In an excellent year, he won three gold medals in the BWF Para Badminton World Championship in Pattaya, Thailand, in February – in the men’s singles WH1, men’s doubles WH1-WH2 and mixed doubles WH1-WH2 categories.
Then he qualified for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the top of the rankings in the MS WH1 and MD WH1-WH2 categories and went on to repeat his gold-medal performances from Tokyo, winning two more gold medals, taking his career tally to four.
The 23-year-old took up wheelchair badminton after being diagnosed with polio as a child, and has gone on to establish himself as a generational talent, going on a 28-match winning streak in 2024 as he dominated his sport.
