Dinesh Kumar Khanna is a former badminton player from India.

Career

He was the Men's singles Asian Champion in 1965 and became the first and till date the only Indian to win an Asian badminton title on 14 November 1965. He won a

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in the

1966 Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ...

. He was Indian national badminton champion in 1966 and a recipient of

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 1965. He was the first Indian , post independence to reach the semi- finals of the All England Badminton -championship in 1966. Based on his performance in various International tournaments in 1966, he was seeded joint 3rd in 1967 All England championship , which reflected unofficial World ranking , in the absence of regular formal World ranking at that time. Represented

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from 1961 to 1976 in various International tournaments including 5 Thomas Cup series from 1963 to 1976. Runners- up in youth International tournament held in Malaya ( now

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)in 1962.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's singles''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khanna, Dinesh Indian male badminton players 1943 births Living people Indian national badminton champions Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Racket sportspeople from Punjab, India Sportspeople from Gurdaspur district Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian people