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Tarun Dhillon

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Tarun Dhillon
Personal information
Country India
Born (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30)
Hissar, Haryana, India
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Men's singles SL4
Men's doubles SL3–SL4
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking1 (MS 4 July 2022)
1 (MD with Kumar Nitesh 2 March 2023)
15 (XD with Jyothi Verma 30 May 2022)
Current ranking6 (MS)
4 (MD with Kumar Nitesh) (3 September 2024)
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's para-badminton
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dortmund Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stoke Mandeville Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Stoke Mandevile Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ulsan Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Bangalore Men's doubles

Tarun Dhillon (born 18 August 1994) is an Indian para-badminton player from Haryana. He competes in the SL4 category.[1] He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, his second Olympics.[2]

Dhillon has been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SL4.[3] He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympicsin Tokyo and finished fourth in the SL4 singles category.[4]

He won a gold medal in the men’s doubles SL3-SL4 event along with Kumar Nitesh at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Earlier, he won two more Asian Games medals. He had won a silver medal in 2014 and gold medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games.[5]

Early life

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Dhillon was born in Hissar, Haryana. When he was 8 years old, he met with an accident while playing football and his right knee was badly injured and two surgeries did not help. He took to badminton and won his first para badminton event at 11. He trains at Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana.[6]

Awards

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Dhillon received the Arjuna Award in 2022.[5]

Achievements

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World Championships

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Men's singles SL4

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany Chinese Taipei Lin Cheng-che 21–15, 21–10 Gold Gold
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England France Lucas Mazur 18–21, 21–10, 21–15 Gold Gold
2017 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea France Lucas Mazur 18–21, 10–21 Silver Silver
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland France Lucas Mazur 14–13r Silver Silver

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Stoke Mandeville, England
India Pramod Bhagat India Anand Kumar Boregowda
India Manoj Sarkar
21–7, 14–21, 6–21 Silver Silver
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
India Kumar Nitesh India Pramod Bhagat
India Manoj Sarkar
21–14, 15–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

Asian Para Games

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Men's singles SL4

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Indonesia Fredy Setiawan 20–22, 18–21 Silver Silver
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Fredy Setiawan 10–21, 21–13, 21–19 Gold Gold

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China India Kumar Nitesh Indonesia Dwiyoko
Indonesia Fredy Setiawan
9–21, 21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

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Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Raheja Stadium,
Bangalore, India
Bronze Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

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The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[7][8]

Men's singles SL4

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 1 France Lucas Mazur 7–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 India Sukant Kadam 21–17, 20–22, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 South Korea Shin Kyung-hwan 21–9, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Indonesia Fredy Setiawan 11–21, 21–9, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 India Sukant Kadam 12–21, 21–8, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Brazil Para-Badminton International Level 2 France Lucas Mazur 7–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 France Lucas Mazur 9–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 India Sukant Kadam 21–13, 16–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Indonesia Fredy Setiawan 21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 India Kumar Nitesh India Mohammad Arwaz Ansari
India Deep Ranjan Bisoyee
21–13, 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 India Kumar Nitesh Thailand Mongkhon Bunsun
Thailand Siripong Teamarrom
21–13, 21–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 India Kumar Nitesh India Pramod Bhagat
India Sukant Kadam
20–22, 21–12, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 India Kumar Nitesh India Pramod Bhagat
India Sukant Kadam
21–18, 14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 India Kumar Nitesh India Pramod Bhagat
India Sukant Kadam
24–22, 9–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 India Kumar Nitesh India Nilesh Gaikwad
India Nehal Gupta
21–12, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
France Guillaume Gailly
Canada William Roussy
21–13, 21–12
India Deep Ranjan Bisoyee
India Manoj Sarkar
21–9, 17–21, 21–16
India Pramod Bhagat
India Sukant Kadam
11–21, 21–16, 21–16

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

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Men's singles SL4

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Dubai Para Badminton International France Lucas Mazur 13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para Badminton International India Sukant Kadam 21–12, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Canada Para Badminton International France Lucas Mazur 21–18, 19–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Turkish Para Badminton International India Kumar Nitesh Indonesia Dwiyoko
Indonesia Fredy Setiawan
14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Irish Para Badminton International India Kumar Nitesh India Pramod Bhagat
India Manoj Sarkar
21–13, 18–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
  2. ^ "Shuttlers Sukant Kadam, Tarun, Suhas qualify for Paris Paralympics". The Times of India. 19 May 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  3. ^ "BWF Para-Badminton – BWF World Rankings for Para-Badminton – Overview". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
  4. ^ "Men's singles SL4 – Seeds" (PDF). Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/hisars-shuttler-tarun-dhillon-bags-gold-in-asian-para-games-557242 [bare URL]
  6. ^ https://www.indusind.com/in/en/for-sports/Programs/para-champions/tarun-dhillon.html [bare URL]
  7. ^ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
  8. ^ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.