Sukant Kadam

Sukant Kadam
Kadam at the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships
Personal information
Country India
Born (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993
Kautholi, Maharashtra, India
ResidencePune, Maharashtra
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Years active2014–present
HandednessRight
CoachNikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole
Men's singles SL4
Men's doubles SL3–SL4
Highest ranking2 (MS 13 June 2023)
1 (MD with Pramod Bhagat 18 July 2023)
Current ranking4 (MS)
6 (MD with Pramod Bhagat) (3 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's para-badminton
Representing  India
World Championships
2019 Basel Men's singles
2022 Tokyo Men's singles
2024 Pattaya Men's singles
2024 Pattaya Men's doubles
World Abilitysport Games
2019 Sharjah Men's singles
Asian Para Games
2018 Jakarta Men's team
2022 Hangzhou Men's singles
2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Asian Championships
2016 Beijing Men's doubles
BWF profile

Sukant Kadam (born 9 May 1993) is an Indian professional para-badminton player from Maharashtra. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris.[1] He completes in men's singles SL4 category.

Early life and education

Kadam was born in Kautholi, Sangli, Maharashtra.[2] He shifted to Pune and completed his mechanical engineering at Government College Of Engineering and Research, Avasari Khurd in 2015 with first class.[3][4] Later, he joined Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy and trained under coaches Nikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole.

Personal life

Kadam was employed with Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy as an assistant coach from July 2015 to August 2018. After winning a bronze medal win at the Asian Para Badminton Championship 2016, he was appointed as a Taluka Sports Officer (Group-II) by the Government of Maharashtra on 10 January 2019.[5] During his first year of mechanical engineering in January 2011, he failed to get selected for class team but after a year of practice, he made it to the college team.[6]

Career

Kadam made his international debut in 2014 at the England Para Badminton International and became world number 2 in the SL4 category on 12 June 2017.[7] He won a bronze medal in MD SL3, SL4 at the Para Badminton Asian Championships in 2016.[8][9] Later, he won his first title at the Uganda Para-Badminton International in 2017.[10] He won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games in 2018. He won a bronze medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships in 2019, 2022 and 2024.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles SL4

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Lucas Mazur 11–21, 13–21 Bronze
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Fredy Setiawan 20–22, 15–21 Bronze
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Fredy Setiawan 13–21, 19–21 Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand 		Pramod Bhagat Mongkhon Bunsun
Siripong Teamarrom 		16–21, 16–21 Bronze

World Abilitysport Games

Men's singles SL4

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Chok-Uthaikul Watcharaphon 15–21, 21–12, 21–16 Gold

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019[a] American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Pramod Bhagat Pricha Somsiri
Chok-Uthaikul Watcharaphon 		14–21, 13–21 Silver
Mongkhon Bunsun
Ramel Syawesh 		21–13, 21–5
Sharad Chandra Joshi
Thaweesap Nattaphon 		21–13, 21–4
Sultan Al Halyan
Saleh Mohammed Ali 		Walkover

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SL4

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Mohd Amin Burhanuddin 21–23, 9–21 Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium,
Hangzhou, China 		Pramod Bhagat Dwiyoko
Fredy Setiawan 		22–20, 21–23, 12–21 Bronze

Asian Championship

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities,
Beijing, China 		Pramod Bhagat Muhammad Huzairi Abdul Malek
Bakri Omar 		21–18, 11–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (7 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.[11][12]

Men's singles SL4

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Marcel Adam 21–13, 21–18 Winner
2022 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Tarun Dhillon 17–21, 22–20, 18–21 Runner-up
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Lucas Mazur 2–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2022 Peru Para Badminton International Level 2 Ang Chee Hiong 21–14, 21–15 Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Tarun Dhillon 21–12, 8–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj 14–21, 21–17, 11–21 Runner-up
2023 Western Australia Para Badminton International Level 2 Fredy Setiawan 12–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2024 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Tarun Dhillon 13–21, 21–16, 16–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Kumar Nitesh Pramod Bhagat
Manoj Sarkar 		19–21, 21–11, 11–21 Runner-up
2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Pramod Bhagat Dwiyoko
Fredy Setiawan 		18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Pramod Bhagat Kumar Nitesh
Tarun Dhillon 		22–20, 12–21, 21–9 Winner
2023 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Pramod Bhagat Joo Dong-jae
Shin Kyung-hwan 		22–20, 21–19 Winner
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Pramod Bhagat Kumar Nitesh
Tarun Dhillon 		18–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Pramod Bhagat Kumar Nitesh
Tarun Dhillon 		22–24, 21–9, 21–14 Winner
2023 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Pramod Bhagat Deep Ranjan Bisoyee
Manoj Sarkar 		21–17, 21–17 Winner

