Sukant Kadam
Kadam at the 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 Kautholi, Maharashtra, India
Residence	Pune, Maharashtra
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Years active	2014–present
Handedness	Right
Coach	Nikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole
Men's singles SL4 Men's doubles SL3–SL4
Highest ranking	2 (MS 13 June 2023) 1 (MD with Pramod Bhagat 18 July 2023)
Current ranking	3 (MS) 1 (MD with Pramod Bhagat) (18 July 2023)
Medal record Men's para-badminton Representing  India World Championships 2019 Basel Men's singles 2022 Tokyo Men's singles IWAS World Games 2019 Sharjah Men's singles Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Men's team 2022 Hangzhou Men's singles 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles Asian Championships 2016 Beijing Men's doubles
BWF profile

Sukant Indukant Kadam (born 9 May 1993) is an Indian professional para-badminton player. Having made his international debut in 2014, he became world number 2 in the SL4 category on 12 June 2017.^[1] He won his first title at the Uganda Para-Badminton International in 2017.^[2] He currently lives in Pune, Maharashtra.

Early life and training

Kadam was born and brought up in Kautholi which is a small town of Sangli, Maharashtra.^[3] He came to Pune for his study at Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd in mechanical engineering and passed out in 2015 with first class.^[4][5] Afterwards, he joined Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy and trained under Nikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole since July 2015.

Start of para-badminton

During Kadam's first year of mechanical engineering in January 2011 in Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd where he was rejected from the class team because of his slow movement. After a year of practice and hard work, he got a chance to play on his college team.^[6] In 2012, para-athlete Girisha Nagarajegowda won silver in high jump (F42) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[7] This is how Kadam got to know about Paralympic sports and Para-badminton. He made his debut at the England Para Badminton International 2014.^[8]

Awards

Career

• Bronze medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships  – 2019
• Gold medal at the IWAS World Games  – 2019^[11]
• Bronze medal at the Asian Para Games  – 2018
• Bronze medal in MD SL3-SL4 at the Para-Badminton Asian Championships – 2016 ^[12][13]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Lucas Mazur	11–21, 13–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Fredy Setiawan	20–22, 15–21	Bronze

IWAS World Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Chok-Uthaikul Watcharaphon	15–21, 21–12, 21–16	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019[lower-alpha 1]	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Pramod Bhagat	Pricha Somsiri Chok-Uthaikul Watcharaphon	14–21, 13–21	Silver
			Mongkhon Bunsun Ramel Syawesh	21–13, 21–5
			Sharad Chandra Joshi Thaweesap Nattaphon	21–13, 21–4
			Sultan Al Halyan Saleh Mohammed Ali	Walkover

Asian Championship

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Pramod Bhagat	Muhammad Huzairi Abdul Malek Bakri Omar	21–18, 11–21, 16–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[14][15]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Marcel Adam	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Tarun Dhillon	17–21, 22–20, 18–21	Runner-up
2022	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 1	Lucas Mazur	2–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Para Badminton International	Level 2	Ang Chee Hiong	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Tarun Dhillon	21–12, 8–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Manoj Sarkar	19–21, 21–11, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	22–20, 12–21, 21–9	Winner

International Tournaments (7 titles, 14 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Uganda Para Badminton International	Anand Kumar Boregowda	17–21, 21–11, 21–17	Winner
2017	Turkish Para Badminton International	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	Spanish Para Badminton International	Shin Kyung-hwan	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2018	Dubai Para Badminton International	Lucas Mazur	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Uganda Para Badminton International	Guillaume Gailly	21–5, 21–18	Winner
2018	Irish Para Badminton International	Fredy Setiawan	21–11, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Brazil Para Badminton International	Anand Kumar Boregowda	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2018	Japan Para Badminton International	Lucas Mazur	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Denmark Para Badminton International	Rickard Nilsson	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2018	Australia Para Badminton International	Fredy Setiawan	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Tarun Dhillon	12–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2021	Dubai Para Badminton International	Lucas Mazur	15–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Nilesh Gaikwad	21–16, 17–21, 21–10	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Uganda Para Badminton International	Umesh Vikram Kumar	Rafio Oyebanji Bello Chukwuebuka Sunday Eze	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2018	Irish Para Badminton International	Suryo Nugroho	Dheva Anrimusthi Hafizh Briliansyah Prawiranegara	9–21, 13–21	Winner
2018	Brazil Para Badminton International	Daisuke Fujihara	Guillaume Gailly Mathieu Thomas	23–25, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Australia Para Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	23–25, 24–22, 20–22	Runner-up
2021	Dubai Para Badminton International	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Manoj Sarkar	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Uganda Para Badminton International	Umesh Vikram Kumar	Anand Kumar Boregowda Manoj Sarkar	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Turkish Para Badminton International	Mathieu Thomas	Simón Cruz Mondejar Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	15–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

Medals

Personal life

Sukant Kadam was employed with Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy from July 2015 as an assistant coach, until August 2018. Following his bronze-medal win at the Asian Para Badminton Championship 2016, he was also appointed as a Taluka Sports Officer (Group-II) by the Government of Maharashtra on 10 January 2019.^[17]

See also

• Olympic Gold Quest^[18]

References

Notes