Akshay Dewalkar
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| Born | 2 July 1988 Mumbai, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 28 (MD 21 July 2016) 57 (XD 23 April 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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 | edit source]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 | edit source]South Asian Games
[edit | edit source]Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
 Jishnu Sanyal
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Sri Lanka Thushara Edirisinghe Sri Lanka Duminda Jayakody |
13–21, 21–16, 16–21 | Bronze Bronze |
| 2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India |
Pranav Chopra
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Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy
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18–21, 17–21 | Silver Silver |
BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)
[edit | edit source]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 | Jishnu Sanyal
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Indonesia Fauzi Adnan Indonesia Tri Kusumawardana |
25–27, 25–23, 15–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2016 | Syed Modi International | Pranav Chopra
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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)
[edit | edit source]Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Tata Open India International | Pradnya Gadre
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Tarun Kona Ashwini Ponnappa
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21–17, 18–21, 21–18 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2014 | Sri Lanka International | Pradnya Gadre
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Malaysia Vountus Indra Mawan Prajakta Sawant
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21–16, 21–18 | 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner |
| 2014 | Tata Open India International | Pradnya Gadre
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Manu Attri N. Sikki Reddy
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19–21, 21–19, 10–21 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up |
| 2015 | Polish Open | Pradnya Gadre
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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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External links
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- Akshay Dewalkar at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Akshay Dewalkar at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Akshay Dewalkar at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mumbai
- Indian male badminton players
- 21st-century Indian sportsmen
- Indian national badminton champions
- Commonwealth Games badminton players for India
- Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Asian Games badminton players for India
- Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
- 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
- Medalists at the 2006 South Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2016 South Asian Games
- Indian badminton biography stubs