Tarun Dhillon

Tarun Dhillon (born 18 August 1994) is an Indian para badminton player from Haryana. He competes in the SL4 category. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, his second Olympics.

Dhillon has been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SL4. He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and finished fourth in the SL4 singles category.

He won a gold medal in the men's doubles SL3-SL4 event along with Kumar Nitesh at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Earlier, he won two more Asian Games medals. He had won a silver medal in 2014 and gold medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games.

Early life Dhillon was born in Hissar, Haryana. When he was 8 years old, he met with an accident while playing football and his right knee was badly injured and two surgeries did not help. He took to badminton and won his first para badminton event at 11. He trains at Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana.

Awards Dhillon received the Arjuna Award in 2022.

Men's singles SL4 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 1 Lucas Mazur 7–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2022 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Sukant Kadam 21–17, 20–22, 21–18 Winner 2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Shin Kyung-hwan 21–9, 21–9 Winner 2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Fredy Setiawan 11–21, 21–9, 21–23 Runner-up 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Sukant Kadam 12–21, 21–8, 21–13 Winner 2023 Brazil Para-Badminton International Level 2 Lucas Mazur 7–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Lucas Mazur 9–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Sukant Kadam 21–13, 16–21, 21–16 Winner 2024 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Fredy Setiawan 21–23, 18–21 Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Kumar Nitesh Mohammad Arwaz Ansari Deep Ranjan Bisoyee 21–13, 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Kumar Nitesh Mongkhon Bunsun Siripong Teamarrom 21–13, 21–7 Winner 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 2 Kumar Nitesh Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam 20–22, 21–12, 9–21 Runner-up 2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Kumar Nitesh Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam 21–18, 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Kumar Nitesh Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam 24–22, 9–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Kumar Nitesh Nilesh Gaikwad Nehal Gupta 21–12, 21–8 Winner Guillaume Gailly William Roussy 21–13, 21–12 Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Manoj Sarkar 21–9, 17–21, 21–16 Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam 11–21, 21–16, 21–16

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's singles SL4 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Lucas Mazur 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2019 Uganda Para Badminton International Sukant Kadam 21–12, 22–20 Winner 2019 Canada Para Badminton International Lucas Mazur 21–18, 19–21, 21–17 Winner Men's doubles SL3–SL4 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2019 Turkish Para Badminton International Kumar Nitesh Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Irish Para Badminton International Kumar Nitesh Pramod Bhagat Manoj Sarkar 21–13, 18–21, 21–23 Runner-up