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Badminton player
Tara Deodhar
Tara and Sunder Deodhar
Personal information
Country India
Born1924 (1924)
Pune, Maharashtra, India

Tara Deodhar (born 1924, date of death unknown) was an Indian badminton and tennis player. She was the daughter of cricketer D. B. Deodhar.

Life and career

Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister Sunder Deodhar. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman, Sunder, and Tara dominated the Indian National Badminton Champion competition. Besides becoming the singles national champion for three consecutive years (1942-1944), Tara was the women's doubles champion in 1942 and 1943 with her sister Sunder.

While studying at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, she was seeded fifth among foreign tennis players in the U.S. Tennis Championship.

Tara Deodhar is deceased.

References

  1. Badminton Association of India. "List of Indian National Championship Winners". Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  2. Sports Team (13 March 2011). "The Other Trailblazers". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. Schoenfeld, Clay (March 1946). "There's an international set on campus". Wisconsin Alumnus. 46 (6): 5–6. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. "Seedings in U.S. Tennis". The Straits Times. Singapore. 31 August 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. "Past Masters of Indian Badminton: The Deodhar sisters – Tara, Sunder, Suman dominated sport and left lasting legacy". Firstpost. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2024.


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