India’s Manoj Sarkar on Saturday (September 4, 2021) won bronze for the country in the Men’s Singles SL3 category, beating Japan’s Daisuke Fujihara 21-15, 21-13.

Currently, Manoj Sarkar (31) is the World no.1 Para-badminton player in the SL-3 Classification. He has won a silver medal in the BWF Para-Badminton World championships, 2017 in the singles event.

According to various reports, Manoj is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.

Manoj has also won numerous accolades in the International circuit including a Men’s Singles Silver at the Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017, A Gold at the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017, a silver at the Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 and a Gold in the men’s doubles event at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2015.

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He also won a gold medal at the Turkish Para-badminton International Championship in May 2018.

On Wednesday, Manoj Sarkar lost his opening Group A game to his fellow countryman Pramod Bhagat. However, he defeated Oleksandr Chyrkov of Ukraine in his second Group A match to qualify for the semifinals where he went up against Daniel Bethell of Great Britain, losing the match.

Major Achievements

Gold medal –2013 Dortmund (Men’s Double’s SL3)

Gold medal –2015 Stoke Mandeville (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4)

Gold medal –2019 Basel (Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4)

Silver medal – 2017 Ulsan (Men’s Singles SL3)

Bronze medal –2013 Dortmund Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

Bronze medal –2015 Stoke Mandeville (Men’s Singles SL3)

Bronze medal –2019 Basel (Men’s Singles SL3)