Badminton World Federation (BWF) ,the international governing body for the sport of badminton has organized Brazil Para badminton International 2020 in Sao Paulo,Brazil from 10 – 15 February 2020.
The tournament consists of Men’s Singles, Doubles , Women’s Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles play. India ended its campaign with 11 medals (4 Gold, 5 Silver,2 Bronze).
While,China emerged the most successful team with 8 gold medals.Highlights:
i.Indian para-badminton player Pramod Bhagat from Odisha claimed 2 gold medals for India at the Championship in men’s singles SL3 and men’s doubles SL3-SL4 categories along with Manoj Sarkar.
List of Indian Winners:
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S.No | Category | Player Name | Medal |
1 | Men’s singles SL3 | Pramod Bhagat | Gold |
2 | Men’s doubles SL3-SL4 | Pramod Bhagat & Manoj Sarkar | Gold |
3 | Men’s singles SL4 | Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj | Gold |
4 | Mixed Double SH6 | Nagar Krishna (India) Carmen Giuliana Poveda Flores (Canada) | Gold |
5 | Women’s singles SL3 player | Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar | Silver |
6 | Men’s Singles SL3 | Manoj Sarkar | Silver |
7 | Men’s doubles SU5 | Raj Kumar & Rakesh Pandey | Silver |
8 | Men’s Singles SH6 | Nagar Krishna | Silver |
9 | Mixed Double WH1 – WH2 | Prem Kumar (India) Ale Tatiana Gureeva (Russia) | Silver |
10 | Mixed Double SL 3 – SU 5 | Raj Kumar &Â Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar | Bronze |
11 | Men’s singles SL4 | Sukant Kadam | Bronze |
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About Badminton world federation (BWF):
Headquarters– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Founded– 5 July 1934
Membership– 194 member
President– Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen