Manoj Sarkar
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Birth name | Manoj Sarkar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India | 12 January 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | PPRP Lower Limb condition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | SL-3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Para-badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Gaurav Khanna (badminton) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | Men's Singles SL3 - 1 Men's Doubles SL3-SL4 - 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manoj Sarkar is the current World no.3 in singles and World no. 1 in double's catagory Para-badminton player in the SL-3 Classification.[1] He has won 50* international medals in which he have 19 Gold medals, 13 Silver medals & 18 Bronze medals. He is the only Arjun Awardee and Para Olympian Bronze medalist from Uttarakhand. He is awarded by President of India in 2018 by Arjun award. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.
Early life and background[]
Manoj's condition arose out of wrongful medical treatment at the age of one. He hails from a modest background and has two siblings. He suffers from a PPRP Lower Limb condition.
Career[]
Manoj has won numerous accolades in the International circuit including a Men's Singles Silver at the Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017, A Gold at the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017,[2] a silver at the Irish Para-Badminton International 2016[3] and a Gold in the men's doubles event at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015.[4] He also won a gold medal at the Turkish Para-badminton International Championship in May 2018.[5]
Achievements[]
Paralympic Games[]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2020 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan | 22–20, 21–13 | Bronze |
World Championships[]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England | 16–21, 11–21 | Bronze | |
2017 | Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea | Ukun Rukaendi | 21–15, 19–21, 16–21 | Silver |
2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland | Pramod Bhagat | 18–21, 16–21 | Bronze |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany |
Pramod Bhagat | Taku Hiroi Toshiaki Suenaga |
21–15, 10–21, 21–18 | Gold |
2015 | Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England | Anand Kumar Boregowda | Pramod Bhagat Tarun Dhillon |
7–21, 21–14, 21–6 | Gold |
2019 | St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland |
Pramod Bhagat | Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon |
14–21, 21–15, 21–16 | Gold |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany |
Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar | Peter Schnitzler Katrin Seibert |
12–21, 21–19, 14–21 | Bronze |
Asian Para Games[]
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2014 | Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea | Ukun Rukaendi | 14–21, 15–21 | Silver |
2018 | Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia | Ukun Rukaendi | 18–21, 20–22 | Bronze |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia | Pramod Bhagat | Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan |
13–21, 18–21 | Bronze |
Asian Para-Badminton Championships[]
Year | Venue | Event | Score | Result |
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2016 | Beijing | Men's Singles SL3 | 21-17 21-14 | Gold |
2016 | Beijing | Men's Doubles SL3-SL4 | 19-21 21-16 21-8 | Bronze |
Awards[]
- Arjuna Award 25 September 2018[6][7]
References[]
- ^ a b "BWF Para-Badminton". Bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "BWF - Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
- ^ "BWF - Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
- ^ "BWF - BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
- ^ Scroll Staff. "World No 1 Manoj Sarkar wins gold at Turkish Para-badminton International Championship". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "National Sports Awards 2018: full list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards, Dronacharya Awards". The Hindu. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Team Sportstar (25 September 2018). "National sports awards 2018: Full list of winners - Sportstar". Sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
External links[]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Indian male badminton players
- Indian male para-badminton players
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Paralympic badminton players of India
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for India
- Paralympic medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics