In 2011, he retired from competitive sports and set up Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy (NKBA, www.nkba.in) in Pune, India. The academy is based at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi, Pune, India. NKBA was established with a vision of "Grooming Talent to Make Champions". Nikhil Kanetkar is currently the Director and Head Coach of NKBA.
Kanetkar is also a columnist and commentator. He wrote for the Marathi newspaper Sakal from Athens during the Olympics and subsequently was invited by StarSports for covering the Badminton events of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Kanetkar played after 7 years post retirement and won the Men's Singles Title in the 35+ age category in the 41st Indian Masters (Veterans) National Badminton Championships 2016–17 organised by Kerala Badminton Association at Regional Sports Centre, Kadavanthra, Kochi, Kerala. In September 2017, he won the bronze medal in the same age group at the BWF World Senior Badminton Championship held in Kochi, India.
nikhil, kanetkar, born, 1979, indian, former, badminton, player, from, pune, 2017, world, senior, championshipspersonal, informationcountry, indiaborn, 1979, 1979, pune, maharashtra, indiaheight1, handednessleftmen, singleshighest, ranking33medal, record, badm. Nikhil Kanetkar born 13 May 1979 is an Indian former badminton player from Pune 1 Nikhil KanetkarNikhil Kanetkar at 2017 BWF World Senior ChampionshipsPersonal informationCountry IndiaBorn 1979 05 13 13 May 1979 age 44 Pune Maharashtra IndiaHeight1 73 m 5 ft 8 in HandednessLeftMen s singlesHighest ranking33Medal record Men s badminton Representing India World Senior Championships 2017 Kochi Men s singles 35 Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Men s team South Asian Games 2006 Colombo Men s team 2006 Colombo Men s singlesBWF profile Born in a Maharashtrian family Kanetkar played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men s singles defeating Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round In the round of 16 Kanetkar was defeated by Peter Gade of Denmark 1 In addition to Olympics Kanetkar has represented India in the Thomas Cup All England Open Asian Games World Championships Commonwealth Games SAF Games Swiss Open French Open Toulouse Open and numerous other championships In 2011 he retired from competitive sports and set up Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy NKBA www nkba in in Pune India The academy is based at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Mahalunge Balewadi Pune India NKBA was established with a vision of Grooming Talent to Make Champions Nikhil Kanetkar is currently the Director and Head Coach of NKBA Kanetkar is also a columnist and commentator He wrote for the Marathi newspaper Sakal from Athens during the Olympics and subsequently was invited by StarSports for covering the Badminton events of the 2016 Rio Olympics Kanetkar played after 7 years post retirement and won the Men s Singles Title in the 35 age category in the 41st Indian Masters Veterans National Badminton Championships 2016 17 organised by Kerala Badminton Association at Regional Sports Centre Kadavanthra Kochi Kerala In September 2017 he won the bronze medal in the same age group at the BWF World Senior Badminton Championship held in Kochi India Contents 1 Achievements 1 1 BWF World Senior Championships 1 2 South Asian Games 1 3 IBF World Grand Prix 1 4 IBF International 2 Sources 3 References 4 External linksAchievements editBWF World Senior Championships edit Year Venue Event Opponent Score Result 2017 Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium Kochi India Men s singles 35 nbsp Naruenart Chuaymak 3 8 Retired nbsp Bronze South Asian Games edit Men s singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka nbsp Chetan Anand 14 21 12 21 nbsp Silver IBF World Grand Prix edit The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006 Men s singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1999 U S Open nbsp Colin Haughton 6 15 0 15 nbsp Runner up IBF International edit Men s singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2006 India Satellite nbsp Lee Cheol ho 11 21 11 21 nbsp Runner up 2006 Victorian International nbsp Richard Vaughan 20 22 13 21 nbsp Runner up 2005 South Africa International nbsp Kaveh Mehrabi 15 8 15 7 nbsp Winner 2004 Mauritius International nbsp Abhinn Shyam Gupta 16 17 8 15 nbsp Runner up 2003 Le Volant d Or de Toulouse nbsp Andreas Wolk 15 9 15 11 nbsp Winner 2002 Welsh International nbsp Irwansyah 6 15 11 15 nbsp Runner up 2001 Scottish International nbsp Irwansyah 5 7 6 8 2 7 nbsp Runner up 1998 Sri Lanka International nbsp Ting Chih chen 15 13 15 6 nbsp WinnerSources editKanetkar Saina lead D day challenge I choose not to be frustrated Kanetkar Nikhil Kanetkar loses in semis task for shuttlers Aparna Popat Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar carry Indian hopes dead link Nikhil Kanetkar is runner up usurped References edit a b Nikhil Kanetkar Statistics Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 6 February 2010 External links editNikhil Kanetkar at BWF tournamentsoftware com nbsp Nikhil Kanetkar at BWFbadminton com nbsp Nikhil Kanetkar at Olympics com nbsp Nikhil Kanetkar at Olympedia nbsp Nikhil Kanetkar at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived nbsp Official Website nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an Indian badminton figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nikhil Kanetkar amp oldid 1207250672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
