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Saina Nehwal is an Indian badminton player who attained a career best ranking of 2 in December 2010 by Badminton World Federation. She is the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics.
Born: March 17, 1990 (age 23), Hisar
Height: 1.65 m
Weight: 60 kg
Education: St. Ann's College for Women
Father: Dr. Harvir Singh
Mother: Usha Nehwal
Awards: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2010
Achievements:
- Bronze medal in women&ssquo;s singles badminton in 2012 Olympics held at London
- Gold medal in women’s singles badminton in 2008 World Championships held at India
- Gold medal in women’s singles badminton in 2010 Commonwealth Games held at Delhi
- Bronze medal in women singles badminton in 2010 Asian Championships held at New Delhi
Saina Nehwal belongs to the Hisar in Haryana and she got her badminton genes from both of her parents including Dr. Harvir Singh and mother Usha Rani. Her parents were former State Badminton Champions. Dr. Harvir Singh encouraged her daughter to took up game of badminton. Saina started playing badminton at a tender age of 8 under the careful eyes of her coach Nani Prasad. She adopted a tough training schedule from the beginning. She was trained further under S.M. Arif who is a Dronacharya Award winning Badminton Coach. The Pullela Gopichands Academy of Badminton became the training ground of Saina Nehwal where she had developed her game and polished her skills.
She won the National Junior Championship in the year 2004, and defended it again in 2005. She won the National Senior Championship in 2006 and successfully repeated it in 2007 again. In addition to this, she has also won the All India Jr. Ranking Tournaments held at Chennai in 2005 and All India Senior Ranking Tournament at Mumbai. She was also the clear winner at the National Games that took place at Guwahati.
Saina has shown her mettle at the international badminton scene by defeating many top seeded players. She won the Super Series tournament, by clinching the Indonesian open in 2009 with victory over higher-ranked Chinese Wang Lin. She continued her winning streak by winning second Super Series title of her career and won Singapore Open title on June 20, 2010. She completed her hat trick of title by winning Indonesian Open on June 27, 2010.
Saina Nehwal’s successful career in badminton and her Olympic medal have totally changed the platter of not only Indian Badminton, but also in the sports segment’s compelling growth within the country. Let us wait to watch more of Saina’s wins and improvement of badminton as well as other prominent sports played in India.
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