Sukant Indukant Kadam (born 9 May 1993) is an Indian professional

para-badminton Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Fed ...

player. Having made his international debut in 2014, he became world number 2 in the SL4 category on 12 June 2017. He won his first title at the Uganda Para-Badminton International in 2017. He currently lives in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

, Maharashtra.

Early life and training

Kadam was born and brought up in Kautholi which is a small town of Sangli, Maharashtra. He came to Pune for his study at Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd in mechanical engineering and passed out in 2015 with first class. Afterwards, he joined Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy and trained under Nikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole since July 2015.

Start of para-badminton

During Kadam's first year of mechanical engineering in January 2011 in Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd where he was rejected from the class team because of his slow movement. After a year of practice and hard work, he got a chance to play on his college team. In 2012, para-athlete

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won silver in high jump (F42) at the

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. This is how Kadam got to know about

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and

Para-badminton Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Fed ...

. He made his debut at the England Para Badminton International 2014.

Awards

Career

* Bronze medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2019 * Gold medal at the IWAS World Games 2019 * Bronze medal at the

Asian Para Games The Asian Para Games also known as Para Asiad is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. Both events had adopted the strategy ...

2018 * Bronze medal in MD SL3-SL4 at the Para-Badminton Asian Championships 2016

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's singles''

IWAS World Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

Asian Championship

''Men's doubles''

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''

International Tournaments (7 titles, 14 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Doubles''

Medals

International medals

:''* Statistics were last updated on 24 March 2020.''

Personal life

Sukant Kadam was employed with Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy from July 2015 as an assistant coach, until August 2018. Following his bronze-medal win at the Asian Para Badminton Championship 2016, he was also appointed as a Taluka Sports Officer (Group-II) by the Government of Maharashtra on 10 January 2019.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadam, Sukant 1993 births Living people Paralympic athletes for India Indian disabled sportspeople Indian male badminton players Racket sportspeople from Pune Marathi sportspeople Disabled Indian male para-badminton players Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games