Parupalli Kashyap
badminton player from India
Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian former badminton player who has represented India at the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and other major international tournaments. He is best known for reaching the quarterfinals at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian male shuttler to achieve this feat. A former World No. 6, he is now a coach at the Gopichand Badminton Academy. Kashyap announced his retirement from professional badminton in 2024.
Early life
Born to Uday Shankar and Subhadra of Guntur, as an 11-year-old, Kashyap Parupalli first enrolled with a training camp conducted by S. M. Arif in Hyderabad, India. Because his father had a transferable job, their family kept moving frequently. While in Bangalore, he joined the Padukone Academy. In 2004, they moved back to Hyderabad. Soon after, Kashyap was diagnosed with asthma after a few medical tests.
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