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23rd February 1980 Prakash Padukone First Indian To Win The All-England Championship

Prakash Padukone was the first person from India to Win All England Open Title Colors of India : Interesting Facts : Sports : First Indian to Win All England Badminton  Championship First Indian to Win All England Badminton  Championship Prakash Padukone is the first Indian to win All England Badminton Championship. He won the coveted  All England Open title in 1980 with a victory over Liem Swie King of Indonesia. Prakash Padukone was born on 10 June 1955. He was initiated into badminton by his father Ramesh  Padukone who was the Secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association. He won the National Junior Title  and Senior Title in the year 1972 and thereafter he won the National Title consecutively for the next  seven years, until 1979. Prakash Padukone won his first major international title in 1979 at the  Commonwealth games. He also won the London Masters' Open, the Danish Open and the Swedish Open. Prakash Padukone was awarded with Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982.

Sports First Indian Athlete to Reach Olympic Finals First Indian Athlete to Win a medal in World Athletics Championship First Indian to Take Part in Olympic Games First Indian to Win All England Badminton Championship First Indian to Win Junior US Open Title First Indian to Win Wimbledon Junior Singles Title First Indian Woman to Reach Olympic Finals First Olympic Gold Medal Won by India India's First Grandmaster Youngest Grandmaster in India Prakash Padukone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prakash Padukone Prakash Padukone at the Tata Open championship Personal information Birth name Prakash Padukone Country India Born June 10, 1955 (age 59) Bengaluru, India Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Handedness Right Men's singles Highest ranking 1[1] (1980) Medal record[hide] Competitor for  India Men's badminton World Championships Bronze 1983 Copenhagen Men's singles World Cup Gold 1981 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles All England Championships Gold 1980 London Men's singles Commonwealth Games Gold 1978 Edmonton Men's singles Asian Games Bronze 1974 Tehran Men's Team Bronze 1986 Seoul Men's Team Prakash Padukone (Kannada: ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಪಡುಕೋನೆ) is a former Indian badminton player  from Karnataka. He was born on June 10, 1955[2] to a Chitrapur Saraswat family.[3]  He won the All England Championship and became the first Indian to do so. Prakash  was awarded the Padma Shri in 1982. He, along with Geet Sethi, has co-founded  Olympic Gold Quest which is a Foundation for the Promotion of Sports in India.  Prakash Padukone's life story has been chronicled in the biography 'Touch Play',  by Dev S. Sukumar. The book is only the second biography of any badminton player. Contents   [hide]  1 Personal 2 Career 3 Major achievements 4 References 5 External links Personal[edit] He was born in Padukone (village), village near Kundapura, Udupi district, Karnataka,  India from where the surname originates and now he currently lives in Bengaluru with  wife Ujjala and has two daughters, Deepika Padukone, an actress and Anisha  Padukone, a golfer.[4] His mother tongue is Konkani. He runs the Prakash Padukone  Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972. In a recent interview  to 'International Business Times' newspaper, Prakash said that he and his daughter  Deepika Padukone are very proud Kannadigas.[3] Career[edit] Prakash was initiated into the game by his father Ramesh Padukone, who was the  Secretary of the "Mysore Badminton Association" for many years. Padukone's first official tournament was the Karnataka state junior championship in  1962. Though he lost in the very first round, two years later he managed to win the  state junior title. He changed his playing style into a more aggressive style in 1971,  and won the Indian national junior title in 1972. He also won the senior title the same  year. He won the National title consecutively for the next seven years. In 1978, he won  his first major international title, the men's singles gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth  Games in Edmonton, Canada.[5] In 1979, he won the "Evening of Champions" at the Royal  Albert Hall, London. In 1980, he won the Danish Open, the Swedish Open and became the first Indian to win  the men's singles title at the All England Championship with a victory over Indonesian  rival Liem Swie King. He spent much of his international career training in Denmark,  and developed close friendships with European players such as Morten Frost.[6] After his retirement in 1991, he was the chairman of the Badminton Association of  India for a short while. He was the coach of the Indian national badminton team  from 1993 - 1996. Major achievements[edit] Rank Event Date Venue World Championships 3 Singles 1983 Copenhagen, DEN Commonwealth Games 1 Singles 1978 Edmonton, CAN Asian Games 3 Team 1974 Tehran, IRAN 3 Team 1986 Seoul, SOUTH KOREA World Cup 1 Singles 1981 World Grand Prix 1 Singles 1979 Denmark Open 1 Singles 1980 All England Open References[edit] Jump up^ "Prakash Padukone Profile". iloveindia. Retrieved 15 August 2013. Jump up^ http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/badminton/players/prakash-padukone.html ^ Jump up to:a b http://www.ibtimes.co.in/deepika-proud-kannadiga-says-prakash-padukone-612906 Jump up^ "I don’t have an issue marrying an actor: Deepika Padukone". The Times of India.  8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014. Jump up^ "Shuttlers aim for gold in the upcoming Commonwealth Games, writes M. S. Unnikrishnan".  The Tribune. April 24, 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Jump up^ The iron mask, BadZine.info, 5 January 2007 Prakash Padukone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Padukone He won the All England Championship and became the first Indian to do so. Prakash was ... He runs the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. He was ... 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