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{{Infobox badminton player<br />
|name=Rohit Bhaker<br />
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|10|26}}<br />
|country={{IND}}<br />
|medaltemplates={{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalSport|Men's [[badminton]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Deaflympics]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[1997 Summer Deaflympics|Copenhagen 1997]]|[[Badminton at the Deaflympics|team]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Summer Deaflympics|Melbourne 2005]]|[[Badminton at the Deaflympics|singles]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Summer Deaflympics|Melbourne 2005]]|[[Badminton at the Deaflympics|team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Deaf Badminton Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 World Deaf Badminton Championships|2007]]|singles}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rohit Bhaker''' (born 26 October 1984) is an [[India]]n deaf badminton player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?12000|title=Rohit Bhaker {{!}} Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Rohit Bhaker was born profoundly deaf and he has the inability to speak. He is from [[Bhiwani]] and is currently residing in [[Bhiwani]] for badminton practices and works in DHBVN.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/othersports/sixth-sense-the-rohit-bhaker-story/story-qOMBzn2RTwetLth4O5uSUN.html|title=Sixth Sense: The Rohit Bhaker story|date=2005-05-08|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-12-24|language=en}}</ref> In 1997 for his achievement in his debut Deaflympic event (1997), he was awarded the [[National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement]], an Indian national award to child artists who perform exception achievements in any field. He also received Arjuna Award for his efforts in the sport of badminton.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/rohit-bhaker-badminton-player-receiving-the-arjuna-award-news-photo/88940655#rohit-bhaker-badminton-player-receiving-the-arjuna-award-from-patil-picture-id88940655|title=Rohit Bhaker, Badminton Player Receiving the Arjuna award from Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India (Pratibha Patil) in New Delhi, India|work=Getty Images|access-date=2017-12-24|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Rohit made his Deaflympic debut in the [[1997 Summer Deaflympics]] at the age of just twelve and was a member of the Indian badminton team which won the gold medal in the mixed team event, which also featured [[Rajeev Bagga]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results/deaflympics/4/484|title=Badminton team {{!}} 1997 Summer Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref> This achievement made him the youngest male medalist at the Deaflympic history (12 years, 8 months and 17 days) and also became the youngest gold medalist in the history of Deaflympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp|title=Records in Deaflympics {{!}} Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref><br />
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Rohit Bhaker too claimed bronze medals in the men's singles and mixed team events as a part of the [[2005 Summer Deaflympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results/deaflympics/2/93|title=Badminton men's singles {{!}} 2005 Summer Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games.asp?results/deaflympics/4/98|title=Badminton mixed team{{!}} 2005 Summer Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-24}}</ref><br />
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He is often compared to [[Rajeev Bagga]], a fellow Indian deaf badminton player who has clinched 12 gold medals at the Deaflympics.<br />
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[[Category:1984 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male badminton players]]<br />
[[Category:Deaf badminton players]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bhiwani]]<br />
[[Category:Deaf people from India]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br />
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