FULL NAME: Pramod Bhagat
GENDER: Male
BORN: 4th June, 1988 (Source: World Badminton Federation)
PARENTS: Late Kailash Bhagat (Father), Kusum Devi (Mother).
HOME ADDRESS: At/Po- Atabira, Dist- Bargarh, Pin- 768927, Odisha, India
E-MAIL: pramod.bhagat8@gmail.com
TWITTER HANDLE: @PramodBhagat83
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: ITI Graduate (Electrical)
PROFESSION: Working as UDC in Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
TYPE OF PLAYER: Standing Lower (SL-3)
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Siba Prasad Das and Gaurav Khanna
TYPE OF DISABILITY: Orthopaedic Polio
RANKINGS: World No 1 in Men SL3 and SL3-SL4 doubles
TOTAL INTERNATIONAL MEDALS: 88 (39 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

NATIONAL:
*     Won one silver and one bronze medal in the 4th Para Badminton National Championship at East Coast Railway Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar on 26 December 2021.
*     Bagged two gold and one bronze medals in men SL-3 category of the 3rd National Para Badminton Championships, held at Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand from 15-17 March, 2019.
*     Won 2 gold and 1 silver medals at the National Para-Badminton Championship in Benarus, Uttar Pradesh on March 26, 2018.
*     Participated in national para badminton championship for the first time in 2006.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won 1 Gold (Mens singles) and 2 Bronze medals (Mens doubles and mixed doubles) at the BWF World Para Badminton Championships in Pattaya, Thailand on 25 February 2024. This was the 3rd successive and 5th overall singles gold for Bhagat at the World championships where he has bagged a total of 14 medals since 2007 (7 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze).
*     Won 2 Silver medals (one each in mens SL3 singles and SL3-SU5 mixed doubles) at the 5th Dubai Para Badminton International at Al Nasr Club in Dubai, UAE on 17 December 2023.
*     Won the Gold medal in men singles SL3 category of the Japan Para Badminton International in Tokyo, Japan on 12 November 2023.
*     Won one Gold and 2 Bronze medals (Gold in men singles and one bronze each in doubles and mixed doubles) at the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China between 25 and 27 October 2023.
*     Won one Gold and two Silver medals (Gold in mens doubles and silver in mens singles and mixed doubles) at the 4-Nations Para Badminton International in Sheffield, England on 6 August 2023.
*     Won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals (silver in mens singles, bronze in doubles and mixed doubles) in the Canada Para Badminton International, held in Ottawa from 14-18 June 2023.
*     Won 2 Gold medals (one each in men’s singles and doubles) and 1 Bronze (mixed doubles) at the Barharin Parabadminton International, held in Manama, Bahrain from 17-23 May 2023.
*     Bagged a double, winning both the mens SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles Gold medals at the Thailand Para Badminton International 2023 in Pattaya, Thailand on 14 May 2023.
*     With his partner Sukant Kadam from Maharashtra, he became World No 1 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings for mens doubles SL3-SL4 category on 19 April 2023.
*     Won the mens doubles SL3-SL4 Gold medal with partner Sukant Kadam and the singles SL3 Silver medal at the Brazil Para Badminton International in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 16 April 2023.
*     Won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in mens SL3 singles and SL3-SU5 mixed doubles events respectively at the Spanish Para Badminton International (BWF Level-1   Tournament) in Toledo, Spain on 5 March 2023.
*     Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Gold and SL3 singles Silver medal at the Spanish Para Badminton International (BWF Level-1) Tournament in Vitoria, Spain on 26 February 2023.
*     Won the mens SL3 singles Gold medal and SL3-SL4 doubles Silver medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, Japan on 6 November 2022.
*     Won the mens SL3-SL4 doubles Gold, SL3 singles Silver and SL3-SU5 mixed-doubles Bronze medal at the Thailand Para Badminton International in Pattaya on 20 August 2022.
