Prannoy Kumar
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| Birth name | Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 India
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17 July 1992 Delhi, India |
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| Residence | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Pullela Gopichand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 12 (10 September 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 29 (8 June 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar also known as HS Prannoy was born on July 17, 1992. He is an Indian badminton player and currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy originally hails from Thiruvananthapuram and is the Indian number 2 (as of 2 April 2015) in badminton Prannoy is supported by the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore and has been part of their scholarship programme since 2011.
Prannoy came to prominence after winning the silver medal in Boys' singles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He didn't stop there and followed it up with another silver, this time at the Bahrain International Challenge, 2011. Struggling for form and injuries a bit of a barren spell followed Prannoy following these achievements.
In 2013, he managed to reach the final of the Tata Open International Challenge in Mumbai, eventually losing to fellow GoSports Foundation athlete Sourabh Verma in the final.
In 2014, he claimed two All India Senior National Ranking Championships: Manorama Indian Open All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament, Kerala and the V.V.Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament, Pune. However it was his exploits at the international circuit that caught everyone's attention. He was a semi-finalist at the 2014 India Open Grand Prix Gold,Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold,2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold and the Sri Lanka Open International Badminton Challenge in Colombo
Prannoy surprised one and all by reaching the final of the 2014 Vietnam Open Grand Prix where he lost to number one seed and tournament favourite Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia. In the very next tournament, the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold Prannoy went one better, this time beating local favourite Firman Abdul Kholik of Indonesia in straight sets. Prannoy managed to end the year as the third highest ranked Indian at 21.
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