Sukant Kadam Explained

Sukant Kadam (born 9 May 1993) is an Indian professional para-badminton player from Maharashtra. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris.^[1] He completes in men's singles SL4 category.

Early life and education

Kadam was born in Kautholi, Sangli, Maharashtra.^[2] He shifted to Pune and completed his mechanical engineering at Government College Of Engineering and Research, Avasari Khurd in 2015 with first class.^{[3] [4]} Later, he joined Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy and trained under coaches Nikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole.

Personal life

Kadam was employed with Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy as an assistant coach from July 2015 to August 2018. After winning a bronze medal win at the Asian Para Badminton Championship 2016, he was appointed as a Taluka Sports Officer (Group-II) by the Government of Maharashtra on 10 January 2019.^[5] During his first year of mechanical engineering in January 2011, he failed to get selected for class team but after a year of practice, he made it to the college team.^[6]

Career

Kadam made his international debut in 2014 at the England Para Badminton International and became world number 2 in the SL4 category on 12 June 2017.^[7] He won a bronze medal in MD SL3, SL4 at the Para Badminton Asian Championships in 2016.^{[8] [9]} Later, he won his first title at the Uganda Para-Badminton International in 2017.^[10] He won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games in 2018. He won a bronze medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships in 2019, 2022 and 2024.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles SL4

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
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Fredy Setiawan	13–21, 19–21	Bronze

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

World Abilitysport Games

Men's singles SL4

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	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 Para Games

Men's singles SL4

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Asian Championship

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (7 titles, 8 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.^{[11] [12]}

Men's singles SL4

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
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	14–21, 21–17, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Western Australia Para Badminton International	Level 2	Fredy Setiawan	12–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Tarun Dhillon	13–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

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
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Joo Dong-jae Shin Kyung-hwan	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	18–21, 21–14, 21–19	Winner
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Tarun Dhillon	22–24, 21–9, 21–14	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Pramod Bhagat	Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Manoj Sarkar	21–17, 21–17	Winner

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (7 titles, 14 runners-up)

Men's singles SL4

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 SL3–SL4

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Uganda Para Badminton International	Umesh Vikram Kumar	Bello Rafiu Oyebanji 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 SL3–SL4

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

International medals

Year				Total
2016			2	2
2017	1	3	4	8
2018	5	7	6	18
2019	1	2	9	12
2020		1	1	2
2021	1	2	1	4
2022	3	3	2	8
2023	5	3	7	15
2024		1	3	4
Total	16	22	35	73

* Statistics were last updated on 25 August 2024.^[13]

Awards

• He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award for 2017-2018 by the state government of Maharashtra.^{[14] [15]}

See also

• Olympic Gold Quest^[16]

External links

• • • Sukant Kadam at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)

Notes and References

1. News: 2024-05-19 . Shuttlers Sukant Kadam, Tarun, Suhas qualify for Paris Paralympics . 2024-08-14 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
2. Web site: Sukant Kadam is World No 2. 17 July 2017. www.sakaltimes.com.
3. Web site: Government College Of Engineering And Research Centre Avasari, Pune. www.gcoeara.ac.in.
4. Web site: GoBadminton | Badminton News, Schedules, Scores, Off-court Stories, Updates. www.gobadminton.in.
5. Web site: 4 January 2019 . शासन निर्णय क्रमांकः खेआक्ष 1517/प्र.क्र.151/क्रीयुसे-2 . Government Decision No: Khexa 1517 / Q151 / Kree yu Se -2 . . Marathi.
6. News: Mullick . Sounak . 15 June 2018 . Sukant Kadam's incredible story from a college team reject to becoming World No.2 . The Bridge . Bengaluru.
7. News: Staff . 17 July 2017 . Sukant Kadam becomes World No 2 . . Pune.
8. Web site: BWF Para-Badminton - Asian Para-Badminton Championships 2016 - Winners . bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
9. Web site: GoBadminton | Badminton News, Schedules, Scores, Off-court Stories, Updates . www.gobadminton.in.
10. Web site: 10 October 2019 . BWF Para-Badminton Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 Players Sukant Kadam . 2 April 2020 . bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
11. News: 29 May 2022 . Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards . en . .
12. News: 11 July 2022 . BWF Para Tournamentsoftware . en . .
13. Web site: BWF Para-Badminton. bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com.
14. Web site: News . Maharashtra . 13 February 2019 . State government's 2017-18 Shiv Chhatrapati sports awards announced .
15. https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Government%20Resolutions/Marathi/201902131526588721.pdf
16. Web site: Paralympics Badminton | OGQ. www.olympicgoldquest.in.