Manoj Sarkar (born 12 January 1990) is an Indian para-badminton player who lives in Rudrapur City, which is a small city in Uttarakhand, India. He has won 50 international medals in which he have 19 gold medals, 13 silver medals & 18 bronze medals. He is the only Arjun Awardee and Para Olympian Bronze medalist from Uttarakhand. He is awarded by President of India in 2018 by Arjun award. He is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.

Early life and background

Manoj's condition arose out of wrongful medical treatment at the age of one. He hails from a modest background and has two siblings. He suffers from a PPRP Lower Limb condition.

Career

Manoj has won numerous accolades in the International circuit including a Men's Singles Silver at the Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017, A Gold at the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017, a silver at the Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 and a Gold in the men's doubles event at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015. He also won a gold medal at the Turkish Para-badminton International Championship in May 2018.

Achievements Paralympic Games Men's singles SL3 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2020 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Daisuke Fujihara 22–20, 21–13 Bronze

World Championships

Men's singles SL3 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England Phạm Đức Trung 16–21, 11–21 Bronze 2017 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea Ukun Rukaendi 21–15, 19–21, 16–21 Silver 2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Pramod Bhagat 18–21, 16–21 Bronze 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Kumar Nitesh 10–21, 13–21 Bronze 2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Pramod Bhagat 21–23, 22–20, 18–21 Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,Dortmund, Germany Pramod Bhagat Taku Hiroi Toshiaki Suenaga 21–15, 10–21, 21–18 Gold 2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium,Stoke Mandeville, England Anand Kumar Boregowda Pramod Bhagat Tarun Dhillon 7–21, 21–14, 21–6 Gold 2019 St. Jakobshalle,Basel, Switzerland Pramod Bhagat Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon 14–21, 21–15, 21–16 Gold 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Pramod Bhagat Hikmat Ramdani Ukun Rukaendi 21–14, 18–21, 13–21 Silver

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Helmut-Körnig-Halle,Dortmund, Germany Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar Peter Schnitzler Katrin Seibert 12–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SL3 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Ukun Rukaendi 14–21, 15–21 Silver 2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Ukun Rukaendi 18–21, 20–22 Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Pramod Bhagat Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan 13–21, 18–21 Bronze

Asian Championships Men's singles SL3 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China Chen Xiaoyu 21–17, 21–14 Gold

Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities,Beijing, China Anand Kumar Boregowda Ukun Rukaendi Hary Susanto 9–21, 8–21 Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (3 titles, 8 runners-up) The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.

Men's singles SL3 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2023 Western Australia Para-Badminton International Level 2 Kumar Nitesh 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para-Badminton International II Level 2 Kumar Nitesh 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2024 Bahrain Para-Badminton International Level 2 Umesh Vikram Kumar 23–21, 21–9 Winner

Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Spanish Para-Badminton International II Level 2 Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam Kumar Nitesh 21–19, 11–21, 21–11 Winner 2023 Canada Para-Badminton International Level 1 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam 21–14, 19–21, 21–19 Runner-up Nilesh Gaikwad Nehal Gupta 21–11, 21–13 Guillaume Gailly William Roussy 21–9, 21–6 Tarun Dhillon Kumar Nitesh 9–21, 21–17, 16–21 2023 4 Nations Para-Badminton International Level 1 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Western Australia Para-Badminton International Level 2 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Nehal Gupta Naveen Sivakumar 21–13, 21–7 Winner 2023 Japan Para-Badminton International Level 2 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Nehal Gupta Naveen Sivakumar 19–21, 21–18, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Dubai Para-Badminton International Level 1 Cho Na-dan Joo Dong-jae Shin Kyung-hwan 21–19, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para-Badminton International II Level 2 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Joo Dong-jae Shin Kyung-hwan 21–10, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para-Badminton International I Level 1 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Nehal Gupta Naveen Sivakumar 20–22, 24–22, 19–21 Runner-up

International tournaments (2011–2021) (12 titles, 10 runners-up) Men's singles SL3 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2014 Indonesia Para-Badminton International Ukun Rukaendi 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2015 Spanish Para-Badminton International Daniel Bethell 21–11, 8–21, 25–23 Winner 2016 Irish Para-Badminton International Daniel Bethell 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2017 Thailand Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat 22–20, 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2018 Dubai Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat 6–3 retired Winner 2018 Turkish Para-Badminton International Daisuke Fujihara 21–17, 17–21, 21–17 Winner 2018 Thailand Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat 18–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2019 Thailand Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat 11–9 retired Winner 2019 Denmark Para-Badminton International Daisuke Fujihara 25–23, 14–21, 21–9 Winner 2020 Brazil Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat 20–22, 21–23 Runner-up 2021 Uganda Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat 21–19, 21–16 Winner Men's doubles SL3–SU5 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2017 Thailand Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Daisuke Fujihara Fredy Setiawan 20–22, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 Uganda Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas 21–13, 21–11 Winner 2019 Canada Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan 19–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2019 Irish Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon 13–21, 21–18, 23–21 Winner 2019 Thailand Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Mongkhon Bunsun Siripong Teamarrom 16–21, 21–8, 14–21 Runner-up 2019 China Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Umesh Vikram Kumar Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj 18–21, 21–16, 21–15 Winner 2020 Brazil Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Chen Xiaoyu Gao Yuyang 21–11, 21–7 Winner 2020 Peru Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas 21–19, 21–9 Winner 2021 Dubai Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam Kumar Nitesh 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2021 Uganda Para-Badminton International Pramod Bhagat Mohammad Arwaz Ansari Deep Ranjan Bisoyee 21–10, 20–22, 15–21 Runner-up Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2015 Spanish Para-Badminton International Parul Parmar Jan-Niklas Pott Katrin Seibert 13–21, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up

Awards Arjuna Award 25 September 2018

References

External links

Manoj Sarkar at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)