Dinesh Khanna

Dinesh Kumar Khanna is a former badminton player from India.

For the Indian theater director, see Dinesh Khanna (director).

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

Career

He was the Men's singles Asian Champion in 1965 and became the first and till date the only 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 Badminton -championship 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 Sangob Rattanusorn 15–3, 15–11 Gold
1969 Manila, Philippines Punch Gunalan 7–15, 13–18 Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

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

References
  1. NDTVSports.com. "This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna – NDTV Sports". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  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.
  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.
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