*     Won the mens singles SL3 Silver medal in the 4-Nations Para Badminton International Tournament in Dublin, Ireland on 17 July 2022.
*     Won the mens SL3 singles Silver medal in the Canada Para Badminton International in Ottawa, Canada on 12 June 2022.
*    Won the mens SL3 singles Gold medal in the 4th Fazza Dubai Para Badminton International in Dubai, UAE on 29 May 2022.
*     Bagged a double, winning one gold medal each in mens SL3 singles and SL3-SU5 mixed doubles at the Bahrain Para Badminton International in Manama on 21 May 2022.
*     Won one Bronze medal each in mens singles SL3 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5 events at the Brazil Para Badminton International in Sao Paulo on 24 April 2022.
*     Won three medals _ one silver medal each in mens SL3 singles and and SL3-SL4 doubles, and one bronze medal in SL3-SU5 mixed doubles events in the Spanish Para Badminton International (Level 1) in Cartajena, Spain on 13th March 2022.
*     Bagged a glorious treble in the Spanish Para Badminton International II, winning gold medals in mens singles, doubles and mixed doubles events in Vitoria, Spain on 6th March 2022.
*     Won three silvers medals (mens singles, doubles and mixed doubles) at the Uganda Para Badminton International in Kampala on 21 November 2021.
*     Became the first shuttler from Odisha and India to win Paralympic Gold medal in Tokyo on 4 September, 2021. He won the historic Gold in mens singles SL3 category, beating Daniel Bethell (Great Britain) in the final 21-14, 21-17.
*     Won 2 Gold (singles and doubles) and 1 Bronze (mixed doubles) medals at the 3rd Dubai Para Badminton International in Dubai on 4 April, 2021.
*     Settled for silver medal in mens SL3 singles event of the Japan Para-Badminton International - Tokyo Paralympics Test Event in Tokyo on 17 Nov, 2019.
*     Won both SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles bonze medal in Victor Denmark Para-Badminton International, which was held in Odense, Denmark from 15 to 20 October, 2019.
*     Bagged 5th international double crown, winning both the singles and doubles gold medals in China Para-Badminton International, held in Hangzhou, China from 24-29 Sept, 2019.
*     Won two Silver Medals (SL3 singes, SL3-SL4 doubles) in the Thailand Para-Badminton International, held in Bangkok from Sept 16, 2019,
*     Bagged a glorious double crown, winning gold medals in mens SL3 singles and SL3-4 doubles events of the BWF World Para-Badminton Championships, held in Basel, Switzerland from 20 to 25 August, 2019.
*     Bagged Double Crown by winning both the men’s SL-3 singles and doubles titles in the Irish Para-Badminton International, held at National Indoor Arena in Dublin from 19-23 June 2019.
*     Won one Silver and 1 Bronze medals in Canada Para-Badminton International, held in Ottawa, Canada from 8-13 May, 2019.
*     Clinched Double Crown by winning both the singles and doubles Gold medals in mens SL3 category of the Uganda Para-Badminton International at Lugogo Indoor Stadium in Kampala on 28 April 2019.
*     Won the gold medal in men’s singles SL3 event of the 2nd Fazza Dubai Para-Badminton International, held in Dubai, UAEfrom 2-7 April, 2019.
*     Won SL-3 mens singles gold and doubles bronze medals in the 5th Turkey Para-Badminton International -- ENESCUP-2019, held at Antalya, Turkey from 25-30 March, 2019.
*     Won singles gold, doubles silver and mixed doubles gold at the IWAS World Games (International Wheel-Chair & Amputee Sports Federation Games), held in Sharjah, UAE, from 10-16 February, 2019.
*     Won the mens SL3 singles gold medal and SL3-SL4 doubles silver medal in Australia Para-Badminton International, held in Geelong, Australia from 22-25 Nov, 2018.
*     Won one gold and one bronze medal in men’s singles SL-3 and doubles SL 3-4 categories respectively in the 3rd Asian Para Games, held at Jakarta, Indonesia from Oct 6-13, 2018.
