Parupalli Kashyap
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| Birth name | Parupalli Kashyap | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Hyderabad, India | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Pullela Gopichand | ||||||||||||||||||
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2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold 2015 India Open Grand Prix Gold |
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| Highest ranking | 6 (25 April 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 116 (4 December 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is a badminton player from India. He trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy and is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation supporting Indian athletes. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by Government of India in 2012.
He created history by reaching the Quarterfinals of men's singles at 2012 London Olympics, being the only male player from India to do so, at that time. At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in men's singles. Kashyap was the Icon Player for the Indian Badminton League team, Banga Beats in 2013 edition.
Born to Uday Shankar and Subhadra Shankar, as an 11-year-old, Parupalli Kashyap first enrolled with a training camp conducted by S. M. Arif in Hyderabad, India. Because his father had a transferable job, their family kept moving frequently. While in Bangalore, he joined the Padukone Academy. In 2004, they moved back to Hyderabad. Soon after, Kashyap was diagnosed with asthma after a few medical tests. Kashyap felt that his stay in Bangalore during 2000–03 might have aggravated the condition. Though the diagnosis came as a shock to him and he thought that his playing career was finished, he put in a lot of effort with determination to overcome the problem. Using appropriate medication, his condition began to improve drastically. He continued his training at the Gopichand Academy under Pullela Gopichand, a former All England Open Badminton Champion.
In 2005, Kashyap represented Andhra Pradesh and won the boys' singles title at the National Junior Open Badminton Championships. From 2006 onwards, he started to appear at international tournaments. In that year's Hong Kong Open, he caused an upset by defeating the then world number 19 Przemysław Wacha in the pre-quarterfinals; he lost the next round though. A few months later, he defeated Wacha again at the Bitburger Open to reach the semifinals. In 2006, his world ranking improved from outside the 100 to 64. Coach Gopichand was happy at the win and felt that it was a good sign that Kashyap was winning his important matches against higher-ranked players. In the same year, Kashyap was chosen to represent India at the 2006 Asian Games. At the 33rd National Games, Kashyap defeated the then National champion Chetan Anand to win a gold medal for Andhra Pradesh. Between 2006–07, Kashyap won a few national tournaments as well.
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