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{{Infobox badminton player<br />
| name = George Thomas<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|04|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kerala]], India<br />
| height = 1.65 m<br />
| weight = <br />
| event = Doubles<br />
| highest_ranking = <br />
| date_of_highest_ranking = <br />
| current_ranking = retired<br />
| country = India<br />
| coach = <br />
| handedness = Left<br />
| medal_templates =<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}<br />
{{MedalSport | Men's badminton }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | Men's team }}<br />
| bwf_id = D56BED21-6DE0-4F59-B625-744D284D0587<br />
}}<br />
'''George Thomas''' (born 15 April 1966) is a former [[badminton]] player from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He won the [[Indian National Badminton Championships|National Singles title]] in 1990 and the doubles title with [[Jaseel P. Ismail]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.badmintonindia.org/frmSubChamp.aspx?id=7$0|title=Past National Winners |publisher=badmintonindia.org|accessdate=2010-04-15}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|newspaper = [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]<br />
|title = Arjuna Award for Milkha, Abhinav Khel Ratna for Gopichand<br />
|url = https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010803/main4.htm<br />
|first = M.S.<br />
|last = Unnikrishnan<br />
|date = 3 August 2001<br />
|accessdate = 2 October 2018<br />
}}</ref><br />
He is at present working for [[Bharat Petroleum|Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited]] and is posted at [[Kochi, India|Kochi]].<br />
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== Achievements ==<br />
=== IBF International ===<br />
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"<br />
|+Men's doubles<br />
! Year<br />
! Tournament<br />
! Partner<br />
! Opponent<br />
! Score<br />
! Result<br />
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"<br />
| align="center" | 1998<br />
| align="left" | Sri Lanka International<br />
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Marcos Bristow]]<br />
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Choi Min-ho (badminton)|Choi Min-ho]] <br /> {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jung Sung-gyun]]<br />
| align="left" | 13–15, 12–15<br />
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''<br />
|}<br />
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==Career==<br />
George began his career by playing for the [[University of Calicut]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/dpe/dpe_stars.htm |title=DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION |publisher=[[University of Calicut]] |accessdate=2009-08-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725053103/http://www.universityofcalicut.info/dpe/dpe_stars.htm |archivedate=2008-07-25 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Indian male badminton players]]<br />
[[Category:Indian national badminton champions]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kochi]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
[[Category:1966 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calicut alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Kerala]]<br />
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