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Dinesh Khanna
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1943-01-04) 4 January 1943 (age 81) Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston Men's singles Asian Games 1974 Tehran Men's Team Asian Championships 1965 Lucknow Men's singles 1969 Manila Men's singles 1965 Lucknow Men's team

Dinesh Kumar Khanna is an Indian former badminton player.

Career

Khanna was the men's singles Asian champion in 1965, and became the first Indian to win an Asian badminton title on 14 November 1965. He won a bronze medal in the 1966 Commonwealth Games . He was Indian national badminton champion in 1966 and a recipient of Arjuna award in 1965. He was the first Indian, post-independence, to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships, in 1966. Based on his performance in various international tournaments in 1966, he was seeded joint 3rd in 1967 All England championship, which reflected unofficial world ranking, in the absence of regular formal world ranking at that time. Represented India from 1961 to 1976 in various international tournaments, including 5 Thomas Cup series from 1963 to 1976. Runners-up in youth international tournament held in Malaya (now Malaysia )in 1962.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1965	Lucknow, India	Sangob Rattanusorn	15–3, 15–11	Gold
1969	Manila, Philippines	Punch Gunalan	7–15, 13–18	Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1966	Kingston, Jamaica	Bob McCoig	15–8, 15–7	Bronze

References

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10. Dutt, Tushar (29 May 2016). "Age fraud in badminton is unfortunate: Dinesh Khanna". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

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Academy	Gopichand Badminton Academy Iswarati Center for Badminton Learning (ICBL) Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
Venues	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium Siri Fort Sports Complex
Team	India national badminton team
Notable players	Men's Dinesh Khanna Prakash Padukone Pullela Gopichand Parupalli Kashyap Prannoy H. S. Srikanth Kidambi Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Lakshya Sen Women's Aparna Popat Saina Nehwal Jwala Gutta P. V. V. Lakshmi Ashwini Ponnappa P. V. Sindhu
Tournaments	National Indian National Badminton Championships International India Open Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Hyderabad Open Odisha Masters Guwahati Masters India International Challenge League Premier Badminton League
List	List of Indian National Badminton champions
See also	Ball badminton
Former players

• Indian male badminton players
• 1943 births
• Living people
• Indian national badminton champions
• Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
• Recipients of the Arjuna Award
• Asian Games medalists in badminton
• Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games
• Asian Games bronze medalists for India
• Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
• Racket sportspeople from Punjab, India
• Sportspeople from Gurdaspur district
• Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
• 20th-century Indian people
• 21st-century Indian people
• Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games