Prakash Padukone

Prakash Padukone is an Indian former badminton player, born on 10 June 1955 in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was ranked world number one in 1980, the year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open, beating Indonesia's Liem Swie King in the final, and he also won the Danish Open and the Swedish Open that year. He won the Indian national junior title in 1972 and the senior title the same year, and then held the national title for the following seven years. In 1978 he won the men's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. He received the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982, coached the Indian national team from 1993 to 1996 and co-founded Olympic Gold Quest.