Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)

Krishna Nagar
Krishna Nagar
Personal information
Country	India
Born	12 January 1999; Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Height	135 cm (4 ft 5 in)
Weight	40 kg (88 lb)
Years active	2018–present
Handedness	Left
Coach	Abhimanyu Jadoun
Men's singles and doubles SH6
Highest ranking	2 (MS 29 August 2019); 2 (MD with Raja Magotra 24 September 2019); 4 (XD with Giuliana Póveda 24 February 2020)
Current ranking	4 (MS); 10 (MD with Raja Magotra); 8 (XD with Nithya Sre Sivan) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's para badminton
Representing India
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Asian Para Games
	BWF profile

Krishna Nagar (born 2 January 1999) is an Indian para badminton player from Rajasthan.^[2] He had been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SH6.^[3] He won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[4]^[5]

Career

In the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, Krishna Nagar won a bronze medal in the singles event.

In the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Basel, Switzerland Krishna Nagar won the silver medal in the men's doubles event alongside compatriot Raja Magotra. He also won a bronze in the singles event.

In the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, Krishna Nagar won the gold medal in men's singles SH6.^[6]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Men's singles SH6

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Chu Man Kai	21–17, 16–21, 21–17	Gold

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Jack Shephard	13–21, 13–21	Bronze
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Lin Naili	22–20, 22–20	Gold

Men's doubles SH6

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Raja Magotra	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	15–21, 21–17, 18–21	Silver

Mixed doubles SH6

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Nithya Sre Sivan	Nilton Quispe Giuliana Póveda	16–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SH6

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Didin Taresoh	16–21, 20–22	Bronze
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Chu Man Kai	10–21, 21–8, 11–21	Silver

Men's doubles SH6

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Sivarajan Solaimalai	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	8–21, 5–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (5 titles, 3 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.^[7]^[8]

Men's singles SH6

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Vitor Tavares	24–26, 21–17, 21–9	Winner
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Jack Shephard	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chu Man Kai	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Jack Shephard	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Krysten Coombs	21–8, 21–18	Winner
2024	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Chu Man Kai	14–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles SH6

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Sivarajan Solaimalai	Natthapong Meechai Bunthan Yaemmali	21–17, 18–21, 21–16	Winner
				Gerardo Castillo Xavier Lim	21–5, 21–10
				Nilton Quispe Jesús Salva	21–17, 21–17
				Lee Dae-sung Fabien Morat	21–16, 21–10

Mixed doubles SH6

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Nithya Sre Sivan	Jesús Salva Rubí Fernández	21–15, 21–14	Winner

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles SH6

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Chu Man Kai	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Raja Magotra	20–22, 21–13, 21–19	Winner
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Krysten Coombs	21–16, 19–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Para Badminton International	Chu Man Kai	21–17, 18–21, 21–17	Winner
2019	Denmark Para Badminton International	Jack Shephard	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Vitor Tavares	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Vitor Tavares	17–21, 21–14, 21–13	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Raja Magotra	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Raja Magotra	Lin Naili Luo Guangliang	22–20, 21–13	Winner
2019	Thailand Para Badminton International	Raja Magotra	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	12–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Maria Bartusz	Vitor Tavares Oliwia Szmigiel	21–19, 22–24, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Katherine Valli	Robert Laing Rebecca Bedford	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2019^[a]	Denmark Para Badminton International	Micaela Delgado	Wyatt Lightfoot Nina Kozlova	21–16, 19–21, 21–17	Runner-up
			Alexander Mekhdiev Oliwia Szmigiel	21–15, 21–16
			Robert Laing Rebecca Bedford	15–21, 8–21
			Charles Noakes Simone Meyer Larsen	18–21, 21–16, 21–16
2020^[b]	Brazil Para Badminton International	Giuliana Póveda	Chen Yi-ying Nina Kozlova	21–12, 21–14	Winner
			Dheyvid Bisto Karina Loyola	21–10, 21–11
			Jesús Salva Rubí Fernández	21–16, 21–17
			Marcio Dellafina Yasmin Oliveira	21–3, 21–8
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Giuliana Póveda	Jesús Salva Rubí Fernández	21–12, 21–15	Winner

Awards

2021 – Khel Ratna Award, highest sporting honour of India.^[9]

Notes

^ This tournament uses a round robin system.
^ This tournament uses a round robin system.

References

^ Tridib Baparnash (23 August 2019). "Para badminton coach Khanna hurt at Dronacharya snub | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ "BWF Para-Badminton – BWF World Rankings for Para-Badminton – Overview". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
^ Winning gold at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will be special: Krishna Nagar The Times of India.
^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins second badminton gold for India". ESPN. 5 September 2021.
^ "Badminton Men's Singles SH6 - Bracket Results". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "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 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna". News18. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

External links

Krishna Nagar at BWFBadminton.com
Krishna Nagar at BWFPara.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
Krishna Nagar at the International Paralympic Committee

[9] This tournament uses a round robin system.

[10] This tournament uses a round robin system.

[1] Tridib Baparnash (23 August 2019). "Para badminton coach Khanna hurt at Dronacharya snub | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[2] "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.

[3] "BWF Para-Badminton – BWF World Rankings for Para-Badminton – Overview". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.

[4] Winning gold at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will be special: Krishna Nagar The Times of India.

[5] "Tokyo Paralympics: Krishna Nagar wins second badminton gold for India". ESPN. 5 September 2021.

[6] "Badminton Men's Singles SH6 - Bracket Results". Olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

[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.

[11] "National Sports Awards 2021: Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain, Mithali Raj Among 9 Others to Get Khel Ratna". News18. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

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Recipients of Khel Ratna
1991–2000	Viswanathan Anand (1991–1992) Geet Sethi (1992–1993) Homi Motivala and Pushpendra Kumar Garg (1993–1994) Karnam Malleswari (1994–1995) Kunjarani Devi (1995–1996) Leander Paes (1996–1997) Sachin Tendulkar (1997–1998) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (1998–1999) Dhanraj Pillay (1999–2000) Pullela Gopichand (2000–2001)
2001–2010	Abhinav Bindra (2001) K. M. Beenamol and Anjali Bhagwat (2002) Anju Bobby George (2003) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004) Pankaj Advani (2005) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (2006) MS Dhoni (2007) No award (2008) Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, and Sushil Kumar (2009) Saina Nehwal (2010)
2011–2020	Gagan Narang (2011) Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt (2012) Ronjan Sodhi (2013) No award (2014) Sania Mirza (2015) P. V. Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai, and Sakshi Malik (2016) Devendra Jhajharia and Sardara Singh (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Virat Kohli (2018) Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia (2019) Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Manika Batra, Vinesh Phogat, and Rani Rampal (2020)
2021–2030	Avani Lekhara, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, , Manish Narwal, Mithali Raj, Sunil Chhetri and Manpreet Singh (2021) Sharath Kamal (2022) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2023) Gukesh Dommaraju, Manu Bhaker, Harmanpreet Singh, and Praveen Kumar (2024)

Paralympic medalists for India
1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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) : (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) : Manoj Sarkar (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)