ![]() |
2008 | Bahrain International | ![]() |
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14–21, 21–18, 21–11 | ![]() |
2010 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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22–24, 16–21 | ![]() |
2011 | Swiss International | ![]() |
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21–17, 16–21, 12–21 | ![]() |
2011 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–17, 23–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Bangladesh International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–16 | ![]() |
2015 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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14–21, 9–21 | ![]() |
2016 | Norwegian International | ![]() |
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18–21, 20–22 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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21–17, 18–21, 21–18 | ![]() |
2014 | Sri Lanka International | ![]() |
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21–16, 21–18 | ![]() |
2014 | Tata Open India International | ![]() |
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19–21, 21–19, 10–21 | ![]() |
2015 | Polish Open | ![]() |
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26–28, 18–21 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Akshay Dewalkar". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Ratnakar, Manne (22 January 2017). "Cupid strikes yet again at Gopi's academy". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Gopi gets the champions; shuttlers love for a lifetime". www.insidesport.co. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Akshay Dewalkar at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Akshay Dewalkar at BWFbadminton.com
- Akshay Dewalkar at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Racket sportspeople from Mumbai
- Indian male badminton players
- Indian national badminton champions
- Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for India
- Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for India
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- South Asian Games silver medalists for India
- South Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Indian badminton biography stubs