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'''Kanwal Thakar Singh''' (born Kanwal Thakar Kaur) is a former Indian badminton player and an [[Arjuna Award]] recipient.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportsbharti.com/badminton/whos-who/kanwal-thakur-singh/|title=Kanwal Thakur Singh - Sports Bharti {{!}} sportsbharti.com|work=Sports Bharti {{!}} sportsbharti.com|access-date=2017-11-15|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="archive.indianexpress.com">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/gcg11--alumni-meet-tomorrow/1045605/|title=GCG-11 alumni meet tomorrow - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> She presently lives in the [[United States|United States of America]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Singh was born on 2 November 1954 in [[Chandigarh]], India in a [[Jat Sikh]] family to an Army officer Colonel Thakur Singh Sandhu and theatre actress Diljit Kaur.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kirron-Kher-My-mom-was-regal-special/articleshow/4779445.cms|title=Kirron Kher: My mom was regal & special - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> Singh's sister [[Kirron Kher]] is a Bollywood actress and a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Singh was bright at studies and finished her post graduation in History from the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Chandigarh. She was a topper in her class.<ref name="archive.indianexpress.com"/><br />
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== Badminton ==<br />
Singh started playing badminton at the young age of 11. She won the women's singles title at the Punjab State Championship at the age of 15 and made her foray into the national games.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1974, she was a runners up to [[Ami Ghia]] in the National Championship at Ludhiana.{{fact|date=March 2019}}<br />
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She won a silver medal in the team event at the Jinnah Centenary Championship at Karachi in 1976.{{fact|date=March 2019}}<br />
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Singh won her first singles title at Panjim in 1977. Then she again won the Women's Singles title at the National Championships. In 1978 she was able to defend her title and was also successful in women's doubles played against [[Ami Ghia]] . It was the same year that she became a member of the Indian team that participated in the Uber Cup competition against Malaysia in [[Kuala Lumpur]].<br />
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At the 1978 Commonwealth Games in [[Edmonton]], she won bronze in doubles with [[Ami Ghia]].{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}<br />
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Ami Ghia and Singh reached the quarterfinals at the [[All-England Championship|All England Championship]] in 1979 where they lost to the top seeded Indonesian pair of Verawati Vaharo and [[Imelda Wiguno|Imelda Wigeono]].<br />
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In 1981, Singh won gold in the doubles and then a bronze in 1982 New Delhi Asian Games both in Team and Mixes Doubles events.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games/asian-games-2018-historic-day-for-indian-badminton/articleshow/65560336.cms | title=Asian Games 2018: Historic day for Indian badminton | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=27 August 2018 | accessdate=13 July 2021 | author=Akaash Dasgupta}}</ref><br />
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In July, 2002 she became the Chief Patron of the Chandigarh Badminton Players Welfare Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020714/cth3.htm#2|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
In 1977-78, Singh was the recipient of the [[Arjuna Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yespunjab.com/info4u/item/48750-list-of-recipients-of-arjuna-awards-in-badminton-award-for-outstanding-achievement-in-national-sports|title=List of Arjuna Award recipients|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> She also won the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award.<br />
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[[Category:Indian female badminton players]]<br />
[[Category:Indian national badminton champions]]<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]<br />
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in badminton]]<br />
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br />
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[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
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