# Anmol Kharb

Anmol Kharb (born 20 January 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She won the gold at the Asia Team Championships.

## Early life

Kharb was born on 20 January 2007 in Faridabad, Haryana. She was inspired by her brother's passion for badminton. Despite her brother shifting focus away from the sport, Anmol continued pursued it with her family's support. She trained at Dayanand Public School in Faridabad and later joined Sunrise Shuttlers Academy in Noida under Coach Kusumm Singh.

## Career
### Beginnings (2023–2024)

In 2023, Kharb won the gold at the National Championships. Her first international title victory at the senior level came when she won Belgian International 2024. She followed it up with her victory at Polish International 2024 thus winning two back-to-back international titles in a month.
Kharb played a very crucial role in the Indian women's team winning the gold medal at the Asia Team Championships 2024, the first time in the championships' history that the Indian women's team featured in the top three. She won all three of the matches she played, all of which were tie deciders. 472nd in the BWF World Ranking when the championships began, she beat Wu Luo Yu, ranked 149th, in the group stage, Natsuki Nidaira, ranked 29th, in the semi-finals and Pornpicha Choeikeewong, ranked 45th, in the finals.

## Achievements
### BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 | Guwahati Masters | Super 100 | Cai Yanyan | 21–14, 13–21, 19–21 | Runner-up |

### BWF International Challenge / Series (2 titles)

Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 | Belgian International | Amalie Schulz | 24–22, 12–21, 21–10 | Winner |
| 2024 | Polish International | Milena Schnider | 21–12, 21–8 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament
    BWF Future Series tournament

## Performance timeline
### Key

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |

### National team

* Senior level
| Team events | 2024 | Ref |
| Asia Team Championships | G | |
| Uber Cup | QF | |

### Individual competitions
#### Junior level

| Events | 2023 | Ref |
| Asia Junior Championships | 3R | |

#### Senior level

* Women's singles
| Tournament | BWF World Tour | BWF World Tour | Best | Ref |
| Tournament | 2024 | 2025 | Best | Ref |
| German Open | A | 1R | 1R ('24) | |
| Swiss Open | A | | | |
| Indonesia Masters Super 100 | Q1 | | Q1 ('24) | |
| Syed Modi International | 1R | | 1R ('24) | |
| Guwahati Masters | F | | F ('24) | |
| Odisha Masters | QF | | QF ('24) | |
| Year-end ranking | 67 | | 62 | 62 |

## Record against opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 30 November 2024.
| Player | Matches | Win | Lost | Diff. |
| Han Yue | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| P. V. Sindhu | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 2024 | Nakshatra Samman | Remarkable Achievement in Sports | Won |
| 2024 | FICCI India Sports Awards | Emerging Sportsperson Female | Won |
| 2025 | Times of India Sports Awards | Badminton Player of the Year Female | Won |