Great Indian Sportsmen - 4

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There are many Indian sportsmen who have made this country proud to have them play for it. Will continue for today with another great personality..

Prakash Padukone..

Padukone won the national senior championship in 1971 at age 16, thereby becoming the youngest player to have achieved the feat and set a record of nine national titles in a row. In 1978, he won the singles badminton gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and the following year he completely dominated the top European players of his era and won both the Danish Open and the Swedish Open. His greatest accomplishment came in 1980 when he became the first Indian to win the All England Championships, the world’s most prestigious annual badminton competition making him the first Indian to do so.