FULL NAME: Sarikonda Apparao
NICK NAME: Appu
BORN: March 10, 1989
GENDER: Male
FAMILY: Father (S Narasingha Rao), mother (S Lingamma), younger sister (S Padma).
PRESENT ADDRESS: Senior Section Engineer (C&W), East Coast Railway, Sambalpur, Odisha.
PERMANENT ADDRESS: 10-31, Main Raod, Razole, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India.
TELEPHONE: 0-94388-36466 (Mobile)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Arts Graduate
PROFESSION: Employee of East Coast Railway since May 25, 2007.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: P U Bhaskar Babu, N Rajesh
HOME CLUB: East Coast Railway Sports Association
CAREER SPAN: Since August 2003
IDOL: Kiran Kumar Behera
HOBBY: Rading books
AMBITION IN LIFE: To become National champion

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the men`s doubles title and finished singles runner-up in the 2nd Nalini Mohanty Memorial Open Badminton Tournament at Sahidnagar Indoor Hall in Bhubaneswar on January 11, 2015.
*     Bagged a double by winning the men`s singles and doubles titles in the All-Odisha Nalco Open Badminton Tournament at Nalco Community Centre in Bhubaneswar on Dec 28, 2014.
*     Won the men’s doubles title with K Ravibabu as partner in the K1 Shuttler Open Badminton Tournament, held at Unit-1 Indoor Hall in Bhubaneswar from Dec 11 to 14, 2014.
*     Won the men’s singles title in the State Badminton Championship, held at Nalco Nagar in Angul from Sept 11 to 14, 2014.
*     Won the senior (under-40) title with K Ravi Babu as partner in the All-Odisha Ranking Men`s Doubles Tournament at Unit-I Indoor Hall in Bhubaneswar on Nov 24, 2013.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the men`s singles and doubles titles in the State Badminton Championship at Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela on Sept 28, 2013.
*     Bagged a double, winning titles in men`s singles and doubles (partner K Murali Krishna) in the 3rd Secretariat All-Odisha Open Badminton Tournament at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall, Bhubaneswar on March 30, 2012.
*     Won the men’s singles title in the Orissa State Champinoship twice in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

NATIONAL:
*     Won the mixed doubles silver with Parsa Naqvi in the Junior National Badminton Championship at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh in December, 2007.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: November 12, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: March 4, 2015