Akshay Dewalkar


Akshay Dewalkar is an Indian badminton player. He was the men's doubles Indian [National Badminton Championships|National Champion] together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 [South Asian">Badminton at the 2006 South Asian Games">2006 [South Asian Games|2006] and Badminton at the 2016 South [Asian Games|2016 South Asian Games], also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010 Asian Games|2010], 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games

Personal life

Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009 [India Open Grand Prix#Finals 3|2009]Syed Modi [International Badminton Championships|India Grand Prix]

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Nepal International