Aparna Balan

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Aparna Balan (born August 9, 1986 in Calcutta ) is an Indian badminton player .

Career

Aparna Balan won the Indian Junior Individual Championships in 2003, only to win the South Asian Games for the first time the following year. In 2006 and 2010 she won two more titles at the South Asian Games. In 2007 she won the Indian individual championships for the first time. In 2010 she won silver with the Indian team in the team competition at the Commonwealth Games.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
2003 India: Junior Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Aparna Balan / Saina Nehwal
2004 South Asian Games Ladies doubles 1 Aparna Balan / Shruti Curia
2004 India: International Championships Ladies doubles 3 Trupti Murgunde / Aparna Balan
2006 South Asian Games Mixed 2 Sanave Thomas / Aparna Balan
2006 South Asian Games Ladies doubles 1 Aparna Balan / Shruti Curia
2007 Pakistan International Mixed 1 Valiyaveetil Diju / Aparna Balan
2007 India: Individual Championships Mixed 1 Valiyaveetil Diju / Aparna Balan
2010 South Asian Games Mixed 2 Thomas Kurian / Aparna Balan
2010 South Asian Games Ladies doubles 2 Aparna Balan / BR Meenakshi
2010 South Asian Games Ladies doubles 1 Shruti Curia / Aparna Balan
2010 India: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Aparna Balan / Prajakta Sawant
2010 Commonwealth Games team 2 India
2012 India International Ladies doubles 2 Aparna Balan / Siki Reddy

credentials

personal data
SURNAME Balan, Aparna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcutta