Nandu M. Natekar - Achievements

Achievements

  • Won National level Men's Singles and Doubles Championship, as well as Mixed Doubles, multiple times in India.
  • He has reached the last 8 in the All England Championships.
  • Included among 'the Greats' in a souvenir published by Malaysia during the Thomas Cup series in 1954-55.
  • Men’s Singles Champion in the Selangor International Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1956. His victory was also the first international victory by an Indian badminton player.
  • Recipient of the first Arjuna Award instituted in 1961.
  • Voted the most popular sportsperson of India in 1961.
  • Natekar and Meena Shaw won the Mixed Doubles title at Bangkok’s King’s Cup International Tournament in 1962. Won the Men’s Singles title at the same event in 1963.
  • Represented India at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica in 1965.
  • Awarded Meritorious Service Award by the IBF in 1989.
  • Honoured at the Jagatik Marathi Parishad in Mauritius in 1991.
  • Awarded Life-time Achievement Award by the Petroleum Sports Control Board of India in January, 2001.
  • Awarded Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar in 2002, titled Ratna Saurabh.

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