Ajay Prabhakar Khare (born 2 July 1959) is an Indian

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player.

Early life and education

After obtaining a degree in mechanical engineering from the Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur, he went on to complete his master's degree from

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Bridge career

In the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games (), and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 201 ...

, he was part of the men's team that won bronze. In the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

, he was part of the bridge team. In the final, they suffered a defeat to Hong Kong and were awarded the silver medal.

References

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