Lakshya Sen

Born on 16 August 2001, Lakshya Sen is a badminton player from Almora, Uttarakhand, India. He belongs to a badminton family as his father, Mr. D.K. Sen is a badminton coach and his elder brother Chirag Sen is also an international badminton player. He is trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy and had an excellent year in the junior badminton circuit in the year 2016.

A glimpse of some of his career achievements:

• Winner of the India International Series tournament of 2016 and 2017.

• Became the world No. 1 junior singles player in February 2017 in the BWF World Junior rankings.

• Won a bronze medal in boys’ singles event at the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships.

• Bagged the silver medal in boys’ singles and a gold medal in the mixed team event of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

• Earned a gold medal in 2018 and a bronze medal in 2016 at the Badminton Asian Junior Championships in boys’ singles event.

• Won the gold medal in 2018 and silver medal in 2017 men’s singles event of Tata Open India International Challenge.

• Bagged a bronze medal in men's team event at the 2020 Asia Team Championships.