B. R. Meenakshi

B. R. Meenakshi
Personal information
Born	20 September 1979 (1979-09-20) (age 45)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing India South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Women's team 2006 Colombo Women's team 2004 Islamabad Women's singles 2006 Colombo Women's singles 2006 Colombo Women's doubles
BWF profile

B. R. Meenakshi (born 20 September 1979) is an Indian badminton player.

Career

B. R. Meenakshi won in 1997 and 1998 four medals at the Indian Individual Junior Championships. In 1999 she finished second and third in the Indian Open. She competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the mixed doubles (with Markose Bristow) and women's singles events. In 2004, she won her only national title among the adults and was third at the Indian Open. In 2006, she once again won two silver medals at the South Asian Games.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Trupti Murgunde	5–21, 14–21	Silver
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Trupti Murgunde	11–9, 7–11, 10–13	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Aparna Balan	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	21–18, 21–23, 12–21	Silver

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	India International	P. V. V. Lakshmi	7–11, 11–4, 13–10	Winner
2001	India Satellite	Aparna Popat	4–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2003	Sri Lanka Satellite	Liu Zhen	11–8, 11–8	Winner
2004	Pakistan Satellite	Sharada Govardhini	11–3, 11–2	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	India Satellite	Oli Deka	Salakjit Ponsana Nucharin Teekhatrakul	4–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2003	Sri Lanka Satellite	Fathima Nazneen	Fan Jingling Liu Zhen	9–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2005	Sri Lanka Satellite	Trupti Murgunde	Soratja Chansrisukot Molthila Meemeak	15–9, 9–15, 15–6	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	India International	Vinod Kumar	J. B. S. Vidyadhar P. V. V. Lakshmi	14–17, 6–15	Runner-up
2001	India Satellite	Sandesh Chouta	J. B. S. Vidyadhar Jwala Gutta	10–15, 15–11, 9–15	Runner-up
2002	India Satellite	Marcos Bristow	Jaseel P. Ismail Manjusha Kanwar	5–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2004	Pakistan Satellite	Marcos Bristow	Hendri Winarto Dewi Tira Arisandi	15–11, 15–13	Winner
2005	India Satellite	Valiyaveetil Diju	Marcos Bristow Aparna Balan	15–10, 15–4	Winner

External links

• B. R. Meenakshi at BWFBadminton.com
• B. R. Meenakshi at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• B. R. Meenakshi at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)