# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vimal-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:12:12.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vimal-kumar"
name: "Vimal Kumar"
slug: "vimal-kumar"
description: "U. Vimal Kumar is an Indian former badminton player. He won the Indian National title consecutively for two years, 1988 and 1989. He also served as Chief National Coach of India. He is the Co Founder, Director and Chief Coach in Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Dronacharya Award in 2019. He was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1986 Asian Games in the Men's team event."
tagline: "Badminton player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vijay_Goel_at_the_felicitation_ceremony_of_the_Badminton_Players_Saina_Nehwal%2C_P.V_Sindhu%2C_Srikanth_Kidambi_and_their_coaches_P._Gopichand_and_Vimal_Kumar%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.330275229357798
  historical:           6.618144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "یو ویمل کمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._Vimal_Kumar"
    title: "U. Vimal Kumar"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimal_Kumar"
    title: "Vimal Kumar"
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    title: "യു.വിമൽ കുമാർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "यू. विमलकुमार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimal_Kumar"
    title: "Vimal Kumar"
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    title: "ยู. วิมัล กุมาร"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump