| Name(s) |
Saina Nehwal |
| Date of
Birth |
March 17, 1990 -
Hisar, Haryana, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Badminton
Player |
|
Date-wise
Events / Works |
- June 21, 2009 - She became the first
Indian to win a BWF Super Series title, the most prominent
badminton series of the world by winning the Indonesia Open.
- June 24, 2010 - She reached a career
high of world no. 3 in the women's singles badminton world
rankings on this day.
- August 29, 2010 - She was honoured with
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
- March 18, 2012 - She clinched her
Swiss Open Title by defeating World No 2 Wang Shixian of
China.
- June 10, 2012 - She defeated Thailand’s
Ratchanok Inthanon to lift the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold
title.
- June 17, 2012 - She won the Indonesia
Open Super Series by defeating World No. 3 Li Xuerui of
China.
- August 04, 2012 - 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 this day.
- October 21, 2012 - She won the Denmark
Open Super Series Premier after defeating Wang Yihan in the
semifinal.
- January 26, 2014 - She defeated World
Championship bronze medalist P.V. Sindhu to win the Women's
Singles of India Open Grand Prix Gold Tournament.
- June 29, 2014 - Saina defeated Spain's
Carolina Marin to win Women's Singles of 2014 Australian
Super Series.
- March 29, 2015 - She won her maiden
women's singles title at the India Open BWF Super Series
beating Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.
- April 02, 2015 - She became the first
Indian women's player to be World No.1 in badminton.
- August 16, 2015 - In the Final of World
Badminton Championships held in Jakarta, she settled for the
Silver.
- June 01, 2017: Her ranking
in the world came down from #1 as on April 02, 2015 to
#11 as of this date.
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|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- Former world no.1
in Women's Singles.
- She is also the first
Indian after Prakash Padukone and
the first Indian woman to become
world number 1 badminton
player.
- She is the first Indian
to win the World Junior Badminton
Championships.
- Saina is supported by
the Olympic Gold Quest.
- She won silver at 2015
BWF World Championship
becoming the first Indian to
do so.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
- Most Promising Player of the
Year (2008) award by Badminton World
Federation
- Arjuna Award
(2009)
- Padma Shri
(2010)
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
(2009–2010)
- Padma Bhushan
(2016)
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