Anil Kaul (born 25 December 1964) is a retired male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

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, who won the gold medal in the inaugural men's doubles competition at the

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. He did so alongside

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. A resident of

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, he represented Canada at the

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and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Kaul assumed the presidency of Badminton Canada from 1 July 2015, after being elected by the organizations membership on 14 June, replaces Peter Golding.

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* * * * 1964 births Living people Indian Hindus Kashmiri Hindus Kashmiri Pandits Kashmiri Brahmins Sportspeople from Amritsar Racket sportspeople from Punjab, India Sportspeople from Manitoba Indian emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian people of Kashmiri descent Canadian Hindus Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-badminton-bio-stub