Uttarakhand lad Prem Kumar has won the two medals in National Para Olympic Badminton Championship-2013 organised by Maharashtra Mumbai Sports Complex Club on December 21.
Prem Kumar has won a silver medal in doubles and a bronze medal in singles for the State and now his wants to get selected for the Para- Olympic Asian games in Korea. Prem Kumar completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidhalay (KV) ONGC and has also participated in World Championship held at Germany in 2013, Commonwealth games held in Australia in 2006 and Asian Para- Olympic Badminton held in South Korea in 2008 and 2012.
Prem won his first medal in swimming at the 5th National Para Swimming Championship held in West Bengal. He won a bronze in the championship, which was his first medal and also the first medal for the state at the games. After sometime, Prem changed his game from swimming to badminton because of swimming pools in the city remain closed for more than six months in a year.
He participated in Badminton for the first time in a championship in the year 2006 at Orissa. In 2007, at the Israel Open Badminton Championship, he won a bronze medal in the singles and doubles categories. In 2008, at the Asian Para Badminton Cup, he represented India. In 2009-10, again, he won the bronze medal in singles and doubles. And in 2011 he won the silver medal in doubles category.