Gaurav Natekar (born 4 April 1972) is a seven-time Indian National

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Champion.Indian Express (newspaper)
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in 1996 for Tennis.Pune Records
/ref> His father, Nandu M. Natekar, was a national-level Indian badminton champion.

Achievements

*Represented the country in

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from 1992-97. Was member of the team that reached the semi-final in '93 *Double gold medallist at the

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in 1994 (team event and doubles with

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) *Double gold medallist in SAF Games in

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'93,

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'95, and

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'97. *Won the National hard & grasscourt titles in singles and doubles in the same year (1992) *Two National singles, seven doubles and five junior titles. Highest ATP ranking: singles 272, doubles 167.

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* * * Recipients of the Arjuna Award Living people Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games medalists in tennis Indian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India 1972 births South Asian Games medalists in tennis {{India-tennis-bio-stub