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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 ]
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]
[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]
Saina Nehwal: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 2016 P. V. Sindhu: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Female 2023 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna: Male 2023 Chirag Shetty: Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna: Male 1961 Nandu M. Natekar: Arjuna Award: Male 1962 Meena Shah: Arjuna Award: Female 1965 Dinesh Khanna: Arjuna Award: Male 1967 ...
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.
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.
Saina Nehwal, Badminton - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award. Sakshi Malik, Wrestling - Won bronze medal at Rio Olympics 2016. Sania Mirza, Tennis - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award. Sandhya Agarwal, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award
Saina Nehwal: Valiyaveetil Diju Aparna Balan: 72nd [10] 2007 Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta: 73rd [11] 2008 Arvind Bhat: Sayali Gokhale: 74th [12] [13] 2009 Chetan Anand: Trupti Murgunde: Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa: 75th [14] [15] 2010 Arvind Bhat: Aditi Mutatkar: Aparna Balan Prajakta Sawant: Pranav Chopra Prajakta Sawant: 76th [16] [17] 2011 ...