U. Vimal Kumar

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U. Vimal Kumar
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Personal information
Born (1962-11-19) 19 November 1962 (age 63)
Trivandrum, Kerala
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing File:Flag of India.svg India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Men's team
File:Vijay Goel at the felicitation ceremony of the Badminton Players Saina Nehwal, P.V Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi and their coaches P. Gopichand and Vimal Kumar, in New Delhi.jpg

U. Vimal Kumar (born 19 November 1962) is an Indian former badminton player. He won the Indian National title consecutively for two years, 1988 and 1989.[1][2] He also served as Chief National Coach of India.[3] He is the Co Founder, Director and Chief Coach in Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.[4] He was awarded the Dronacharya Award in 2019.[5] He was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1986 Asian Games in the Men's team event.

Career

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During his career he won French Open in 1983 & 1984 and Welsh International Open in 1988 & 1991. Vimal also represented India at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, and was ranked within the top 20 in the world. He was the National chief coach of the Indian badminton squad for several years. He quit the post in 2006 to concentrate on coaching youngsters at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.[6] Now, he is currently coaching star player Saina Nehwal in Bangalore.He also coaches Parupalli Kashyap. Malayalam film actor Kalidas Jayaram is his nephew.

Achievements

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IBF International

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Men's singles
Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1983 French Open West Germany Jürgen Gebhardt 15–5, 15–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 French Open Pakistan Tariq Farooq 10–15, 15–6, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1987 Bells Open Denmark Torben Carlsen 15–6, 5–15, 9–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1987 Welsh International England Steve Baddeley Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1989 Amor International Denmark Claus Overbeck 15–12, 13–18, 1–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1990 Portugal International England Peter Smith 15–8, 12–15, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1990 Strasbourg International 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1990 Welsh International Canada Iain Sydie 15–11, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1991 Strasbourg International 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
Men's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1990 Portugal International England Clive Palmer England Nitin Panesar
England Steve Smith 		15–7, 16–17, 5–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ Men's Singles National Champions
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