Prince Dahal Explained

Prince Dahal
प्रिंस दाहाल
Country:Nepal
Birth Date:19 June 2004
Birth Place:Khalanga, Darchula, Nepal
Years Active:2017–present
Highest Ranking:214 (MS 17 October 2023)
281 (MD with Sunil Joshi, 17 October 2023)
Bwf Id:1BFFC9F5-2E84-4C77-ACBA-F291A24262EA

Prince Dahal (born 19 June 2004) is a Nepalese badminton player.[1] [2] [3]

Career

He won the 2018 Dubai International Junior series. He reached a career high of world number seventh of the world junior ranking in March 2020.[4] [5] [6] In 2022, he was ranked number one junior player in the world.[7] In the 2019 South Asia Under 21 Championships, he won a silver medal.[8] Dahal qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and became the first ever Nepalese to do so.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oli . Prajwal . 2019-08-07 . How a teenager from Darchula is making his name in national badminton . The Kathmandu Post.
  2. Web site: Pant . Shashwat . 2019-09-20 . Prince Dahal: Nepal's young shuttler aims to fly Nepali flag in Olympics . Online Khabar.
  3. Web site: 2020-01-14 . Nepal's Prince soars to 11th position in world badminton ranking . Republica.
  4. Web site: 28 February 2020 . Dahal wins opener . The Himalayan Times.
  5. Web site: 2020-01-14 . वरियतामा प्रिन्सको अर्को फड्को . RatoPati . ne.
  6. Web site: 2020-03-11 . Nepal's Prince climbs to seventh in BWF ranking . onlineradionepal.gov.np.
  7. Web site: 2022-01-13 . Nepal's Prince Dahal ranked number one junior badminton player in the world . 2022-01-13 . . en-GB.
  8. Web site: Prince Dahal makes a history clinching top ranking in WJB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203163222/https://www.scriling.com/prince-dahal-makes-a-history/ . 2022-12-03 . scriling.com.
  9. Web site: Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers finalised . Badminton World Federation . 10 May 2024 . 21 July 2024.