Parupalli Kashyap

Born: 8 September 1986

He is a badminton player from India.
He trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy.
He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012.
He created history by reaching the quarter-finals of men’s singles at the 2012 London Olympics, is the first male player from India to do so.
At the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in men’s singles.
He was the Icon Player for the Indian Badminton League team, Banga Beats in the 2013 edition.
He married fellow badminton player, Saina Nehwal in a private ceremony on 14 December 2018.
In 2005, he 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 100 to 64.
Coach Gopichand was happy at the win and felt that it was a good sign that he was winning his important matches against higher-ranked players.