FULL NAME: Gedala Dilleswar Rao (Official name: Gedala Dillaswar Rao)
GENDER: Male
BORN: 6th July 1989 (Source: Passport)
PARENTS: Father (Bhima Rao Gedala), Mother (Yasoda Gedala)
ORIGINAL ADDRESS: Port Blair, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: Plot No 12, Genesis Villa, Near Patia Big Bazar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Studied at IIM Ranchi (2013-2015) and Graduated from Kalinga Institute Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar in 2012.
PROFESSION: Worked at Rhythm Of Nation (RON); Decathlon Sports India, Ranchi, Jharkhand (As intern from April-June, 2014) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

ZONAL:
*     Represented Odisha in the 1st East Zone Para Badminton Championship, held at Business Club in Kolkata on 24-25 June 2023.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won the mens doubles SL3-SL4 Bronze medal with Naveen  Sivakumar at the Brazil Para Badminton International in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 16 April 2023.
*     Won the Bronze medal in mens SL3-SL4 doubles event with American partner Richard Alcaraz in the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima, Peru on 5 December 2022.
*     Won one Gold (mens doubles SL3-SL4) and one Silver (mens singles SL3) medal at the Uganda Para Badminton International in Kampala, Uganda on 18 September 2022.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the Thailand Para-Badminton International, held in Bangkok from 16-21 Sept, 2019.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the 2nd Fazza-Dubai Para-Badminton International, held in Dubai, UAE from 2-7 April, 2019.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the 5th Turkish Para-Badminton International, held in Antalya, Turkey from 25-30 March, 2019.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the Thailand Para-Badminton International, held in Bangkok from 25-29 July, 2018.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the 1st Fazza-Dubai Para-Badminton International, held in Dubai, UAE from 12-15 April, 2018.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the Japan Para-Badminton International, held in Machida-City, Tokyo, Japan from 7-10 Sept, 2017.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the Thailand Para-Badminton International, held in Bangkok from 1-4 June, 2017.
*     Represented India in SL3 singles and SL3-SL4 doubles events of the 3rd Indonesia Para-Badminton International, held in Kota Surakarta, Indonesia from 4-7 August, 2016.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 22 September 2019
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 27 June 2023