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Srikanth Kidambi Wiki, Biography, Age, Ranking, Images

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April 16, 2018

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Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player, who has got trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad, with that, he is supported by GoSports Foundation. Then in the year, he has become a highest ranked men’s badminton player in the world. Srikanth Kidambi also sponsored by Yonex. In the year 2018, he was awarded Padma Shri, which is India’s fourth highest civilian award. Check out below for Srikanth Kidambi Wiki, Biography, Age, Ranking, Images.

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Srikanth Kidambi Early Life and Career

Srikanth Kidambi was born on 7 February 1993 in Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India. Srikanth Kidambi family his father KVS Krishna who is a landlord and his mother Radha. His schooling and graduation details will be updated soon. He has a brother named K. Nandagopal who is also a badminton player as well. He started his career in the year 2011 from the Commonwealth Youth Games in Isle of Man in this match he won the Silver in mixed doubles and also won bronze in doubles, with that he is also an emerging winner of singles and doubles category at the All India Junior International Badminton Championship which is held in Pune. In the year 2012, he overcomes the Junior World Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia and in the Maldives International Challenge, he claims the mens single titled. In 2013, he won Men’s single in Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold event and in the same year retains the champion and Olympian Parupalli Kashyap in the All India Senior National Championships in Delhi, which is his senior national title. Moreover, he is the part of Awadhe Warriors team and completed his Indian Badminton League, 2013.

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Later he appeared in various matches in the upcoming years and won in most of the matches. In the year 2015, Srikanth Kidambi has become as a first Indian male to win gold at the 2015 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold just by defeating Viktor Axelsen and in the same year, he won India Open Super Series title by defeating Viktor Axelsen in the finals. Then in the year 2018, he started his tour at the 2018 India Open as the second-seeded. In the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, he won the gold in the mixed team event, with that he won the silver in the singles event.

Srikanth Kidambi Biography

Name	Srikanth Kidambi
Real Name	Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi
Nickname	Srikanth
Profession	Indian badminton player
Date of Birth	7 February 1993
Age	25
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Father Name	KVS Krishna
Mother Name	Radha
Height	1.78 m
Weight	66 Kg
Religion	Hindu
Educational Qualification	Yet to be Updated
School	Yet to be Updated
College	Yet to be Updated
Hobbies	Reading Books and Listening Music
Hometown	Ravulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Married	No
Wife Name	Yet to be Updated
Current City	Gunter, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Srikanth Kidambi Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 14–21, 14–21	Silver

South Asian Games

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Guwahati, India	H.S. Prannoy	11–21, 21–14, 21–6	Gold

BWF Superseries

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	French Open	Kenta Nishimoto	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2017	Denmark Open	Lee Hyun-il	21–10, 21–5	Winner
2017	Australian Open	Chen Long	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2017	Indonesia Open	Kazumasa Sakai	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2017	Singapore Open	B. Sai Praneeth	21–17, 17–21, 12–21	Runner
2015	India Open	Viktor Axelsen	18–21, 21–13, 21–12	Winner
2014	China Open	Lin Dan	21–19, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Syed Modi International	Huang Yuxiang	21–13, 14–21, 21–14	Winner
2015	Indonesian Masters	Tommy Sugiarto	21–17, 13–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2015	Swiss Open	Viktor Axelsen	21–15, 12–21, 21–14	Winner
2015	Syed Modi International	Kashyap Parupalli	21–23, 21–23	Runner-up
2014	Syed Modi International	Xue Song	21–16, 19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Thailand Open	Boonsak Ponsana	21–16, 21–12	Winner