George Thomas (badminton) explained

George Thomas
Birth Date:1966 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Kerala, India
Height:1.65 m
Event:Doubles
Current Ranking:retired
Country:India
Handedness:Left
Bwf Id:D56BED21-6DE0-4F59-B625-744D284D0587

George Thomas (born 15 April 1966) is an Indian former badminton player from Kerala. He won the National Singles title in 1990 and the doubles title with Jaseel P. Ismail in 1992.[1] He was a member of the Indian team that won a silver medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian Badminton.[2] He is at present working for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and is posted at Kochi.

Achievements

IBF International

Men's doubles! Year! Tournament! Partner! Opponent! Score! Result
1998Sri Lanka International Marcos Bristow Choi Min-ho
Jung Sung-gyun
13–15, 12–15 Runner-up

Career

George began his career by playing for the University of Calicut.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past National Winners . badmintonindia.org. 2010-04-15.
  2. News: . Arjuna Award for Milkha, Abhinav Khel Ratna for Gopichand . M.S. . Unnikrishnan . 3 August 2001 . 2 October 2018 .
  3. Web site: DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION . . 2009-08-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725053103/http://www.universityofcalicut.info/dpe/dpe_stars.htm . 2008-07-25 .