Leander Paes Biography

Olympic Bronze Medalist (Tennis Singles) – 1996 Atlanta Olympics...becoming the only Indian to win an individual medal in more than four decades. (The previous individual medalist for India was K.D. Jadhav, who won a bronze medal in 1952.) In 1999, she and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the finals of all four grand slams, winning the Wimbledon and the French Open and becoming the first Indian pair to win a Grand Slam doubles event. Football was my first love, and PSV Eindhoven chose him for their junior football programme. I began playing tennis when I was five years old. His dad was an exceptional athlete who was a member of the Indian hockey team that won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Jennifer, his mother, commanded the National Basketball Team.
Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy (BAT) in Chennai has chosen me for training.... First victory: Junior Wimbledon title in 1990, Junior US Open title in 1991....World No. 1 Junior in 1990... In 1991, he went pro... At the age of 15, he began competing in the Davis Cup.
In 2001, he received India's highest honour, the Padma Shri... In 1998, he received the Arjuna Award for Sports Excellence... In 1996-97, he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

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