Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal 
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| Birth Name: | Saina Nehwal |
| Country: |
 India
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| Date of birth: | March 17, 1990 |
| Place of birth: | Hisar , Haryana |
| Size: | 167 cm |
| Weight: | 61 kg |
| Playing hand: | Right |
| Trainer: |
Pullela Gopichand Atik Jauhari |
| BWF ID: | 52748 |
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(born March17, 1990inHisar,Haryana) is anIndian badminton player.
Career
In 2003, Saina Nehwal won the junior title in women's doubles with Aparna Balan in India. In 2007 she won the women's singles at the Philippine Open, which she has now specialized in. In 2008 she was successful at the Chinese Taipei Open and the Indian National Championships and finished fifth at the Olympics. She also won the women's singles discipline at the U19 World Championship held in Pune , India in 2008 . In 2009 she won the Indonesia Open and in 2010 she won bronze at the Asian Championships. In 2010 she also won the Commonwealth Games. In 2012 she won bronze at the Olympics and won the Denmark Open. In 2014 she won the Australian Open Superseries and finally became the first Indian woman to win the China Open Superseries Premier. She was also the first Indian woman to reach the final of the All England Open in March 2015 and won the Indian Open in New Delhi that same month. She was also the first Indian woman to reach number one in the world rankings.
In 2010 she was honored with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna .
International competitions
| year | event | discipline | Result |
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| 2005 | India International | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2006 | Philippine Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2006 | India International | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2007 | India International | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2008 | Chinese Taipei Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2009 | Indonesia Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2009 | Syed Modi International | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2010 | India Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2010 | Singapore Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2010 | Indonesia Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2010 | Hong Kong Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2011 | Swiss Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2011 | Malaysia Masters | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2011 | Indonesia Open | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2011 | BWF Super Series Final | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2012 | Swiss Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2012 | Thailand Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2012 | Indonesia Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2012 | Olympic games | Ladies singles | bronze |
| 2012 | Denmark Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2012 | French Open | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2014 | Syed Modi International | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2014 | Australian Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2014 | China Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2015 | Syed Modi International | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2015 | All of England | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2015 | India Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2015 | Badminton world championship | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2015 | China Open | Ladies singles | Finalist |
| 2016 | Australian Open | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2017 | Malaysia Masters | Ladies singles | Winner |
| 2017 | Badminton world championship | Ladies singles | bronze |
Web links
- Saina Nehwal in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- olympicgoldquest.in
- badmintonindia.org ( Memento from August 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ TS Sudhir: Saina Nehwal: An Inspirational Biography , Nimby Books (Westland Publications), 2012, ISBN 978-8190657037
- ↑ Saina Nehwal to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in The Times of India on July 30, 2010
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nehwal, Saina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hisar , Haryana |