Manoj Sarkar

Manoj Sarkar
Manoj Sarkar
	Sarkar in 2018
Personal information
Country	India
Born	12 January 1990; Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India
Coach	Gaurav Khanna
Men's singles SL3; Men's doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	3 (MS 1 January 2019); 1 (MD with Pramod Bhagat 3 October 2019)
Current ranking	4 (MS); 2 (MD with Pramod Bhagat) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing India
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Asian Para Games
Asian Championships
	BWF profile

Manoj Sarkar (born 12 January 1990) is an Indian para-badminton player who lives in Rudrapur City, which is a small city in Uttarakhand, India. He has won 50 international medals in which he have 19 gold medals, 13 silver medals & 18 bronze medals. He is the only Arjun Awardee and Para Olympian Bronze medalist from Uttarakhand. He is awarded by President of India in 2018 by Arjun award. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.

Early life and background

Manoj's condition arose out of wrongful medical treatment at the age of one. He hails from a modest background and has two siblings. He suffers from a PPRP Lower Limb condition.

Career

Manoj has won numerous accolades in the International circuit including a Men's Singles Silver at the Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017, A Gold at the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017,^[1] a silver at the Irish Para-Badminton International 2016^[2] and a Gold in the men's doubles event at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015.^[3] He also won a gold medal at the Turkish Para-badminton International Championship in May 2018.^[4]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles SL3

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Daisuke Fujihara	22–20, 21–13	Bronze

World Championships

Men's singles SL3

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Phạm Đức Trung	16–21, 11–21	Bronze
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Ukun Rukaendi	21–15, 19–21, 16–21	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Pramod Bhagat	18–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Kumar Nitesh	10–21, 13–21	Bronze
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Pramod Bhagat	21–23, 22–20, 18–21	Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Pramod Bhagat	Taku Hiroi Toshiaki Suenaga	21–15, 10–21, 21–18	Gold
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Anand Kumar Boregowda	Pramod Bhagat Tarun Dhillon	7–21, 21–14, 21–6	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	14–21, 21–15, 21–16	Gold
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Pramod Bhagat	Hikmat Ramdani Ukun Rukaendi	21–14, 18–21, 13–21	Silver

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar	Peter Schnitzler Katrin Seibert	12–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SL3

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Ukun Rukaendi	14–21, 15–21	Silver
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ukun Rukaendi	18–21, 20–22	Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Pramod Bhagat	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	13–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles SL3

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Chen Xiaoyu	21–17, 21–14	Gold

Men's doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Anand Kumar Boregowda	Ukun Rukaendi Hary Susanto	9–21, 8–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (3 titles, 8 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.^[5]^[6]

Men's singles SL3

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Western Australia Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2024	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2024	Bahrain Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Umesh Vikram Kumar	23–21, 21–9	Winner

Men's doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Sukant Kadam Kumar Nitesh	21–19, 11–21, 21–11	Winner
2023	Canada Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam	21–14, 19–21, 21–19	Runner-up
				Nilesh Gaikwad Nehal Gupta	21–11, 21–13
				Guillaume Gailly William Roussy	21–9, 21–6
				Tarun Dhillon Kumar Nitesh	9–21, 21–17, 16–21
2023	4 Nations Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Western Australia Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	Nehal Gupta Naveen Sivakumar	21–13, 21–7	Winner
2023	Japan Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	Nehal Gupta Naveen Sivakumar	19–21, 21–18, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Dubai Para-Badminton International	Level 1	Cho Na-dan	Joo Dong-jae Shin Kyung-hwan	21–19, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2024	Spanish Para-Badminton International II	Level 2	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	Joo Dong-jae Shin Kyung-hwan	21–10, 18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2024	Spanish Para-Badminton International I	Level 1	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	Nehal Gupta Naveen Sivakumar	20–22, 24–22, 19–21	Runner-up

International tournaments (2011–2021) (12 titles, 10 runners-up)

Men's singles SL3

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Indonesia Para-Badminton International	Ukun Rukaendi	9–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Daniel Bethell	21–11, 8–21, 25–23	Winner
2016	Irish Para-Badminton International	Daniel Bethell	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	22–20, 14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Dubai Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	6–3 retired	Winner
2018	Turkish Para-Badminton International	Daisuke Fujihara	21–17, 17–21, 21–17	Winner
2018	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	11–9 retired	Winner
2019	Denmark Para-Badminton International	Daisuke Fujihara	25–23, 14–21, 21–9	Winner
2020	Brazil Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	20–22, 21–23	Runner-up
2021	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	21–19, 21–16	Winner

Men's doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Daisuke Fujihara Fredy Setiawan	20–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2019	Canada Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	19–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	Irish Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	13–21, 21–18, 23–21	Winner
2019	Thailand Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Mongkhon Bunsun Siripong Teamarrom	16–21, 21–8, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	China Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Umesh Vikram Kumar Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	18–21, 21–16, 21–15	Winner
2020	Brazil Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Chen Xiaoyu Gao Yuyang	21–11, 21–7	Winner
2020	Peru Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas	21–19, 21–9	Winner
2021	Dubai Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Sukant Kadam Kumar Nitesh	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2021	Uganda Para-Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Mohammad Arwaz Ansari Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	21–10, 20–22, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Spanish Para-Badminton International	Parul Parmar	Jan-Niklas Pott Katrin Seibert	13–21, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up

Awards

Arjuna Award 25 September 2018^[7]^[8]

References

^ "BWF - Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "BWF - Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "BWF - BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ Scroll Staff (13 May 2018). "World No 1 Manoj Sarkar wins gold at Turkish Para-badminton International Championship". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.
^ "National Sports Awards 2018: full list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards, Dronacharya Awards". The Hindu. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ Team Sportstar (25 September 2018). "National sports awards 2018: Full list of winners - Sportstar". Sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

External links

Manoj Sarkar at BWFBadminton.com
Manoj Sarkar at BWFPara.TournamentSoftware.com (archived, alternate link)
Manoj Sarkar at the International Paralympic Committee
Manoj Sarkar at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)

[1] "BWF - Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.

[2] "BWF - Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.

[3] "BWF - BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.

[4] Scroll Staff (13 May 2018). "World No 1 Manoj Sarkar wins gold at Turkish Para-badminton International Championship". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[5] "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.

[6] "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

[7] "National Sports Awards 2018: full list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards, Dronacharya Awards". The Hindu. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[8] Team Sportstar (25 September 2018). "National sports awards 2018: Full list of winners - Sportstar". Sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

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Paralympic medalists for India
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Gold medalists	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo) : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris) : Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris) : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris) : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris) : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver medalists	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris) : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris) : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris) : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris) : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris) : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
Bronze medalists	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : (2020 Tokyo) : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris) : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris) : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris) : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris) : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris) : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris) : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris) : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris) : Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris) : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris) : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)