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Nandu Natekar is a former Indian badminton national champion. Natekar has won over 100〔(Natekar.com )〕 national and international titles for India in a career spanning 15 years.〔 Natekar was the first Indian to win a title abroad, in 1956.〔(PIB.NIC.IN )〕〔(WebIndia123 )〕 Natekar is a director of Natekar Sports and Fitness (NSF). He won the Men's Doubles National Championship a total of six times,〔In the years 1955,1956,1958,1960,1961,1963 - (Badminton India Archives - Men's Doubles )〕 Men's Singles National Championship a total of six times,〔In the years 1953,1954,1958,1960,1961,1965 - (Badminton India Archives - Men's Singles )〕 and Mixed Doubles National Championship a total of five times.〔In the years 1953,1954,1961,1966,1970 - (Badminton India Archives - Mixed Doubles )〕 He is an alumnus of Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai.〔(Ruia College - Awards and Distinctions )〕 His son, Gaurav Natekar, is a seven-time Indian National Champion in tennis.〔(Indian Express (newspaper) )〕 ==Achievements== *Won National level Men's Singles and Doubles Championship, as well as Mixed Doubles, multiple times in India.〔〔(Badminton India Archives - Individual Championships )〕 *He has reached the last 8 in the All England Championships. *Included among 'the Greats' in a souvenir published by Malaysia during the Thomas Cup series in 1954-55.〔(Indiantelevision.com )〕 *Men’s Singles Champion in the Selangor International Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1956. His victory was also the first international victory by an Indian badminton player.〔〔 *Recipient of the first Arjuna Award instituted in 1961.〔〔 *Voted the most popular sportsperson of India in 1961.〔 *Natekar and Meena Shaw won the Mixed Doubles title at Bangkok’s King’s Cup International Tournament in 1962. Won the Men’s Singles title at the same event in 1963.〔 *Represented India at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica in 1965.〔 *Awarded ''Meritorious Service Award'' by the IBF in 1989.〔(Badminton India Archives - Awards )〕 *Honoured at the Jagatik Marathi Parishad in Mauritius in 1991.〔 *Awarded ''Life-time Achievement Award'' by the Petroleum Sports Control Board of India in January, 2001.〔(The Hindu (newspaper) )〕 *Awarded ''Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar'' in 2002, titled ''Ratna Saurabh''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nandu M. Natekar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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