BIO – DATA NAME : LEROY D’SA DATE OF BIRTH : 12th October, 1953 E-MAIL ADDRESS : [email protected] CONTACT NUMBER : 9867220634 RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS : 93-J, Western Railway Colony Pali Hill Estate, Perry Road Bandra (West) Mumbai, INDIA EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : B. Com. Part I (Kanpur University) SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS : Badminton I. National Champion : Men’s Doubles - 1973, 1975, 1976, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984 & 1986 Runner-up – 1974, 1978, 1981, 1982 & 1985 II. National Champion : Mixed Doubles – 1980 Runner-up - 1978, 1982 & 1984 III. Represented “INDIAN RAILWAYS” in NATIONALS : 1974. 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 1990 & 1991 Captain of INDIAN RAILWAYS : 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988 & 1989 Member of the Victorious Indian Railways Team in Inter-State Badminton Championships for Men in 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985 & 1989. IV. Member of the Victorious Western Railway Team in Inter-Railway Badminton Championships in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 & 1989. REPRESENTED INDIA IN : i) 3rd ASIAN BADMINTON CONFEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS at Hyderabad in 1976 ; ii) QUAID-E-AZAM Centenary Celebrations in Karachi in 1976 ; iii) 8th ASIAN GAMES (Badminton) in Bangkok in 1978. iv) Asian Zone THOMAS CUP Finals against Malaysia in 1979 which India won ; v) International Badminton tournaments which were held in various parts of India in 1980 ; vi) Participated in the German Open, Danish Open and the All-England Badminton Championships in 1981 ; vii) THOMAS CUP tie against Sri Lanka at Hyderabad in October 1981 which India won ; viii) 2nd INDIAN MASTERS Open Badminton Tournament in Hyderabad in August 1982, reaching the quarter-finals in Men’s Doubles ; ix) COMMONWEALTH GAMES held in Brisbane (Australia) in 1982, reaching the quarter-finals in Men’s Doubles ; x) Member of the Indian Badminton Team in the IX ASIAN GAMES held in New Delhi in November/December 1982. Won three Bronze Medals, viz. Team Event, Men’s Doubles Event and Mixed Doubles Event ; (I am the only Badminton player from India to win 3 Bronze medals in the Asian Games – 1982 and the only Badminton player to have won a total of 4 Bronze medals in the Asian Games – 1982 & 1986). xi) Participated in the Swedish Open & All-England Championships – 1983 ; xii) Won the AUSTRIAN OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP – Men’s Doubles at Pressbaum, Austria in 1983 ; xiii) Won a Silver Medal at the 5th ASIAN BADMINTON CONFEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS held a Calcutta in 1983 in the Team Event ; xiv) Member of the Indian Thomas Cup Tea for the WORLD CUP ASIAN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS held at New Delhi In January 1984 – Runner-up ; xv) Winner of the Men’s Doubles in the INTERNATIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP held at Lucknow in 1984 ; xvi) Member of the Indian Badminton Team for the IV WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS held at Calgary, Canada in June 1985 ; xvii) Member of the Indian team for the 6th ASIAN BADMINTON CONFEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN Kuala Lumpur in 1986 ; xviii) Member of the Indian Badminton Team in the X ASIAN GAMES held in Seoul, Korea in 1986. Won a Bronze Medal in the Team Event ; xix) Member of the Indian Badminton Team in the V WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS held in Beijing, China in May 1987. COACHING ASSIGNMENTS : I was appointed Coach of the Indian Team for the following assignments : i) The Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament at Chennai, India in 1998 ; ii) The German Open and Danish Open in 1999 ; iii) Coached the Indian Team who trained along with the English National Squad at Milton Keynes in October 1999 ; iv) Indian Thomas Cup Squad for the Asian Zone Qualifying rounds held at Delhi 2000 and India qualified for the final round that was held at Kuala Lumpur; v) That participated in the World Junior Badminton Championship held at Gaun Zhau (Canton) China in 2000 ; vi) The All-England Badminton Championships, 2001 at Birmingham where P. Gopi Chand was the winner of the Men’s Singles ; vii) French Open Badminton Championship at Paris 2001, where ABHIN SHYAM GUPTA won the Men’s Singles Championship ; viii) Indian Thomas Cup Squad for the European Zone Qualifying rounds held at Eindhoven in February 2002 ; ix) Indian Squad for the Commonwealth Games held at Manchester in July-August 2002 ; x) Asian Badminton Confederation Championships held at Bangkok in 2002. xi) South Asian Federation Games held at Islamabad, Pakistan where the Indian Team won both the Men and Women’s titles in the individual events and Team Championships .