Badminton player
| Prince Dahal प्रिंस दाहाल | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Nepal | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 20) Khalanga, Darchula, Nepal | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2017–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 214 (MS 17 October 2023) 281 (MD with Sunil Joshi, 17 October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Prince Dahal (born 19 June 2004) is a Nepalese badminton player.
Career
He won the 2018 Dubai International Junior series. He reached a career high of world number seventh of the world junior ranking in March 2020. In 2022, he was ranked number one junior player in the world. In the 2019 South Asia Under 21 Championships, he won a silver medal. Dahal qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and became the first ever Nepalese to do so.
References
- Oli, Prajwal (7 August 2019). "How a teenager from Darchula is making his name in national badminton". The Kathmandu Post.
- Pant, Shashwat (20 September 2019). "Prince Dahal: Nepal's young shuttler aims to fly Nepali flag in Olympics". Online Khabar.
- "Nepal's Prince soars to 11th position in world badminton ranking". Republica. 14 January 2020.
- "Dahal wins opener". The Himalayan Times. 28 February 2020.
- "वरियतामा प्रिन्सको अर्को फड्को". RatoPati (in Nepali). 14 January 2020.
- "Nepal's Prince climbs to seventh in BWF ranking". onlineradionepal.gov.np. 11 March 2020.
- "Nepal's Prince Dahal ranked number one junior badminton player in the world". Online Khabar. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- "Prince Dahal makes a history clinching top ranking in WJB". scriling.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022.
- "Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers finalised". Badminton World Federation. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
External links
- Prince Dahal at BWFBadminton.com
- Prince Dahal at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Prince Dahal at Olympics.com
- Prince Dahal at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Nepalese male badminton players
- Olympic badminton players for Nepal
- Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games competitors for Nepal
- Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
- South Asian Games bronze medalists for Nepal
- South Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games
- People from Darchula District