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{{short description|Indian badminton player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
'''Nandu M. Natekar''' ([[British Raj]], 12 May 1933<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wGRmAAAAMAAJ&q=Nandu+M.+Natekar+12+May+1933&dq=Nandu+M.+Natekar+12+May+1933&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwity-H9pIXyAhXPOcAKHfb8CrcQ6AEwAHoECAkQAw]</ref><ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/badminton/nandu-natekar-indias-first-badminton-hero-passes-away/amp_articleshow/84815575.cms</ref> – 28 July 2021) was an Indian [[badminton]] national champion.

==Career==
Natekar won over 100<ref name="his">{{Cite web |url=http://www.natekar.com/abusn.htm |title=Natekar.com |access-date=25 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207092912/http://natekar.com/abusn.htm |archive-date=7 February 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> national and international titles for India in a career spanning 15 years.<ref name=his/> Natekar was the first Indian to win a title abroad, in 1956.<ref name="pib">[http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fjan2003/f220120031.html PIB.NIC.IN]</ref><ref name="webind">[http://www.webindia123.com/Sports/badminton/badmin.htm WebIndia123]</ref> Natekar was a director of Natekar Sports and Fitness (NSF).

He won the Men's Doubles [[Indian National Badminton Championships|National Championship]] a total of six times,<ref>In the years 1955,1956,1958,1960,1961,1963 - [http://www.badmintonindia.org/archives/archives/nc_md.htm Badminton India Archives - Men's Doubles]</ref> Men's Singles National Championship a total of six times,<ref>In the years 1953,1954,1958,1960,1961,1965 - [http://www.badmintonindia.org/archives/archives/nc_ms.htm Badminton India Archives - Men's Singles]</ref> and Mixed Doubles National Championship a total of five times.<ref>In the years 1953,1954,1961,1966,1970 - [http://www.badmintonindia.org/archives/archives/nc_mxd.htm Badminton India Archives - Mixed Doubles]</ref>

He was an alumnus of [[Ramnarain Ruia College]], Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ruiacollege.edu/awards_%26_distinctions.htm |title=Ruia College - Awards and Distinctions |access-date=25 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105122728/http://www.ruiacollege.edu/awards_%26_distinctions.htm |archive-date=5 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His son, [[Gaurav Natekar]], is a seven-time Indian National Champion in [[tennis]].<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990311/isp11081.html Indian Express (newspaper)]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Natekar died in [[Pune]] on 28 July 2021 at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Indian badminton legend Nandu Natekar dies at 88|url=https://scroll.in/field/1001292/indian-badminton-legend-nandu-natekar-dies-at-88|access-date=28 July 2021|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian badminton great Nandu Natekar passes away|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/indian-badminton-great-nandu-natekar-passes-away/cid/1824228|access-date=28 July 2021|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==Achievements==
*Won National level Men's Singles and Doubles Championship, as well as Mixed Doubles, multiple times in India.<ref name=his/><ref>[http://www.badmintonindia.org/archives/championships_individual.htm Badminton India Archives - Individual Championships]</ref>
*He has reached the last 8 in the All England Championships.
*Included among 'the Greats' in a souvenir published by [[Malaysia]] during the [[Thomas Cup]] series in 1954-55.<ref name="indtev">[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/apr/apr101a.htm Indiantelevision.com]</ref>
*Men’s Singles Champion in the [[Selangor International Tournament]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]] in 1956. His victory was also the first international victory by an Indian badminton player.<ref name=pib/><ref name=webind/>
*Recipient of the first [[Arjuna Award]] instituted in 1961.<ref name=his/><ref name=indtev/>
*Voted the most popular sportsperson of India in 1961.<ref name=his/>
*Natekar and Meena Shaw won the Mixed Doubles title at Bangkok’s King’s Cup International Tournament in 1962. Won the Men’s Singles title at the same event in 1963.<ref name=pib/>
*Represented India at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Jamaica]] in 1966.<ref name=indtev/>
*Awarded ''Meritorious Service Award'' by the [[Badminton World Federation|IBF]] in 1989.<ref>[http://www.badmintonindia.org/archives/archives/a_IBFMS.htm Badminton India Archives - Awards]</ref>
*Honoured at the Jagatik Marathi Parishad in Mauritius in 1991.<ref name=indtev/>
*Awarded ''Life-time Achievement Award'' by the Petroleum Sports Control Board of India in January 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/01/30/stories/07300964.htm |title=The Hindu (newspaper) |access-date=25 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304224533/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/01/30/stories/07300964.htm |archive-date=4 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Awarded ''Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar'' in 2002, titled ''Ratna Saurabh''.<ref name=indtev/>

==References==
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[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
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[[Category:Marathi sportspeople]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]

Nandu Natekar - Revision history

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