Manoj Sarkar was only the second India to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games via a bipartisan quota in the men’s SL3 category. Sarkar lost strength in one of his limbs when he was only one year old due to poor medication. He improved his badminton skills by training against a wall, a unique technique he learned after watching it on a TV show. Manoj comes from a humble background and was forced to fund his first international tours due to a lack of sponsors.
He made headlines after winning the 2016 Asian Para-badminton Championship in Beijing. He also won three gold medals at the World Championships – in men’s doubles SL3 in 2013, in men’s doubles SL3-SL4 in 2015 and in men’s doubles SL3-SL4 in 2019.
Age – 32
Sport/Discipline – Badminton (category SL3 men)
Work classification – 3
First Paralympic Games – 2020 Tokyo
Major achievements
World’s Championships
Gold medal –2013 Dortmund (Men’s Double SL3)
Gold Medal –2015 Stoke Mandeville (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4)
Gold Medal – Basel 2019 (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4)
Silver medal – 2017 Ulsan (men’s singles SL3)
Bronze medal –2013 Dortmund Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Bronze Medal –2015 Stoke Mandeville (Men’s Singles SL3)
Bronze Medal – Basel 2019 (Men’s Singles SL3)
Para Asian Games
Silver Medal – Incheon 2014 Games (SL3 Men’s Singles)
Bronze Medal – Jakarta 2018 Games (Men’s Singles SL3)
Bronze Medal – Jakarta 2018 Games (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4)
Asian Para-Badminton Championships
Gold medal – 2016 Beijing (men’s singles SL3)
Bronze medal – 2016 Beijing (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4)
Tokyo Paralympic Qualifiers
Manoj Sarkar qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games via a bipartisan quota.
Recent performances
Manoj Sarkar lost his first Group A match to compatriot Pramod Bhagat on Wednesday. However, he beat Oleksandr Chyrkov of Ukraine in his second Group A match to advance to the semi-finals where he faced Daniel Bethell of Great Britain, losing the match.
Rio 2016 Paralympic performances
Badminton was not part of the Paralympic Games in Rio.
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