Parupalli Kashyap

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Parupalli Kashyap
Personal information
Birth name Parupalli Kashyap
Country India
Born (1986-09-08) 8 September 1986
Residence Hyderabad, India
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Handedness Right
Coach Pullela Gopichand
Men's singles
Highest ranking 6 (14 March 2013)
Current ranking 14 (15 August 2013)
BWF profile

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.

Career

Early career (1997–2004)

As a 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1]

Professional career (2005–Present)

In 2005, Kashyap represented Andhra Pradesh and won the boys' singles title at the National Junior Open Badminton Championships.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] In the same year, Kashyap was chosen to represent India at the 2006 Asian Games.[6] At the 33rd National Games, Kashyap defeated the then National champion Chetan Anand to win a gold medal for Andhra Pradesh.[7] Between 2006–07, Kashyap won a few national tournaments as well.[8][9]

In 2009, Kashyap was a semifinalist at the Dutch Open and the 2009 Senior National Badminton Championships.[10] In the same year, he was the runners-up at the Thailand International,[11] Spanish Open and Toulouse Open.[12] At the 2009 Singapore Super Series, Kashyap was the semifinalist.[13] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal for India.[14] He also reached the semi-finals at the Indian Open Grand Prix, 2010.[15] He lost out to Arvind Bhat in the finals of the 75th Senior National Badminton Championship held at Rohtak in 2011.[16]

Kashyap reached the semifinal stage of 2012 Djaram Indonesia Open in the men's singles competition, where he eventually lost. En route to the semifinals, he upset world number 3 Chen Long and world number 16 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.[17] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kashyap lost to top seed Lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals. In the process, he created history by becoming the only Indian to reach this stage in the Olympics.[18] This achievement led him to 19th rank.[19] Later his victory in the 2012 Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold led him to a career best ranking of 14.[20] His success in Korea in 2013 led his rank up to 10.On 31 January 2013 he achieved a ranking of 9.[21] He reached the quarterfinals in the Swiss open which led him to a ranking of 7 as per the rankings provided by BWF on 14 march. He moved up to a career best ranking of 6 after his first round match against Taufiq Hidayat of Indonesia.[22] Kashyap was the Icon Player for the Indian Badminton League team, Banga Beats.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sukumar, Dev S (3 August 2009). "Impossible is nothing". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  2. ↑ M, Ratnakar (4 October 2010). "Despite asthma, Kashyap emerges best medal bet". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Kashyap, Saina emerge best". Rediff.com. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Kashyap pulls off a major upset". The Hindu. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  5. ↑ "Kashyap stuns Wacha, reaches semis". The Times of India. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  6. ↑ "Chetan, Jwala pull out of camp". The Hindu. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Big triumph for Kashyap". The Hindu. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  8. ↑ "Kashyap, Aditi corner glory". The Hindu. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  9. ↑ "Kashyap and Saina reign supreme". The Hindu. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  10. ↑ "Indore: Arvind Bhat Claims National Badminton Title". Daijiworld. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  11. ↑ "Kashyap falters". The Telegraph. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  12. ↑ "Kashyap falters in the final". The Hindu. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  13. ↑ Naik, Shivani (23 June 2010). "Tough first match as Saina seeks third straight title". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  14. ↑ "Kashyap wins bronze for India in badminton". The Times of India. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  15. ↑ "Kashyap in semis of Indian Open Grand Prix". 17 December 2010. 
  16. ↑ "Arvind, Aditi win National Badminton Championship". Deccanherald.com. 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-08-01. 
  17. ↑ "Olympic-bound Saina Nehwal, P Kashyap reach semifinals of Indonesian Open". 15 June 2012. 
  18. ↑ "Parupalli Kashyap creates history by reaching quarters at London Olympics - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-08-01. 
  19. ↑ "Kashyap leads Indian challenge in China Masters". The Hindu. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012. 
  20. ↑ "Kashyap reaches career-best ranking after title win". The Hindu. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  21. ↑ http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/badminton/item/202795-shuttler-saina-nehwal-retains-world-no2-spot?pfrom=home-sports
  22. ↑ "Kashyap becomes world No.6". The Hindu. 25 April 2013. 

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