Tarun Dhillon

Tarun Dhillon (born 18 August 1994) is an Indian para badminton player from Haryana. He competes in the SL4 category.^[1] He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, his second Olympics.^[2]

Tarun Dhillon
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30) Hissar, Haryana, India
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Men's singles SL4 Men's doubles SL3–SL4 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	1 (MS 4 July 2022) 1 (MD with Kumar Nitesh 2 March 2023) 15 (XD with Jyothi Verma 30 May 2022)
Current ranking	6 (MS) 4 (MD with Kumar Nitesh) (3 September 2024)
Medal record Men's para badminton Representing  India World Championships 2013 Dortmund Men's singles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Men's singles 2019 Basel Men's singles 2015 Stoke Mandevile Men's doubles 2017 Ulsan Men's singles 2019 Basel Men's doubles Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Men's singles 2022 Hangzhou Men's doubles 2014 Incheon Men's singles 2018 Jakarta Men's team Asian Championships 2008 Bangalore Men's doubles

Dhillon has been ranked world number 2 in para-badminton men's Singles SL4.^[3] He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and finished fourth in the SL4 singles category.^[4]

He won a gold medal in the men's doubles SL3-SL4 event along with Kumar Nitesh at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China. Earlier, he won two more Asian Games medals. He had won a silver medal in 2014 and gold medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games.^[5]

Early life

Dhillon was born in Hissar, Haryana. When he was 8 years old, he met with an accident while playing football and his right knee was badly injured and two surgeries did not help. He took to badminton and won his first para badminton event at 11. He trains at Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana.^[6]

Awards

Dhillon received the Arjuna Award in 2022.^[5]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles SL4

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Lin Cheng-che	21–15, 21–10	Gold
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Lucas Mazur	18–21, 21–10, 21–15	Gold
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Lucas Mazur	18–21, 10–21	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Lucas Mazur	14–13r	Silver

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Pramod Bhagat	Anand Kumar Boregowda Manoj Sarkar	21–7, 14–21, 6–21	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Manoj Sarkar	21–14, 15–21, 16–21	Silver

Asian Para Games

Men's singles SL4

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Fredy Setiawan	20–22, 18–21	Silver
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Fredy Setiawan	10–21, 21–13, 21–19	Gold

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Kumar Nitesh	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	9–21, 21–19, 22–20	Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Raheja Stadium, Bangalore, India				Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[7][8]

Men's singles SL4

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Lucas Mazur	7–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	21–17, 20–22, 21–18	Winner
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Shin Kyung-hwan	21–9, 21–9	Winner
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Fredy Setiawan	11–21, 21–9, 21–23	Runner-up
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	12–21, 21–8, 21–13	Winner
2023	Brazil Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Lucas Mazur	7–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Lucas Mazur	9–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Sukant Kadam	21–13, 16–21, 21–16	Winner
2024	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Fredy Setiawan	21–23, 18–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Mohammad Arwaz Ansari Deep Ranjan Bisoyee	21–13, 17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Mongkhon Bunsun Siripong Teamarrom	21–13, 21–7	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam	20–22, 21–12, 9–21	Runner-up
2023	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam	21–18, 14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam	24–22, 9–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Kumar Nitesh	Nilesh Gaikwad Nehal Gupta	21–12, 21–8	Winner
				Guillaume Gailly William Roussy	21–13, 21–12
				Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Manoj Sarkar	21–9, 17–21, 21–16
				Pramod Bhagat Sukant Kadam	11–21, 21–16, 21–16

International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles SL4

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Lucas Mazur	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Sukant Kadam	21–12, 22–20	Winner
2019	Canada Para Badminton International	Lucas Mazur	21–18, 19–21, 21–17	Winner

Men's doubles SL3–SL4

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Kumar Nitesh	Dwiyoko Fredy Setiawan	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Kumar Nitesh	Pramod Bhagat Manoj Sarkar	21–13, 18–21, 21–23	Runner-up