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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal is an Indian badminton player who attained a career best ranking of 2 in the world in 2010. She is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton, winning bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. Saina has also won numerous international tournaments, including becoming the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open Super Series tournament. She has been supported by the Olympic Gold Quest and has received several prestigious awards for her sporting achievements.

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal is an Indian badminton player who attained a career best ranking of 2 in the world in 2010. She is the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton, winning bronze at the 2012 London Olympics. Saina has also won numerous international tournaments, including becoming the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open Super Series tournament. She has been supported by the Olympic Gold Quest and has received several prestigious awards for her sporting achievements.

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SAINA NEHWAL

Saina Nehwal pronunciation (helpinfo); born 17 March 1990 in Hisar,


Haryana) 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. She achieved this feat by
winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012 on 4 August 2012.
She is the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and
was also the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament, by clinching the
Indonesia Open on 21 June 2009. She also won the 2014 China Open Super
Series Premier in November, 2014. Saina is supported by the Olympic Gold
Quest.
Saina was initially coached by S. M. Arif a Dronacharya Award winner, and
then by Pullela Gopichand till 2014 September. Saina is the reigning Indian
national champion and is currently coached by the former Indian badminton
champion and national coach U. Vimal Kumar. Saina Nehwal plays for
Hyderabad Hotshots in Indian Badminton League.
Saina Nehwal was born as the second daughter to the Jat family of Harvir
Singh and Usha Rani at the University Hospital of the Chaudhary Charan
Singh Haryana Agricultural University in Hisar.[1] Her father worked in CCS
HAU and she completed her first few years of schooling at Campus School
CCS HAU, Hisar. The family later shifted to Hyderabad.[42] Nehwal also has a
brown belt in Karate.

Career record
Event
Czechoslovakia Junior Open
Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament
Philippines Open (badminton)
Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament
Indian National Badminton Championships
National Games of India
2008 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold
Indian National Badminton Championships
2010 Badminton Asia Championships
2012 Summer Olympics

Awards

Arjuna Award (2009)


Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (20092010)[44]

Padma Shri (2010)[45]

Year
2003
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2010
2012

Result
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Bronze
Bronze

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