Lakshya Sen

Lakshya Sen
Personal information
Country  India
Born (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001
Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Residence Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Coach Vimal Kumar
Prakash Padukone
D. K. Sen
Men's singles
Highest ranking 69 (8 June 2018)
Current ranking 87 (11 October 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  India
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Boys' singles
Asian Junior Championships
2018 Jakarta Boys' singles
2016 Bangkok Boys' singles
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player.[1] Sen, born in Almora, belongs to a badminton family. His father, D K Sen, is a coach in India and his brother, Chirag Sen, is also an international badminton player.[2] Trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Sen has shown his talent as a badminton player at a young age, and has had a brilliant year in the junior badminton circuit in 2016. He became the number one junior singles player in BWF World Junior ranking in February, 2017. Sen also competed in the senior international level and won the men's singles title at the 2016 India International Series tournament.[3] He emerged as the champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships defeating the top seeded World No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final.[4]

Sen participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics as the fourth seeded. He settled the boys' singles silver medal after lost to Chinese player Li Shifeng in the straight games 15–21, 19–21.[5] He also competed in the mixed team event, and helps the team Alpha took the gold medal.[6]

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina China Li Shifeng 15–21, 19–21 Silver

Asia Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21–19, 21–18 Gold
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand China Sun Feixiang 12–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Tata Open India International Thailand Sitthikom Thammasin 21–15, 14–21, 19–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 India International Series Malaysia Chong Yee Han 21–15, 17–21, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Eurasia Bulgarian Open Croatia Zvonimir Durkinjak 18–21, 21–12, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 India International Series Malaysia Lee Zii Jia 11–13, 11–3, 11–6, 11–6 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Lakshya Sen". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Nadkarni, Shirish (8 February 2017). "Decoding Lakshya Sen: How the world's No 1 junior has taken the badminton world by storm". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Talwar, Gaurav (2 February 2017). "Lakshya Sen becomes World No 1 junior badminton player". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lakshya Sen stuns World No 1 to bag badminton gold in Asian Junior Championships". The Indian Express. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Youth Olympics 2018: Lakshya Sen settles for silver medal in Badminton". The Indian Express. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Youth Olympics: Why Lakshya Sen's gold, Manu Bhaker's silver won't be added to India's medal count". DNA. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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