Vemuri Sudhakar

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameVemuri•Sudhakar
Used nameVemuri•Sudhakar
Born1 January 1949
Died18 May 2021
NOC India

Biography

Vemuri Sudhakar officiated badminton at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympic Games, in addition to numerous other international tournaments. For his work in badminton, notably as a member of the BWF Umpire Assessment Panel, he received the BWF Distinguished Service Award. Sudhakar was a student at Methodist School and Nizam College. His career was in banking, as he became deputy manager of Syndicate Bank.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
2000 Summer Olympics Badminton IND Vemuri Sudhakar
Singles, Men (Olympic) Round Two Taufik Hidayat — Hidetaka Yamada Service Judge
Singles, Men (Olympic) Round Two Ji Xinpeng — Ng Wei Umpire
Singles, Women (Olympic) Round Two Yasuko Mizui — Marina Yakusheva Service Judge
Singles, Women (Olympic) Round Two Lee Gyeong-Won — Olena Nozdran Umpire
Doubles, Women (Olympic) Semi-Finals People's Republic of China 2 — People's Republic of China 1 Umpire
Doubles, Women (Olympic) Quarter-Finals People's Republic of China 1 — Great Britain 2 Service Judge
Doubles, Women (Olympic) Round Two Great Britain 2 — Canada Umpire
Doubles, Women (Olympic) Round Two People's Republic of China — Thailand Service Judge
Doubles, Mixed (Olympic) Round Two Indonesia 2 — People's Republic of China 1 Umpire
Doubles, Mixed (Olympic) Round Two Republic of Korea — Thailand Service Judge
Doubles, Mixed (Olympic) Round One Germany 2 — Canada 2 Service Judge
Doubles, Mixed (Olympic) Round One Netherlands — Australia 1 Umpire

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