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (7 titles, 14 runners-up)

Men's singles SL4

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Uganda Para Badminton International Anand Kumar Boregowda 17–21, 21–11, 21–17 Winner
2017 Turkish Para Badminton International Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj 16–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2018 Spanish Para Badminton International Shin Kyung-hwan 21–16, 21–16 Winner
2018 Dubai Para Badminton International Lucas Mazur 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2018 Uganda Para Badminton International Guillaume Gailly 21–5, 21–18 Winner
2018 Irish Para Badminton International Fredy Setiawan 21–11, 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2018 Brazil Para Badminton International Anand Kumar Boregowda 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2018 Japan Para Badminton International Lucas Mazur 10–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2018 Denmark Para Badminton International Rickard Nilsson 21–10, 21–15 Winner
2018 Australia Para Badminton International Fredy Setiawan 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para Badminton International Tarun Dhillon 12–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2020 Peru Para Badminton International Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2021 Dubai Para Badminton International Lucas Mazur 15–21, 6–21 Runner-up
2021 Uganda Para Badminton International Nilesh Gaikwad 21–16, 17–21, 21–10 Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Uganda Para Badminton International Umesh Vikram Kumar Bello Rafiu Oyebanji
Chukwuebuka Sunday Eze 		21–10, 21–12 Winner
2018 Irish Para Badminton International Suryo Nugroho Dheva Anrimusthi
Hafizh Briliansyah Prawiranegara 		9–21, 13–21 Winner
2018 Brazil Para Badminton International Daisuke Fujihara Guillaume Gailly
Mathieu Thomas 		23–25, 21–16, 14–21 Runner-up
2018 Australia Para Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Dwiyoko
Fredy Setiawan 		23–25, 24–22, 20–22 Runner-up
2021 Dubai Para Badminton International Kumar Nitesh Pramod Bhagat
Manoj Sarkar 		18–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Uganda Para Badminton International Umesh Vikram Kumar Anand Kumar Boregowda
Manoj Sarkar 		14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 Turkish Para Badminton International Mathieu Thomas Simón Cruz Mondejar
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj 		15–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up

Medals

International medals

Year Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Total
2016 2 2
2017 1 3 4 8
2018 5 7 6 18
2019 1 2 9 12
2020 1 1 2
2021 1 2 1 4
2022 3 3 2 8
2023 5 3 7 15
2024 1 3 4
Total 16 22 35 73
* Statistics were last updated on 25 August 2024.[13]

Awards

  • He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award for 2017-2018 by the state government of Maharashtra.[14][15]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

  1. ^ "Shuttlers Sukant Kadam, Tarun, Suhas qualify for Paris Paralympics". The Times of India. 19 May 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Sukant Kadam is World No 2". www.sakaltimes.com. 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Government College Of Engineering And Research Centre Avasari, Pune". www.gcoeara.ac.in.
  4. ^ "GoBadminton | Badminton News, Schedules, Scores, Off-court Stories, Updates". www.gobadminton.in.
  5. ^ "शासन निर्णय क्रमांकः खेआक्ष 1517/प्र.क्र.151/क्रीयुसे-2" [Government Decision No: Khexa 1517 / Q151 / Kree yu Se -2] (PDF). Government of Maharashtra (in Marathi). 4 January 2019.
  6. ^ Mullick, Sounak (15 June 2018). "Sukant Kadam's incredible story – from a college team reject to becoming World No.2". The Bridge. Bengaluru.
  7. ^ Staff (17 July 2017). "Sukant Kadam becomes World No 2". Hindustan Times. Pune.
  8. ^ "BWF Para-Badminton - Asian Para-Badminton Championships 2016 - Winners". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
  9. ^ "GoBadminton | Badminton News, Schedules, Scores, Off-court Stories, Updates". www.gobadminton.in.
  10. ^ "BWF Para-Badminton – Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 – Players – Sukant Kadam". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
  12. ^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.
  13. ^ "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
  14. ^ News, Maharashtra (13 February 2019). "State government's 2017-18 Shiv Chhatrapati sports awards announced". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201902131526588721.pdf
  16. ^ "Paralympics Badminton | OGQ". www.olympicgoldquest.in.
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