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Parupalli Kashyap Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Updated On : May 18, 2019

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Short Biography

Parupalli Kashyap was born on 08-09-1986 in Hyderabad in the state of Telangana, India. He is an Indian Badminton Player.

Parupalli Kashyap Complete Bio & Career

P Kashyap started playing Badminton at the age of 11. It was his father who enrolled him at Syed Mohammad Arif training camp to get proper training in Badminton. Due to the movable job of his father, his family relocated to Bangalore. When he was residing in Bangalore, he joined the Prakash Padukone’s Badminton Academy for getting the Badminton training. In 2004, he returned back to Hyderabad. It was the time when he came to know about his health diseases as he is suffering from asthma.
 
However, with proper treatment at the time, and with strong will very soon he got cure of this illness and then again started training for Badminton from Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy situated in Hyderabad. In 2005, while playing for Andhra Pradesh in his first ever badminton match in the National-Junior-Open-Badminton-Championship he ended up winning the title of boys' singles. In 2006, at the Bitter burger Open, he reached at 64th position out of 100 in the world ranking when he recorded the victory in this tournament. 
 
After that, his world ranking reached 19 in 2012, when he reached in the quarterfinals of men's singles at the London Olympics and became the first Indian male athlete to reach this far in badminton. In the following year, he reached the 14th position after winning the title of Indian Open Grand Prix Gold in men's singles. In 2014, he won a gold medal for India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He became the thrid Indian male shuttler after Prakash Padukone and Syed Modi to win the gold medal at the Commonwealth games.

Parupalli Kashyap Family, Relatives and Other Relations

He was born to Uday Shankar and Subhadra Shankar. He married badminton player Saina Nehwal on 14-12-2018 in a private ceremony.

Life's Important Dates Of Parupalli Kashyap

Body Measurements

Chest Size 40
Biceps Size 14
Waist Size 32
Skin Colour Fair
Eye Colour Dark Brown
Hair Colour Black

Personal Info

Home Town Hyderabad
Nationality Indian
Religion Hindu
Address Hyderabad, Telangana, India
School N/A
College N/A
Qualification Bachleor of Commerce(B.Com.)
Hobbies Singing, Listening Music, Playing Games
Marital Status Married
Debut The National Junior Open Badminton Championships (2006)
Salary N/A
Net Worth $3 Million
Official Website N/A

Collections

Car Collections Audi Q5

Favourites

Favorite Color Black, White
Favorite Player Sachin Tendulkar
Favorite Sport Cricket and Badminton
Favorite Singer Sonu Nigam , Calvin Harris
Favorite Song Aap Jaisa koi meri Zindagi mei Aaye
Favorite Place Hilly Areas
Favorite Food Chicken and Mutton dishes

Shocking / Interesting Facts & Secrets About Parupalli Kashyap

  • He won the silver medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Gold Medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  • He is the first male player of India to reach in the quarter-finals of the 2012 Olympic Games.
  • In the year 2012, he was awarded by the prestigious Arjuna Award.
  • In the year 2015, he was seen on the cover page of "The Man Magazine".

Parupalli Kashyap Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

37 years, 9months, 29 days old age Parupalli Kashyap will turn 38 on 08 September, 2024. Only 2 months, 1 hours,20 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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