*     Gold in singles event of Thailand Para-Badminton International at Bangkok, July 23-29, 2018.
*   One bronze each in singles and doubles events of Turkish Para-Badminton International at Konya, Turkey, May 9-13, 2018.
*     Silver in singles and Bronze in doubles events of Dubai Para-Badminton International at Dubai, UAE, April 12-15, 2018.
*     Bronze in singles event of BWF Para-Badminton World Championships at Ulsan, South Korea, Nov 22-26, 2017.
*     Gold in singles and Silver in doubles events of Thailand Para-Badminton International at Bangkok, May 30-June 4, 2017.
*     One Bronze each in singles and doubles events of the Asian Para-Badminton Championships at Beijing, China, Nov 22-27, 2016.
*     Gold in singles and Bronze in doubles events of 3rd Indonesia Para-Badminton International at Kota Surakarta, Indonesia, August 4-7, 2016.
*     Gold in singles and Silver in doubles events of the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships at Stoke Mandeville, UK, Sept 10-13, 2015.
*     Bronze in singles event of Asian Para Games at Incheon, South Korea, Oct 18-24, 2014.
*     Gold in doubles event of BWF World Badminton Championships at Dortmund, Germany, Nov 5-10, 2013.
*     Gold in singles event of IBAD World Badminton Championships at Seoul, South Korea, Sept 8-12, 2009.
*     One Bronze each in singles and doubles events of IBAD World Badminton Championships at Bangkok, Thailand, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2007.

OTHER NOTABLE INFO:
*     On 13 August 2024, Badminton World Federation announced that Bhagat has been suspended for 18 months (from 1 March 2024 to 1 September 2025) after he was found guilty of breaching anti-doping regulations with three whereabouts failures within 12 months.
*     On 27 October 2023, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a cash award of Rs 2 crore for Bhagat for his outstanding performance at the 4th Para Asian Games.
*     Received Padma Shri Award 2022 from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 28 March 2022.
*     On 10 September 2021, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated him with a cash award of Rs 6 crores at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar for winning gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
*     Bagged the OSJA Sportsperson of Year 2019 Award and a cheque of Rs 25,000 at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 21 March, 2021.
*     On 2 April, 2020 donated Rs 2 lakh to Chief Minister Relief Fund for fight against COVID-19.
*     Shared the Times of India Para Sportspersons of the Year Award 2019 with Manasi Joshi in New Delhi on 6 March, 2020.
*     Received the Biju Patnaik Sports Award 2018 for Excellence in Sports and cheque of Rs 2 lakh in Bhubaneswar on 29 August, 2019.
*     Received the Arjuna Award along with a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh in New Delhi on 29 August, 2019.
*     Received cash award of Rs 31.20 lakh from the Odisha Government for for achieving national and international success in the year 2019.
*     On 27 August, 2019, received a Govt of India cash award of Rs 35 lakh for winning two gold medals in BWF World Para-Badminton Championships 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.
*     On 17 August 2019, his name was recommended for the prestigious Arjuna Award.
*     Received Rs 25,000 as the winner of the Sportslogon Player-of-the-Year Award in Bhubaneswar on 11 August, 2019.
*     In March 2019, he was included in Sports Authority of India’s Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
*     On December 4, 2014, he received the State Government cash award of Rs 12 lakh for winning bronze medal in the Para Asian Games at Incheon earlier in the year.
*     Promod the third son of Kailash Bhagat and Kusum Debi.
*     At the age of seven tragedy struck and he was affilicted with polio.
*     He along with his two close friends used to practice on the roof of a friend`s house as there was no court available in Attabira.
*     Participated in national para badminton championship for the first time in 2006.
*     Coach Shiba Prasad Das helped him play his first tournament at All India Super Six Championship in 2006.
*   Afflicted with polio at the age of seven.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 28 October 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 13 August 2024