George Thomas (born 15 April 1966) is an Indian former badminton player from Kerala. He won the National Singles title in 1990 and the doubles title with

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in 1992. He was a member of the Indian team that won a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was conferred with the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

in 2002 for his contribution to Indian Badminton. He is at present working for

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and is posted at Kochi.

Achievements

IBF International

Career

George began his career by playing for the University of Calicut.

References

Indian male badminton players Indian national badminton champions Sportspeople from Kochi Recipients of the Arjuna Award 1966 births Living people University of Calicut alumni Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Racket sportspeople from Kerala Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{India-badminton-bio-stub