Prakash Vijayanath
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Prakash Vijayanath (born 7 November 1994) is a South African
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player.


Career

Vijayanath was born in
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but moved to
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when he was four, and started playing badminton at age six in
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. In 2013, he was selected among the 14 best African players to be a member of the Road to Rio Project organised by the BWF and
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, to provide financial and technical support to African players and the lead-up to the
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in
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. He received a Sport Scholarship, supported by Trinity's Global Relations Office studying Computer Science and Business in
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. Alongside his studies, he trained at the Badminton Ireland Academy with the Irish high performance squad based at Marino under the guidance of coach Daniel Magee. In August 2013, he won the mixed team gold medal and the men's singles silver medal at the
African Badminton Championships The African Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) to crown the best badminton players in Africa. For the Team event there is the African Badminton Cup of Nations. This is not to be confused ...
. In December 2013, he was the semi-finalist at the South Africa International tournament. In 2014, he was selected to represent South Africa badminton at the
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in
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, Scotland. He became the runner-up of South Africa International in mixed doubles event with his partner Stacey Doubell and the semi-finalist of Zambia International tournament in men's singles event. In 2015, he was nominated for the Badminton World Federation ( BWF) Athletes' Commission, to be a bridge between Africa and the global badminton community. ''"For the success of the BWF Athletes' Commission it is essential to have global representation. African badminton has come a long way and to keep this momentum going it is important to have the support from the global community"'' he said. In February, he became the semi-finalist of
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, and in August–September, he won silver medals in men's singles and mixed team events at the African Games. In 2018, he made his second appearance at the Commonwealth Games in
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.


Achievements


All-Africa Games

''Men's singles''


African Championships

''Men's singles''


BWF International Challenge/Series

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed Doubles'' :
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tournament :
BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament :
BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vijayanath, Prakash 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Madurai Indian emigrants to South Africa South African male badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Competitors at the 2015 African Games African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in badminton