U. Vimal Kumar is an Indian
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 p ...
player . He won the
Indian National title consecutively for two years, 1988 and 1989. He also served as Chief National Coach of India. He is the Co Founder, Director and Chief Coach in Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. He was awarded the
Dronacharya Award
The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a ...
in 2019. He was the bronze medalist in
badminton at the 1986 Asian Games in the Men's team event.
Career
During his career he won
French Open in 1983 & 1984 and
Welsh International Open
The Welsh International Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1997, 12–18 May. It was held in Cardiff in Wales
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in 1988 & 1991. Vimal also represented India at the
Barcelona Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in 1992, and was ranked within the top 20 in the world. He was the National chief coach of the Indian badminton squad for several years. He quit the post in 2006 to concentrate on coaching youngsters at the
Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.
Now, he is currently coaching star player
Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...
in Bangalore.He also coaches
Parupalli Kashyap
Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012.
He created history by reaching the q ...
. Malayalam film actor
Kalidas Jayaram
Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films.
The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Malayalam film '' Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal'' (2000) ...
is his nephew.
Achievements
IBF International
References
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Indian male badminton players
Indian national badminton champions
Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of India
Malayali people
Racket sportspeople from Kerala
Living people
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Recipients of the Dronacharya Award
Commonwealth Games competitors for India
1962 births
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