{"id":630,"date":"2018-02-01T09:07:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T09:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who_is_who_new\/?p=630"},"modified":"2018-04-02T11:11:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:11:15","slug":"dipankar-bhattacharya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/sports\/dipankar-bhattacharya.html","title":{"rendered":"Dipankar Bhattacharya Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dipankar Bhattacharya is one of the most outstanding Indian badminton players. He was born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam.<\/p>\n<p>At an early age of two, Dipankar started playing badminton. He is the first men&#8217;s badminton player to represent India at the Olympics. He has represented India twice at Olympics: Barcelona Olympics (1992) and Atlanta Olympics (1996).<\/p>\n<p>He has won the Indian National Badminton Championship thrice and was runner-up on two occasions. He was placed 8th at the Barcelona Olympics, in the world Olympics rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Dipankar Bhattacharya was trained in some of the leading Badminton academies of India like Prakash Padukone&#8217;s Badminton Academy at Bangalore.<\/p>\n<p>He is known for his fast pace, stamina and offensive style. He received praise from noted badminton players like Prakash Padukone.<\/p>\n<p>Achievements of Dipankar Bhattacharya:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 3;\">\n<li>Sub-junior National runner-up(Guwahati,1980)<\/li>\n<li>Junior National Champion (Madras, in 1987 )<\/li>\n<li>Senior National Champion (Thrice)<\/li>\n<li>Senior National runner-up (Twice)<\/li>\n<li>Represented India twice in Olympics(Barcelona and Atlanta)<\/li>\n<li>Nominated for Arjuna Award (Twice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dipankar Bhattacharya has set up a school of badminton in Guwahati (Assam) known as Iswarati Center for Badminton Learning (ICBL).The main aim of this institute is to train the talented youths of the North-eastern States of India to make them future champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dipankar Bhattacharya is one of the most outstanding Indian badminton players. 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