Srikanth Kidambi
Award Name : Arjuna Award
Year of Award : 2015
Award for : Sports and Games
Location : Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Srikanth Kidambi, is an Indian badminton player and currently the highest ranked Indian men’s player in the international circuit with a world ranking of 3 as of June 18, 2015.He won 2014 China Open Super Series Premier after beating Lin Dan by 21-19 21-17 in the final round, thus becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series Premier Men's title.He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad and is supported by the GoSports Foundation, Bangalore.He is also sponsored by Li-Ning sports.He received Arjuna Awards in 2015 for Badminton.