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Kidambi Srikanth is an Indian badminton player who was born on 7 February of the year His brother, K. Nandagopal, is a badminton player and junior national champion. Up until the year , Srikanth and his brother were sharing a home. After that, Srikanth shifted to the Gopichand Academy to continue his practice of Badminton. Srikanth Kidambi was part of the Indian badminton contingent that reached the semi-finals of the mixed team event at the Commonwealth Games of the year in Glasgow.

They clinched the Singapore Super Series title. In the year , Kidambi began his career as the second seed at the India Open but was defeated in the second round by Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin and Huang Yuxiang.

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Srikanth Kidambi won gold in the mixed team event and silver in the singles event at the Commonwealth Games, achieving the world number 1 ranking for a week. Kidambi had a disappointing Asian Games, losing to Wong Wing Ki in the singles and losing to Indonesia in the team event. Kidambi represented his country India at the South Asian Games in Nepal and won the gold medal in the team event.

In the year , Kidambi became the first Indian male badminton player to reach the finals of the World Championships, losing to Loh Kean Yew to win the silver medal. Birth name: Srikanth Nammalwar Kidambi. Born: 7 February Height: 1.