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{{short description|Indian badminton player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dipankar Bhattacharjee
| image = Dipankar. Bhattacharjee.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Dipankar Bhattacharjee
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|02|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Guwahati]], [[India]]
| spouse = Dahlia Bhattacharjee (2001–present)
}}

'''Dipankar Bhattacharjee''' ({{lang-as|দীপংকৰ ভট্টাচাৰ্য}}), born 1 February 1972,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bh/deepankar-bhattacharya-1.html sports-reference.com]</ref> is a Badminton player from [[Assam]], [[India]]. He represented India at many International tournaments including [[Barcelona]] and [[Atlanta]] [[Olympic Games|Olympics]].
He was the [[Indian National Badminton Championships|Indian National Badminton]] [[Champion]] thrice and a runner-up twice.
At Barcelona Olympics, he reached the pre-quarters.

[[Pullela Gopichand]] (former [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All-England Champion]]) was ranked number two in Indian Badminton team for major part of Dipankar's reign in the Indian Badminton scene.

==Early Starter==
Dipankar started playing badminton at a very early age. He was five years old when his father Mr. Iswar Bhattacharjee took him out for Badminton training. His father is his first coach and has been a constant guide and adviser who started local tournaments in the Guwahati Indoor Hall (Kanaklata Indoor Stadium) to attract interests from younger kids and their parents for Badminton.

In addition to his own father, Dipankar was trained by several other good coaches. He had spent few years at [[Prakash Padukone]]'s Badminton academy at Bangalore and trained with Prakash, Vimal Kumar, Mr. Veedu, etc. He was guided by National and State level Badminton coaches.

==The Sportsman==
Dipankar had been the star attraction in many tournaments. His style of game attracts spectators naturally. He always played fast-paced, endurance and offense (smash) based game which always energized onlookers. He was praised many a times especially by
Mr. [[Prakash Padukone]] as India's one of a kind player who had the potential of taking on the champions from other Asian countries like China and Indonesia, and who could match their level of speed, endurance, and reflex.

==Role Change==
He often got injured while playing and doing his daily training. Lack of proper medical treatment needed for sportsmen in India during his times was another reason he could not heal properly from his injuries.

He retired early from the game in 2004, after playing the last Indian National Championships at Guwahati. Thereafter he concentrated on launching his Badminton Coaching center at Guwahati by the name of
"[[Iswarati Center for Badminton Learning]]" or ICBL.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web-cdx/20080821035158/http://www.iswarati.com/phpindex.php iswarati.com]</ref> The project was carried on for almost 3 years in a badminton coaching facility in Guwahati.

He is looking forward to a successful change of role from being a star Badminton player to a successful Sports Entrepreneur. He wants to popularize and commercialize Badminton so that it gets well funded and it attracts
talented young kids to make a fruitful profession out of their effort. He is a mentor of [[Indian Collegiate Athletic Program (ICAP)|Indian Collegiate Athletic Program]] for the sport of Badminton.

==Achievements==

* Sub-junior National runner-up - Guwahati in 1980
* Junior National Champion - Madras (Chennai) in 1987<ref>[http://www.badmintonindia.org/players/national-winners/ badmintonindia.org]</ref>
* Senior National Champion - Three times
* Senior National runner-up - Two times
* Represented India in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta Olympics (1996). He lost in the pre-quarters to [[Zhao Jianhua]], of China, 15–4, 15–12.
* Had been nominated for Arjuna Award couple of times

==Hall of Fame==
Dipankar's achievements have gone into the record books in the following areas -
* He is the first Olympian from the current state of Assam.
* He is one of the first Badminton players to represent India in Olympics.
* He is the only Senior National Badminton Champion from the North-East India till date (2014).
* He is the only Male Shuttler from India to have made it to Two Olympics (1992 & 1996).

==Personal life==
Dipankar is now working in the capacity of a Chief Manager at [[Indian Oil Corporation]], Western regional office in Mumbai. He married Ms. Dahlia Banerjee of [[Kolkata]] in 2001 and has a son with her.

He is an MBA graduate from India's leading B- school, [[S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research|S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research]], Mumbai.

Dipankar underwent successful brain surgery for [[Pituitary adenoma]], a type of brain tumor on Feb 4, 2020 at the [[Hinduja Hospital]] in Mumbai, performed by noted neurosurgeon [[B. K. Misra]].<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2021/feb/01/two-time-olympian-dipankar-bhattacharjee-to-undergo-brain-surgery-2258035.html</ref><ref>https://www.insidene.com/amp/shuttler-dipankar-bhattacharjee-diagonised-with-brain-tumour/</ref><ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-badminton-legend-dipankar-bhattacharjee-to-undergo-brain-tumour-surgery/372830</ref><ref>https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/olympian-dipankar-bhattacharjee-to-undergo-brain-surgery-23158016</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Indian male badminton players]]
[[Category:Olympic badminton players of India]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Indian national badminton champions]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Guwahati]]
[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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