Profile details
- Born
- 13 May 1979
- Birthplace
- Pune
- State
- Maharashtra
- Height
- 173 cm
- Plays
- Left-handed
- Sport
- Badminton
- Discipline
- Racquet
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
19 recorded appearances, most significant first.
- ·2004 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- ·2006 Asian Games – men's team
- ·2002 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
- ·2002 Commonwealth Games – mixed doubles
- ·1998 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
- ·1998 Commonwealth Games – men's team
- ·2003 Badminton World Championships – men's singles
- ·2017 World Senior Badminton Championships O35 – men's singles
Career Timeline
- 1998Competed at badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
- 1998Competed at badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – men's team
- 1999Competed at 1999 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse – men's singles
- 1999Competed at 1999 US Open Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2002Competed at 2002 French Open Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2002Competed at 2002 Welsh International Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2002Competed at badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – men's singles
- 2002Competed at badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – mixed doubles
- 2003Competed at 2003 Badminton World Championships – men's singles
- 2003Competed at 2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse – men's singles
- 2004Competed at 2004 Mauritius International Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2004Competed at badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- 2005Competed at 2005 South Africa International Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2006Competed at 2006 Mauritius International Badminton Championships – men's doubles
- 2006Competed at 2006 Mauritius International Badminton Championships – mixed doubles
- 2006Competed at 2006 Victoria International Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2006Competed at badminton at the 2006 Asian Games – men's team
- 2009Competed at 2009 Mauritius International Badminton Championships – men's singles
- 2017Competed at 2017 World Senior Badminton Championships O35 – men's singles
Statistics
Verified statistics are not available in this profile.
About
Nikhil Kanetkar (born 13 May 1979) is an Indian former badminton player from Pune. Born in a Maharashtrian family, Kanetkar played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round. In the round of 16, Kanetkar was defeated by Peter Gade of Denmark.
Biography adapted from Nikhil Kanetkar on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.