Akshay Dewalkar

Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player.[1] He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Akshay Dewalkar
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988
Mumbai, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking28 (MD 21 July 2016)
57 (XD 23 April 2015)
BWF profile

Personal life

Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.[2][3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jishnu Sanyal Thushara Edirisinghe
Duminda Jayakody
13–21, 21–16, 16–21 Bronze
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Pranav Chopra Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
18–21, 17–21 Silver

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix Jishnu Sanyal Fauzi Adnan
Tri Kusumawardana
25–27, 25–23, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Syed Modi International Pranav Chopra Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
21–14, 22–24, 8–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Nepal International V. Diju Mohammad Attique
Rizwan Azam
19–21, 21–10, 21–12 Winner
2008 Bahrain International Jishnu Sanyal Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi
Ali Shahhosseini
14–21, 21–18, 21–11 Winner
2010 Tata Open India International Arun Vishnu Joko Riyadi
Yoga Ukikasah
22–24, 16–21 Runner-up
2011 Swiss International Pranav Chopra Lukasz Moren
Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21–17, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2011 Tata Open India International Pranav Chopra K. T. Rupesh Kumar
Sanave Thomas
19–21, 21–17, 23–21 Winner
2015 Bangladesh International Pranav Chopra Tan Chee Tean
Tan Wee Gieen
21–16, 21–16 Winner
2015 Tata Open India International Pranav Chopra Wannawat Ampunsuwan
Tinn Isriyanate
14–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2016 Norwegian International Tarun Kona Oliver Leydon-Davis
Lasse Moelhede
18–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tata Open India International Pradnya Gadre Tarun Kona
Ashwini Ponnappa
21–17, 18–21, 21–18 Winner
2014 Sri Lanka International Pradnya Gadre Vountus Indra Mawan
Prajakta Sawant
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2014 Tata Open India International Pradnya Gadre Manu Attri
N. Sikki Reddy
19–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up
2015 Polish Open Pradnya Gadre Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
26–28, 18–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Akshay Dewalkar". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. Ratnakar, Manne (22 January 2017). "Cupid strikes yet again at Gopi's academy". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "Gopi gets the champions; shuttlers love for a lifetime". www.insidesport.co. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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