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Nishant Vivek Kauthekar
Country - India

Born - 26 November 1992 (age 27)

Place of Birth - Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra,India,

Height - 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight - 73 kg kg (160 lb)

Handedness - Right

Early life
Nishant Kauthekar was born on 26 November 1992 to Vivek Kauthekar and Prajwala Kauthekar, in Hazur sahib Nanded ,Maharashtra. Initially, he was interested in playing cricket, but his elder friend encouraged him to take up badminton instead. His family settled in Nanded for a while. He did his schooling from Rashtramata and Tiny angels High School, Nanded. He joined Institute of Technology and management College, Nanded and graduated in Computer Applications(Software Development). He was the captain of the Swami Ramanand teerth marathwada university badminton team in 2012.

Coaching career
After retiring from his playing career due to injuries and financial problems, Nishant Kauthekar is BWF Level 1 Coach and started his coaching carrier at Sayaji Vihar Badminton Academy in 2015 with Mr. Jayesh Bhalawala, after spending two years there with significant results in Gujarat State championships he Moved to Bangalore in 2017 at White peacock badminton academy to pursue his next career opportunity The academy produced several badminton players including Daniel Farid, Subhankar Day, Shikha Gautam, Abhishek Yeligar, Kartikey Gulshan Kumar, Anura Prabhu Desai, Ashwini Bhatt and Aditya Joshi. after spending one and half year (1 yr, 6 months) Nishant Kauthekar went to Maldives National Team as a Head coach and Helped Maldives to win the 6 medals at the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games and Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq  Won the Historic Gold Medal medal at the 2019 Indian Ocean Island Games and first Maldivian to win the BWF Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles and Women's Doubles at Pakistan International Series 2019 at Islamabad. Under Nishant's leadership Maldives also able to deliver 14 Medals In 12 tournaments such as Bronze in Women's Doubles  at Felet Mauritius International Series, Bronze in Women's Doubles at Yonex Sunrise Nepal International Series , U21 South Asian Championship 2018 and so on , within the span of one year of his contract with Maldives Badminton Association. during his working time in india and maldives he was able to associated and work with top coaches such as Mr. Jayesh Bhalawala, Mr. Vinod Kumar, Mr. Shivaprakash, Former Korean Chief Coach Mr.sung Han kook and after completion of contract from Maldives Nishant Kauthekar is currently working in Norway as a Head coach at Moss Badminton Club since November 2019.



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