Akshay Dewalkar

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Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player.^[1] He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal. He participated at the 2010, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

Dewalkar announced his engagement with Mridu Sharma, the psychologist appointed by Sports Authority of India at the Gopichand Academy in 2017.^[2]^[3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Template:Flagicon Jishnu Sanyal	Template:Flagicon Thushara Edirisinghe Template:Flagicon Duminda Jayakody	13–21, 21–16, 16–21	Bronze Bronze
2016	Multipurpose Hall SAI–SAG Centre, Shillong, India	Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra	Template:Flagicon Manu Attri Template:Flagicon B. Sumeeth Reddy	18–21, 17–21	Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Jishnu Sanyal	Template:Flagicon Fauzi Adnan Template:Flagicon Tri Kusumawardana	25–27, 25–23, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2016	Syed Modi International	Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra	Template:Flagicon Goh V Shem Template:Flagicon Tan Wee Kiong	21–14, 22–24, 8–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nepal International	Template:Flagicon V. Diju	Template:Flagicon Mohammad Attique Template:Flagicon Rizwan Azam	19–21, 21–10, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Bahrain International	Template:Flagicon Jishnu Sanyal	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Reza Kheradmandi Template:Flagicon Ali Shahhosseini	14–21, 21–18, 21–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Joko Riyadi Template:Flagicon Yoga Ukikasah	22–24, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Swiss International	Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra	Template:Flagicon Lukasz Moren Template:Flagicon Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	21–17, 16–21, 12–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra	Template:Flagicon K. T. Rupesh Kumar Template:Flagicon Sanave Thomas	19–21, 21–17, 23–21	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra	Template:Flagicon Tan Chee Tean Template:Flagicon Tan Wee Gieen	21–16, 21–16	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra	Template:Flagicon Wannawat Ampunsuwan Template:Flagicon Tinn Isriyanate	14–21, 9–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2016	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Tarun Kona	Template:Flagicon Oliver Leydon-Davis Template:Flagicon Lasse Moelhede	18–21, 20–22	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre	Template:Flagicon Tarun Kona Template:Flagicon Ashwini Ponnappa	21–17, 18–21, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2014	Sri Lanka International	Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre	Template:Flagicon Vountus Indra Mawan Template:Flagicon Prajakta Sawant	21–16, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2014	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre	Template:Flagicon Manu Attri Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy	19–21, 21–19, 10–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2015	Polish Open	Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre	Template:Flagicon Chan Peng Soon Template:Flagicon Goh Liu Ying	26–28, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up