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{{Short description|Indonesian badminton player}}
{{for|the Indian theater director|Dinesh Khanna (director)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Dinesh Khanna
| image = File:Dinesh Khanna.jpg
| caption = Dinesh Khanna Interview
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|01|04}}
| birth_place = [[Fatehgarh Churian]], [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
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{{MedalSport|Men's badminton}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1965 Asian Badminton Championships|1965 Lucknow]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1969 Asian Badminton Championships|1969 Manila]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1966 Kingston]]|Men's singles}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[Badminton at the 1974 Asian Games|1974 Tehran]]|Men's Team}}
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'''Dinesh Kumar Khanna''' is a former Indian badminton player.

==Career==
He was the Men's singles [[Badminton Asia Championships|Asian Champion]] in 1965 and became the first Indian to win an Asian badminton title on 14 November 1965.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/badminton/this-is-the-golden-age-of-indian-badminton-dinesh-khanna-1490885|title=This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna – NDTV Sports|last=NDTVSports.com|work=NDTVSports.com|access-date=2018-07-20|language=en}}</ref> He won a [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton|Bronze medal]] in the [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1966 Commonwealth Games]] . He was [[Indian National Badminton Championships|Indian national badminton champion]] in 1966 and a recipient of [[Arjuna award]] in 1965. He was the first Indian , post independence to reach the semi- finals of the [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Badminton -championship]] in 1966. Based on his performance in various International tournaments in 1966, he was seeded joint 3rd in [[All England Open Badminton Championships|1967 All England championship]] , which reflected unofficial World ranking , in the absence of regular formal World ranking at that time. Represented [[India]] from 1961 to 1976 in various International tournaments including 5 [[Thomas Cup|Thomas Cup series]] from 1963 to 1976. Runners- up in youth International tournament held in [[Malaysia|Malaya]] ( now [[Malaysia]] )in 1962. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/shuttling-stories/article7734883.ece | title=Shuttling stories | publisher=The Hindu | work=Y. B. Sarangi | date=7 October 2015 | accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Council">{{cite book|author=Punjab (India). Legislature. Legislative Council|title=Debates; Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rwbAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=6 September 2016|page=646}}</ref><ref name="Ahluwalia2014">{{cite book|author=Isher Judge Ahluwalia|title=Transforming Our Cities: Facing Up To India's Growing Challenge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CLLlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT60|accessdate=6 September 2016|date=28 February 2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5136-220-3|pages=60–}}</ref><ref name="Brahms2014">{{cite book|author=Bernd-Volker Brahms|title=Badminton Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4aQKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA176|accessdate=6 September 2016|date=17 January 2014|publisher=Meyer & Meyer Verlag|isbn=978-1-78255-042-6|pages=176–}}</ref><ref name="Games1967">{{cite book|author=Organising Committee of the 8th British Empire & Commonwealth Games|title=The Official history of the 8th British Empire and Commonwealth Games: Kingston, Jamaica, 4 to 13 August, 1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FUNAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=6 September 2016|date=1967|publisher=Organising Committee of the 8th British Empire & Commonwealth Games|page=73}}</ref><ref name="Reed1969">{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmDVAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=6 September 2016|year=1969|publisher=Times of India Press|page=901}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsbharti.com/badminton/whos-who/dinesh-khanna/ | title=Dinesh Khanna | publisher=sportsbharti.com | accessdate=6 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910182501/http://www.sportsbharti.com/badminton/whos-who/dinesh-khanna/ | archive-date=10 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mysportsview.in/latest-news.php?u=this-is-the-golden-age-of-indian-badminton-dinesh-khanna-1653# | title=This is The Golden Age of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna | publisher=Sports View | accessdate=6 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913233457/http://www.mysportsview.in/latest-news.php?u=this-is-the-golden-age-of-indian-badminton-dinesh-khanna-1653 | archive-date=13 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/Age-fraud-in-badminton-is-unfortunate-Dinesh-Khanna/articleshow/52492221.cms | title=Age fraud in badminton is unfortunate: Dinesh Khanna | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | first=Tushar | last=Dutt | date=29 May 2016 | accessdate=6 September 2016}}</ref>

==Achievements==
=== Asian Championships ===
''Men's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Venue
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | [[1965 Asian Badminton Championships|1965]]
| align="left" | [[Lucknow]], [[India]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|THA}} [[Sangob Rattanusorn]]
| align="left" | 15–3, 15–11
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 1.png|Gold]] '''Gold'''
|- style="background:#ECF2FF"
| align="center" | [[1969 Asian Badminton Championships|1969]]
| align="left" | [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Punch Gunalan]]
| align="left" | 7–15, 13–18
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}

=== Commonwealth Games ===
''Men's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
!Year
!Venue
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
|- style="background:#FFE4B5"
| align="center" |[[Badminton at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1966]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Robert S. McCoig|Bob McCoig]]
| align="left" |15–8, 15–7
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze'''
|}

== References ==
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{{Footer Asian Champions Badminton Singles Men}}
{{Badminton in India}}
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[[Category:Indian male badminton players]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian national badminton champions]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1974 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gurdaspur district]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games]]

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