Krishna Prasad Garaga (born 15 March 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[2] He was the gold medalist at the 2019 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events.[3] He was part of the India team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup.[4]

Krishna Prasad Garaga
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 (age 24)
Kakinada,[1] India
HandednessRight
CoachMathias Boe
Men's doubles
Highest ranking31 (with Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 17 January 2023)
Current ranking47 (with Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu–Pokhara Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements edit

South Asian Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Badminton Covered Hall,
Pokhara, Nepal
  Dhruv Kapila   Sachin Dias
  Buwaneka Goonethilleka
21–19, 19–21, 21–18   Gold

BWF World Tour (3 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Orléans Masters Super 100   Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala   Ben Lane
  Sean Vendy
18–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2022 Syed Modi International Super 300   Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala   Man Wei Chong
  Tee Kai Wun
13–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100   K. Sai Pratheek   Lin Bing-wei
  Su Ching-heng
22–20, 18–21, 17–21   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Kharkiv International   Dhruv Kapila   Daniel Hess
  Johannes Pistorius
21–19, 21–16   Winner
2021 India International Challenge   Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala   Arun George
  Sanyam Shukla
24–22, 13–21, 22–20   Winner
2022 India Chattisgarh International Challenge   Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala   Ishaan Bhatnagar
  K. Sai Pratheek
21–17, 15–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2023 Réunion Open   Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala   Matthias Kicklitz
  Max Weißkirchen
21–18, 21–12   Winner
2023 Bahrain International   K. Sai Pratheek   Kazuki Shibata
  Naoki Yamada
21–16, 17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2024 Iran Fajr International   K. Sai Pratheek   Job Castillo
  Luis Montoya
21–18, 21–19   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 4 runners-up) edit

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 India Junior International   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy   Arjun M. R.
  Chirag Shetty
7–11, 10–11, 6–11   Runner-up
2015 India Junior International   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy   W Sarapat
  Panachai Worasaktayanan
21–15, 21–17   Winner
2016 India Junior International   Dhruv Kapila   Hiroki Okamura
  Masayuki Onodera
5–11, 14–12, 9–11, 11–13   Runner-up
2017 Dutch Junior International   Dhruv Kapila   Su Li-wei
  Ye Hong-wei
13–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2018 Dutch Junior International   Dhruv Kapila   Liang Weikeng
  Shang Yichen
20–22, 16–21   Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Badminton: Dealing with loss of his great strength, Krishna Prasad carries on path of father's dream". Scroll.in. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Players: Krishna Prasad Garaga". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ "SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds". Outlook India. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ "2022 Thomas Cup & Uber Cup Squads". 7 May 2022.
  5. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit