Badminton in India

Main article: India national badminton team

Badminton in India

Country|  India
Governing body| Badminton Association of India
National team(s)| India national badminton team

National competitions

National Championships (1934–present)

Club competitions

Premier Badminton League (2016–present)

International competitions

Olympic Games x1  x2
Paralympic Games x3  x3  x3
World Championships x1  x4  x9
Asian Games x1  x2  x10
Asian Para Games x8  x8  x21
South Asian Games x34  x21  x3

Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.

Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.

Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot in the game, after which Srikanth Kidambi became the second male player to make it to the top spot in April 2018.[1] Saina Nehwal was the first female player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot, which she did in April 2015, and the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games.[2][3]

P. V. Sindhu is the first Indian to become the World Champion, which she achieved in 2019, and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.[4][5] One of the most successful Indian doubles player is Jwala Gutta, who was the only Indian to have rank in the top 10 of two categories. She peaked at #6 with Valiyaveetil Diju in mixed doubles and at #10 with Ashwini Ponnappa in women's doubles.[6]

Other successful players include Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat, Syed Modi, Chetan Anand, and Parupalli Kashyap.

## History

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For detailed record, see India national badminton team.

Indian National Badminton Team at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand both won the All England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to win the prestigious title.

Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the first Olympic medal for the country in badminton. P. V. Sindhu won the second and the third Olympic medals in badminton for India, winning a silver and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics respectively.

India has won several medals at the BWF World Championships as well, with Prakash Padukone winning the first in 1982. The doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa became the first women to win a medal when they won the bronze in 2011.[7] P. V. Sindhu then won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions, the first Indian player to do so. Saina Nehwal won a first-ever silver at the 2015 Championships, and then a bronze in 2017.[8] P. V. Sindhu won silver in consecutive editions in 2017 and 2018. Sindhu then went on to win the gold at the 2019 BWF World Championships and become the first Indian to ever finish on top of the podium. At the same edition, B. Sai Praneeth medalled in the men's singles after 36 years, clinching the bronze. As a result, for the first time, India won medals in two different disciplines in the same BWF World Championships edition. In 2021, Lakshya Sen won the bronze medal in men's singles while Srikanth Kidambi won the silver, the first time India had two medallists in the same edition in the men's singles discipline. In 2022, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won India's first World Championship medal in the men's doubles, a bronze. Till date, India has never returned empty handed from the World Championships since 2011.

At the BWF World Junior Championships, Saina Nehwal is the only gold medalist for India, which she achieved in 2008. At the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, P. V. Sindhu and Lakshya Sen are the only gold medalists for India, winning in their respective categories in 2012 and 2018 respectively.

## Medal table

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For detailed record, see India national badminton team.

Tournament  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Olympic Games | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3
Paralympic Games | 3  | 3  | 3  | 9
World Championships | 1  | 4  | 9  | 14
Thomas Cup | 1  | 0  | 3  | 4
Uber Cup | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3
Sudirman Cup | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Commonwealth Games | 10  | 8  | 13  | 31
Asia Championships | 2  | 0  | 16  | 18
Asia Team Championships | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4
Asia Mixed Team Championships | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Asian Games | 1  | 2  | 10  | 13
South Asian Games | 34  | 21  | 3  | 58
Total  |  |  |  |

## World rankings

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Further information: India national badminton team

## Olympic Games

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Year | Event | Player | Result

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2024 | Men's singles | Lakshya Sen | 4th
Prannoy H. S. | Round of 16
Women's singles | P. V. Sindhu | Round of 16
Men's doubles | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty | Quarter Finals
Women's doubles | Ashwini Ponnappa
Tanisha Crasto | Group Stage
2020 | Men's singles | B. Sai Praneeth | Group Stage
Women's singles | P. V. Sindhu |
Men's doubles | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty | Group Stage
2016 | Men's singles | Srikanth Kidambi | Quarter-finals
Women's singles | P. V. Sindhu |
Women's singles | Saina Nehwal | Group Stage
Men's doubles | Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy | Group Stage
Women's doubles | Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa | Group Stage
2012 | Men's singles | Parupalli Kashyap | Quarter Finals
Women's singles | Saina Nehwal |
Women's doubles | Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa | Group Stage
Mixed doubles | Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta | Group Stage
2008 | Men's singles | Anup Sridhar | Second Round
Women's singles | Saina Nehwal | Quarter Finals
2004 | Men's singles | Nikhil Kanetkar | Round of 16
Men's singles | Abhinn Shyam Gupta | Round of 32
Women's singles | Aparna Popat | Round of 16
2000 | Men's singles | Pullela Gopichand | Third Round
Women's singles | Aparna Popat | First Round
1996 | Men's singles | Deepankar Bhattacharya | Second Round
Women's singles | P. V. V. Lakshmi | Second Round
1992 | Men's singles | Deepankar Bhattacharya | Third Round
Women's singles | Madhumita Bisht | Second Round
Men's doubles | Deepankar Bhattacharya
U. Vimal Kumar | First Round

## Paralympic Games

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Year | Event | Player | Result

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2024 | Men's singles SL3 | Manoj Sarkar | Group stage
Nitesh Kumar |
Men's singles SL4 | Suhas Yathiraj |
Sukant Kadam | 4th
Tarun Dhillon | Group stage
Men's singles SH6 | Krishna Nagar | Group stage
Sivarajan Solaimalai | Group stage
Women's singles SL3 | Manasi Joshi | Group stage
Mandeep Kaur | Quarter-finals
Women's singles SL4 | Palak Kohli | Quarter-finals
Women's singles SU5 | Thulasimathi Murugesan |
Manisha Ramadass |
Women's singles SH6 | Nithya Sivan |
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 | Nitesh Kumar
Thulasimathi Murugesan | Group stage
Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli | Group stage
Mixed doubles SH6 | Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan | 4th
2020 | Men's singles SL3 | Pramod Bhagat |
Manoj Sarkar |
Men's singles SL1 | Tarun Dhillon | 4th
Suhas Yathiraj |
Men's singles SH6 | Krishna Nagar |
Women's singles SL4 | Parul Parmar | Group stage
Women's singles SU5 | Palak Kohli | Quarter-finals
Women's doubles SL3–SU5 | Parul Parmar
Palak Kohli | Group stage
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 | Pramod Bhagat
Palak Kohli | 4th

## National award recipients

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Year  | Recipient  | Award  | Gender

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2000–2001  | Pullela Gopichand | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Male
2010  | Saina Nehwal | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female
2016  | P. V. Sindhu | Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna | Female
1961  | Nandu M. Natekar | Arjuna Award | Male
1962  | Meena Shah | Arjuna Award | Female
1965  | Dinesh Khanna | Arjuna Award | Male
1967  | Suresh Goel | Arjuna Award | Male
1969  | Dipu Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male
1970  | Damayanti Tambay | Arjuna Award | Female
1971  | Sobha Morthy | Arjuna Award | Female
1972  | Prakash Padukone | Arjuna Award | Male
1974  | Raman Ghosh | Arjuna Award | Male
1975  | Devinder Ahuja | Arjuna Award | Male
1976  | Ami Ghia | Arjuna Award | Female
1977–1978  | Kanwal Thakar Singh | Arjuna Award | Female
1980–1981  | Syed Modi | Arjuna Award | Male
1982  | Madhumita Bisht | Arjuna Award | Female
1982  | Partho Ganguli | Arjuna Award | Male
1999  | Pullela Gopichand | Arjuna Award | Male
2000  | George Thomas | Arjuna Award | Male
2004  | Abhinn Shyam Gupta | Arjuna Award | Male
2005  | Aparna Popat | Arjuna Award | Female
2006  | Chetan Anand | Arjuna Award | Male
2007  | Anup Sridhar | Arjuna Award | Male
2009  | Saina Nehwal | Arjuna Award | Female
2011  | Jwala Gutta | Arjuna Award | Female
2012  | Parupalli Kashyap | Arjuna Award | Male
2012  | Ashwini Ponnappa | Arjuna Award | Female
2013  | P. V. Sindhu | Arjuna Award | Female
2014  | Valiyaveetil Diju | Arjuna Award | Male
2015  | Srikanth Kidambi | Arjuna Award | Male
2018  | N. Sikki Reddy | Arjuna Award | Female
2019  | B. Sai Praneeth | Arjuna Award | Male
2020  | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | Arjuna Award | Male
2020  | Chirag Shetty | Arjuna Award | Male
2022  | Lakshya Sen | Arjuna Award | Male
2022  | Prannoy H. S. | Arjuna Award | Male
2020  | Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe | Dhyan Chand Award | Male
2020  | Trupti Murgunde | Dhyan Chand Award | Female
2017  | G. S. S. V. Prasad + | Dronacharya Award | Male
2000  | S. M. Arif | Dronacharya Award | Male
2009  | Pullela Gopichand | Dronacharya Award | Male
2019  | U. Vimal Kumar | Dronacharya Award | Male
Key

\+ Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

## See also

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* Badminton Association of India
* India national badminton team
* Indian National Badminton Championships

## References

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1. ^ "Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone". Firstpost. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
2. ^ Rao, Rakesh (28 March 2015). "Saina becomes World No. 1". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
3. ^ "London Olympics: Super Saina wins India's maiden Olympic medal in badminton, claims bronze in playoff". www.indiatoday.in. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
4. ^ "When PV Sindhu became Indian badminton's golden girl". Olympic Games. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
5. ^ "PV Sindhu joins select group of repeat medalists with Tokyo 2020 bronze". Olympic Games. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
6. ^ "Jwala Gutta". Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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8. ^ "Saina Nehwal". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012..

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* Gopichand Badminton Academy
* Iswarati Center for Badminton Learning (ICBL)
* Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy

Venues|

* Gachibowli Indoor Stadium
* Siri Fort Sports Complex

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* India national badminton team

Notable players|

| Men's|

* Dinesh Khanna‡
* Prakash Padukone ‡
* Pullela Gopichand ‡
* Parupalli Kashyap
* Prannoy H. S.
* Srikanth Kidambi
* Chirag Shetty
* Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
* Lakshya Sen

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* Aparna Popat ‡
* Saina Nehwal
* Jwala Gutta ‡
* P. V. V. Lakshmi ‡
* Ashwini Ponnappa ‡
* P. V. Sindhu

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