1. Lakshya Sen was born on 16 August 2001 and is an Indian badminton player.
28 Facts About Lakshya Sen
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Lakshya Sen has won bronze medals at the Asia Team and Asia Mixed Team Championships.
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Lakshya Sen won the Canada Open and was the runner-up at the All England Open.
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Lakshya Sen was born on 16 August 2001 to Nirmala and Dhirendra Lakshya Sen in the Almora district of Uttarakhand.
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Lakshya Sen's elder brother Chirag Sen is a professional shuttler.
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Lakshya Sen was about ten years old when he walked into Vimal Kumar's office at the Karnataka Badminton Association in Bengaluru, stood on his toes to reach the table and gave him a handwritten note with scoreline details.
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Lakshya Sen wanted to join the academy to get better at badminton to beat his opponents.
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Lakshya Sen had a brilliant year in the 2016 junior badminton circuit.
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Lakshya Sen then competed at the senior international level and won the 2016 India International Series tournament title.
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Lakshya Sen then became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February 2017.
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Lakshya Sen participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics as the fourth seeded.
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Lakshya Sen competed in the mixed team event, and helped team Alpha win the gold medal.
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Lakshya Sen clinched his first BWF Tour title by winning the Dutch Open title after beating Yusuke Onodera of Japan.
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Lakshya Sen defeated China's Weng Hongyang to claim the title.
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Lakshya Sen won the 2019 Scottish Open next, with a victory against Brazilian Ygor Coelho.
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Lakshya Sen was a member of the Indian team which clinched the bronze at 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships.
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Lakshya Sen was seeded as No 2 at 2020 Hylo Open but withdrew due to an injury.
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Lakshya Sen then defeated World No 3 Anders Antonsen and World No 7 Lee Zii Jia to reach the finals of the 2022 All England Open.
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Lakshya Sen subsequently withdrew from the Swiss Open, as he was tired after playing 2 back-to-back BWF tournaments finals.
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Lakshya Sen was part of the Indian men's team for 2022 Thomas Cup.
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Lakshya Sen became the Commonwealth champion at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by defeating Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia in the final.
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Lakshya Sen was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal in the mixed team event.
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Lakshya Sen was part of the Indian team which won a silver medal in the men's team event at 2022 Asian Games.
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Lakshya Sen defeated third seeded Jonatan Christie in the group stage and progressed to the knockout stage.
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Lakshya Sen finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match to Lee Zii Jia, scripting the best ever performance by a male badminton player from India.
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Lakshya Sen ended the year by winning the bronze medal at the inaugural Kings Cup hosted by icon Lin Dan.
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For brief periods of time, Lakshya Sen has been coached by Yoo Yong-sung.
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Lakshya Sen has undergone training stints under Morten Frost and Peter Gade.