Dinesh Khanna

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Dinesh Khanna
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1943-01-04) 4 January 1943 (age 81)
Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston Men's singles
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Tehran Men's Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Lucknow Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Manila Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Lucknow Men's team

Dinesh Kumar Khanna is an Indian former badminton player.

Career

Khanna was the men's singles Asian champion in 1965, and became the first Indian to win an Asian badminton title on 14 November 1965.[1] He won a bronze medal in the 1966 Commonwealth Games . He was Indian national badminton champion in 1966 and a recipient of Arjuna award in 1965. He was the first Indian, post-independence, to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships, in 1966. Based on his performance in various international tournaments in 1966, he was seeded joint 3rd in 1967 All England championship, which reflected unofficial world ranking, in the absence of regular formal world ranking at that time. Represented India from 1961 to 1976 in various international tournaments, including 5 Thomas Cup series from 1963 to 1976. Runners-up in youth international tournament held in Malaya (now Malaysia )in 1962. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1965 Lucknow, India Thailand Sangob Rattanusorn 15–3, 15–11 Gold Gold
1969 Manila, Philippines Malaysia Punch Gunalan 7–15, 13–18 Bronze Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1966 Kingston, Jamaica Scotland Bob McCoig 15–8, 15–7 Bronze Bronze

References

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  2. ^ "Shuttling stories". Y. B. Sarangi. The Hindu. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ^ Punjab (India). Legislature. Legislative Council. Debates; Official Report. p. 646. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ Isher Judge Ahluwalia (28 February 2014). Transforming Our Cities: Facing Up To India's Growing Challenge. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-93-5136-220-3. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ Bernd-Volker Brahms (17 January 2014). Badminton Handbook. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. pp. 176–. ISBN 978-1-78255-042-6. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ Organising Committee of the 8th British Empire & Commonwealth Games (1967). The Official history of the 8th British Empire and Commonwealth Games: Kingston, Jamaica, 4 to 13 August, 1966. Organising Committee of the 8th British Empire & Commonwealth Games. p. 73. Retrieved 6 September 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Sir Stanley Reed (1969). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 901. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Dinesh Khanna". sportsbharti.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ "This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna". Sports View. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ^ Dutt, Tushar (29 May 2016). "Age fraud in badminton is unfortunate: Dinesh Khanna". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2016.