Lihat sumber Nandu Natekar

{{Short description|Indian badminton player (1933–2021)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|05|12}}
| birth_place = [[Sangli State]], [[Kepresidenan dan provinsi di India Britania|India Britania Raya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/nandu-natekar-badminton-dead-7427138/lite/|title=Nandu Natekar meninggal dunia: 'superstar bulu tangkis pertama' India memiliki hubungan dengan Pune|publisher=[[Indian Express Limited]]|date=29 Juli 2021|access-date=23 Februari 2024}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|7|28|1933|5|12|}}
|death_place=[[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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'''Nandu M. Natekar''' (12 Mei 1933<ref>{{Cite web|year=2003|title=Referensi India: MR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGRmAAAAMAAJ&q=Nandu+M.+Natekar+12+May+1933}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nandu Natekar, pahlawan bulu tangkis pertama India, meninggal dunia &#124; Berita Bulu Tangkis – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/nandu-natekar-indias-first-badminton-hero-passes-away/articleshow/84815575.cms}}</ref> – 28 Juli 2021) adalah seorang juara nasional [[bulu tangkis]] India.

== Karier ==
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 Februari 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 Desember 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105122728/http://www.ruiacollege.edu/awards_%26_distinctions.htm |archive-date=5 Januari 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=Februari 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 Juli 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 Juli 2021|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Prestasi ==
*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=usurped }}</ref>
*Awarded ''Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar'' in 2002, titled ''Ratna Saurabh''.<ref name=indtev />

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