Akshay Dewalkar

Akshay Dewalkar
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 36) Mumbai, India
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	28 (MD 21 July 2016) 57 (XD 23 April 2015)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team South Asian Games 2006 Colombo Men's team 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's team 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Men's doubles 2006 Colombo Men's doubles
BWF profile

Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player.^[1] He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games

Personal life

Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.^[2][3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Jishnu Sanyal	Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody	13–21, 21–16, 16–21	Bronze
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	Pranav Chopra	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	18–21, 17–21	Silver

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Jishnu Sanyal	Fauzi Adnan Tri Kusumawardana	25–27, 25–23, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Syed Modi International	Pranav Chopra	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	21–14, 22–24, 8–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nepal International	V. Diju	Mohammad Attique Rizwan Azam	19–21, 21–10, 21–12	Winner
2008	Bahrain International	Jishnu Sanyal	Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi Ali Shahhosseini	14–21, 21–18, 21–11	Winner
2010	Tata Open India International	Arun Vishnu	Joko Riyadi Yoga Ukikasah	22–24, 16–21	Runner-up
2011	Swiss International	Pranav Chopra	Lukasz Moren Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21–17, 16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2011	Tata Open India International	Pranav Chopra	K. T. Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	19–21, 21–17, 23–21	Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	Pranav Chopra	Tan Chee Tean Tan Wee Gieen	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2015	Tata Open India International	Pranav Chopra	Wannawat Ampunsuwan Tinn Isriyanate	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2016	Norwegian International	Tarun Kona	Oliver Leydon-Davis Lasse Moelhede	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tata Open India International	Pradnya Gadre	Tarun Kona Ashwini Ponnappa	21–17, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2014	Sri Lanka International	Pradnya Gadre	Vountus Indra Mawan Prajakta Sawant	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2014	Tata Open India International	Pradnya Gadre	Manu Attri N. Sikki Reddy	19–21, 21–19, 10–21	Runner-up
2015	Polish Open	Pradnya Gadre	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	26–28, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Akshay Dewalkar". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. Ratnakar, Manne (22 January 2017). "Cupid strikes yet again at Gopi's academy". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "Gopi gets the champions; shuttlers love for a lifetime". www.insidesport.co. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• Akshay Dewalkar at BWFBadminton.com
• Akshay Dewalkar at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Akshay Dewalkar at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Akshay Dewalkar at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)