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Saina Nehwal, the daughter of Harvir Singh Nehwal and Usha Rani Nehwal, was born in Hisar, Haryana. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] She has an elder sister named Chandranshu Nehwal. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Her father, who has a PhD in agricultural science, [ 23 ] worked at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University . [ 24 ]
New coronavirus tests cleared former badminton No. 1 Saina Nehwal to play in the Thailand Open and sent an Egyptian player to hospital isolation, instead, on Tuesday. Nehwal, fellow Indian player ...
Saina is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film directed by Amole Gupte and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Sujay Jairaj and Rashesh Shah under the banner of T-Series and Front Foot Pictures. Based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal, the film stars Parineeti Chopra as Nehwal. [3] [4]
Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) is a badminton training facility in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. [1] Founded in 2008 by the 2001 All England Open Badminton champion Pullela Gopichand, the facility trains several badminton players such as Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi, Parupalli Kashyap, H.S. Prannoy, Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma.
The four awards presented in badminton are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [1] First presented in the year 1961, a total of thirty-two individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in badminton for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [2]
U. Vimal Kumar (born 19 November 1962) is an Indian former badminton player. He won the Indian National title consecutively for two years, 1988 and 1989. [1] [2] He also served as Chief National Coach of India. [3] He is the Co Founder, Director and Chief Coach in Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. [4] He was awarded the Dronacharya Award in ...
Player auctions were held in Delhi and the Hyderabad Hotshots bid of $120,000 for player Saina Nehwal was successful. Nehwal was the highest paid female shuttler and second highest paid shuttler overall in the tournament behind World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia with a bid of $135,000 by Mumbai Masters.
[4] [5] [6] Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, [7] by winning the bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012 on 4 August 2012. [8] Geeta Phogat became the first ever Indian woman to qualify for the women's 55 kg wrestling in the London Olympics 2012. Women's wrestling was announced in 2004. [9]