Prakash Padukone is a former Indian Badminton player. He is considered one of the best footballers of his time. He played an important role in promoting the sport of badminton in India. Prakash Padukone is the father of Indian actress Deepika Padukone. Let us know more about Prakash Padukone age, height, wife, children, religion and more.
Biography/Wiki
Prakash was born on June 10, 1955 in Bangalore, Mysore State, India who once brought a lot of glory to India for his success through his sports, now he is proud of his daughter’s success in Bollywood and also in Hollywood. He earned titles like ‘The Silent Tiger’ and ‘The undisputed Leader’ after his unbeatable success in the 80s and 90s.
Prakash Padukone plays badminton
He is the proud father of one of the Bollywood actresses, Deepika Padukone. Prakash was awarded India’s third highest civilian award, the Padma Shri in 1982. He is also a recipient of the Arjuna Award. Even after retirement, he continued to contribute to his country by promoting Olympic sports in India through his foundation, Olympic Gold Quest.
Physical appearance
Prakash has an athletic body even in his 60s. He is 6’1 tall and weighs around 75 kg. He has black hair and black eyes. 
Family, Religion & Caste
Prakash was born into a Brahmin family (Chitrapur Saraswat) in Bangalore, India. His father, Ramesh Padukone is the secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association and his mother, Ahilya Padukone is a housewife. He has a brother who lives in Mangalore, India. His parents arranged his marriage to Ujjala and the couple had two daughters, Deepika Padukone, and Anisha Padukone.
Prakash Padukone with his wife and daughter
Her eldest daughter Deepika is one of the highest paid actresses in India and her youngest daughter Anisha is a professional golfer. His family is one of the respected and respected families in India.
Prakash Padukone’s family photo
Career
At a very young age, Prakash developed a keen interest in Badminton as his father used to motivate him to focus on the game. He was a right-handed batsman who played his maiden match, the Karnataka state junior championship in 1962. In 1764, he bagged the title of National Junior Champion and went on to become the youngest player to win the National Senior Championship at his age. 16. Many may be surprised when he won the national senior championship nine times in a row from 1971 to 1979. Prakash won the “Evening of Champions” at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1979. In the 1980s, Prakash emerged as a badminton player who was unbeaten in India and went on to become the first Indian to win the men’s singles title at the ‘All England Championship’ after defeating Indonesian Liem Swie King, after which he was ranked World No. 1.
In the same year, he also won the Danish and Swedish Open. He won the Swedish Open after defeating his idol, Ruby Hartono. From 1980 to 1985, Prakash is said to have won 15 titles. 
In 1991, Prakash retired from competitive sports and served as the chairman of the Badminton Association of India for some time. He also served as the coach of the Indian National Badminton Team from 1993 to 1996. In 1994, Prakash founded the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) along with Vimal Kumar and Vivek Kumar.
Prakash Padukone trains a student at his academy
Prakash co-founded an organization, Olympic Gold Quest in 2001, which aimed to promote Olympic sports in India. Prakash was awarded the BAI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
Achievement
1983 World Championships: Placed 3rd in singles in Copenhagen, Denmark
1978 Commonwealth Games: Placed first in the singles event in Edmonton, Canada
Asian Games1974: Placed 3rd in the team event in Tehran, Iran1986: Placed 3rd in the team event in Seoul, South Korea
1981 World Cup: Placed first in the singles event in Kuala Lumpur
World Grand Prix1979: First place in singles at Denmark Open1980: First place in singles at All England Open
Award
1972: Awarded the Arjuna award
1982: Received the Padma Shri by the Government of India
2014: Outstanding Achievement Award at the GQ Man of the Year Awards
2018: Awarded the BAI Lifetime Achievement Award
Prakash Padukone received the BAI Lifetime Achievement Award
Facts
- Prakash Padukone does not smoke and does not drink alcohol.
- Prakash’s surname ‘Padukone’ is named after his village, Padukone, near Kundapura, Udupi district, Karnataka.
- He has many friends who are European players like Morten Frost as he did most of his International career training in Denmark.
Prakash Padukone with Morten Frost
- Dev S. Sukumar wrote a biography called Touch Play, based on the life of Prakash Padukone, it became only the second biography written on any badminton player.
Biography of Prakash Padukone, Touch Play
- In an interview, Prakash revealed that his daughter Deepika’s favorite film is Bajirao Mastani.
- Here is a video of Prakash Padukone with his daughter, Deepika, in conversation with Rajdeep.
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