Raju Tolani is an Indian bridge player and general manager of the Indian branch of Schmolz + Bickenbach, a Swiss steel company.
Wiki/Biography
Raju Tolani is a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. Bridge is a team card game. In an interview, he said of the game of bridge:
In the 1970s and 1980s, bridge was part of the culture at IITs and IIMs. Without serious competition, people will find time to play games of intellectual value. You can enjoy the glory of smart strategy. ”
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Weight (approximately): 80kg
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about Raju Tolani’s parents and siblings.
wife and children
There is not much information about Raju Tolani’s wife and children.
Profession
In February 2018, Raju Tolani and Anil Padhye, another Indian bridge player, won the pairs event at the Singhania Invitational in Kanpur.
Raju Tolani and Anil Padhye win the 2018 Singhania Pairs Invitational Tournament in Kanpur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate the men’s bridge team for winning the silver medal at the Asian Games. The tweet read,
Congratulations to the Indian men’s bridge team for their outstanding performance and winning the silver medal at the Asian Games.
Raju Tolani, Ajay Prabhakar Khare, Sumit Mukherjee, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Jaggy Shivdasani and Sandeep Thakral have all shown exceptional talent… pic.twitter.com/svlpUy3Acx
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 6, 2023
Awards, Honors, Achievements
medal
bronze
- Raju Tolani won the bronze medal in the 2018 Asian Games.
- 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Republic of China, and won the silver medal in 2023. The Indian Bridge team scored 152 points in the final against Hong Kong, China.
Raju Tolani (far right) with members of the Indian bridge team winning silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education