Manoj Sarkar

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Manoj Sarkar is an Indian Para-Badminton player who plays in SL-3 Classification. In 2021, at Tokyo Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the mens singles category after defeating Japans Daisuke Fujihara. In 2017, he clinched a silver medal in the Singles event in The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Para-Badminton World Championships. GoSports Foundation in India supports him through the Para Champions Programme.At the age of one, he was given the wrong treatment after which he suffered from a PPRP Lower Limb condition.Manoj Sarkar started playing badminton at the age of five. In an interview with the Bridge, he narrated his childhood struggles to get second-hand badminton to play. He said, I used to stay in a joint family then and had three cousins of almost similar to my age. Once, someone bought badminton racquets for them, but not for me. I felt very bad and cried a lot. My mother felt bad and gave me 10 rupees, using which I bought a small secondhand racquet for myself..In his school days, till 11th grade, he played inter-school competitions against able-bodied players. In 2011, he started playing in para-badminton championships.He hails from a modest background in Uttarakhand, India.In an interview with the Bridge, Manoj narrated that in 2011, he won two medals at para-badminton national championships in Bangalore. He stated, I was selected for the World Championships after this performance, but we could not go as we did not have sponsors. Then in 2012, I went with my own money. My mother put our house on a mortgage so that I could follow my dream, even though she was a cancer patient. The GoSports Foundation helped me out as well then; I am still grateful to them and am proud that I am still associated with them. This is how my journey in international para-badminton started, and I have won around 47 medals now at the highest level. It has been a long journey, and now I am part of the first-ever Paralympics badminton contingent from India..In 2015, at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships, he clinched a gold medal in the mens doubles event.In 2016, he won a silver medal in the Irish Para-Badminton International championships.In 2017, at the Thailand Para-Badminton International, he claimed a silver medal in Mens Singles. In the same year, he won a gold medal at the Uganda Para-Badminton International.In May 2018, at the Turkish Para-badminton International Championships, he claimed a gold medal.