Prakash Padukone
Indian badminton player (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is an Indian former badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982 by the Government of India.[2] He is one of the co-founders of Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Olympic sports in India.
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Birth name | Prakash Ramesh Padukone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1955-06-10) 10 June 1955 (age 68) Bengaluru, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 1[1] (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours | Arjuna award (1972) Padma Shri (1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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