25 Facts About Parupalli Kashyap

Parupalli Kashyap was born on 8 September 1986 and is an Indian former badminton player.

Parupalli Kashyap became the first male player from India to reach the quarter-finals of men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics.

Parupalli Kashyap continued his training at the Gopichand Academy under Pullela Gopichand, a former All England Open champion.

Parupalli Kashyap married Indian badminton icon, Saina Nehwal in a private ceremony on 14 December 2018.

In 2005, Parupalli Kashyap represented Andhra Pradesh and won the a boys' singles title at the National Junior Open Badminton Championships.

Coach Gopichand was happy at the win and felt that it was a good sign that Parupalli Kashyap was winning his important matches against higher-ranked players.

At the 33rd National Games, Parupalli Kashyap defeated the then National champion Chetan Anand to win a gold medal for Andhra Pradesh.

In 2009, Parupalli Kashyap was a semifinalist at the Dutch Open and the 2009 Senior National Badminton Championships.

At the 2009 Singapore Super Series, Parupalli Kashyap was the semifinalist.

Parupalli Kashyap played a crucial role in India winning a silver medal in the Team Event of 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Parupalli Kashyap reached the semi-finals at the 2010 Indian Open Grand Prix Gold where he lost out to compatriot Gurusai Datt.

Parupalli Kashyap lost out to Arvind Bhat in the finals of the 75th Senior National Badminton Championship held at Rohtak in 2011.

Parupalli Kashyap reached the semifinal stage of 2012 Djaram Indonesia Open in the men's singles competition, where he eventually lost.

Parupalli Kashyap moved up to a career best ranking of 6 after his first round match against Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia.

Parupalli Kashyap's ranking was declining steadily until he reached the Semifinal stages of the 2014 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold.

Parupalli Kashyap extended Indian hopes till the Quarterfinals where he lost out to top seed Lee Chong Wei.

Parupalli Kashyap was widely criticized for not showing good fighting spirit in his second round match against top seed Lee Chong Wei which was quite uncharacteristic of Kashyap.

Parupalli Kashyap continued his great form in the 2014 China Open Super Series Premier where he reached the Quarterfinal stages.

Parupalli Kashyap started the year on a disappointing note, losing out to Derek Wong in the pre-quarters of 2015 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold.

Parupalli Kashyap's woes continued in the Superseries events as he lost out in the first round of the 2015 All England Super Series Premier.

Parupalli Kashyap failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Parupalli Kashyap failed to get a spot in the team for 2018 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Parupalli Kashyap failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics, thus missing out on qualifying for 2 consecutive Olympics.

Parupalli Kashyap was not selected in the team for the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the 2021 Thomas Cup.

Parupalli Kashyap's run of 1st round exits continued with 1st round exits in the 2021 French Open, the 2021 Indonesia Masters and the 2021 Indonesia Open.