# Badminton in India

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

## History

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. 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. 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

| Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 | | | | |

## Olympic Games

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

## Paralympic Games

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

## National award recipients

| Year | Recipient | Award | Gender |
| 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 |
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