Akshay Dewalkar

Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player. He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games

Personal life Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.

Achievements

South Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo, Sri Lanka Jishnu Sanyal Thushara Edirisinghe Duminda Jayakody 13–21, 21–16, 16–21 Bronze Bronze 2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre,Shillong, India Pranav Chopra Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy 18–21, 17–21 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 India Grand Prix Jishnu Sanyal Fauzi Adnan Tri Kusumawardana 25–27, 25–23, 15–21 Runner-up 2016 Syed Modi International Pranav Chopra Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong 21–14, 22–24, 8–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2008 Nepal International V. Diju Mohammad Attique Rizwan Azam 19–21, 21–10, 21–12 Winner 2008 Bahrain International Jishnu Sanyal Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi Ali Shahhosseini 14–21, 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2010 Tata Open India International Arun Vishnu Joko Riyadi Yoga Ukikasah 22–24, 16–21 Runner-up 2011 Swiss International Pranav Chopra Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk 21–17, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2011 Tata Open India International Pranav Chopra Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas 19–21, 21–17, 23–21 Winner 2015 Bangladesh International Pranav Chopra Tan Chee Tean Tan Wee Gieen 21–16, 21–16 Winner 2015 Tata Open India International Pranav Chopra Wannawat Ampunsuwan Tinn Isriyanet 14–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2016 Norwegian International Tarun Kona Oliver Leydon-Davis Lasse Mølhede 18–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Tata Open India International Pradnya Gadre Tarun Kona Ashwini Ponnappa 21–17, 18–21, 21–18 Winner 2014 Sri Lanka International Pradnya Gadre Vountus Indra Mawan Prajakta Sawant 21–16, 21–18 Winner 2014 Tata Open India International Pradnya Gadre Manu Attri N. Sikki Reddy 19–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up 2015 Polish Open Pradnya Gadre Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying 26–28, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament