Ashwini Ponnappa

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Ashwini Ponnappa
Ashwini Ponnappa CWG.jpg
Ponnappa in 2010
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 34)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Residence Hyderabad, India
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Years active2007–present
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking10 (WD with Jwala Gutta 20 August 2015)
19 (XD with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 3 February 2021)
Current ranking24 (WD with Tanisha Crasto),
60 (XD with B. Sumeeth Reddy) (2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 London Women's doubles
Uber Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Kunshan Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Delhi Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Women's doubles
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Gimcheon Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Selangor Women's team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Women's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda (born 18 September 1989) is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta as the pair has won many medals in international events including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships. They were consistently ranked among the top 20 in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10. Ponnappa and Gutta also won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in 2011, becoming the first Indian pair and women and only the second overall to win a medal at the World Championships.

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Early life

Ashwini Ponnappa was born on 18 September 1989 in Bangalore. She was educated at St. Francis Xavier Girls High School, Bangalore and at St. Mary's College, Hyderabad. Her father played hockey for India. [1] However Ashwini preferred badminton over hockey and started training in badminton.

Career

In 2001, Ashwini Ponnappa won her first national title in 2004 in the sub-junior girls' doubles category. She also won the national title in sub-junior girls' doubles in 2005, and the Junior girls' doubles National title in 2006 and 2007. She won the gold medal in mixed doubles and the team events at the South Asian Games held in 2010. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in Women's Doubles event pairing with Jwala Gutta, making history by winning the first gold medal for India in the event. Gutta and Ponnappa became household names after winning the medal in front of home crowd. [2]

Later on in 2011 they came up with one of their finest performances when she and Gutta etched their names in history books becoming the first Indian pair to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships. The pair defeated 12th seeds Vita Marrisa and Nadya Melati of Indonesia 17–21, 21–10, 21–17 to storm into the women's doubles semifinal before losing out to Chinese fifth seeds in the semis in London, thereby winning a bronze in the Badminton World Championship.

She participated in the women's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics. Ponnappa and Gutta lost their opening women's doubles match against the Japanese duo of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa. They then went on to beat much higher ranked Wen Hsing Cheng and Yu Chin Chien of Chinese Taipei 25–23, 16–21, 21–18 to register their first win in the group stages. Jwala and Ashwini missed out on a quarterfinal berth by a difference of just one point, even though they beat Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao of Singapore 21-16 21–15 in their last group B match, after tying with Japan and Taipei on the number of wins. Prior to India's final group game on Tuesday night, the World number five Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa had shockingly lost to Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wen Hsing and Chien Yu Chin, ranked 10th, 19-21 11–21. India lodged a formal protest with the Games organizers to probe if the women's doubles badminton match involving Japan and Chinese Taipei was played in the right spirit, following the elimination of medal hopes Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa but no action was taken. Following the Olympic Games Jwala went to a temporary sabbatical from the game. Ponnappa then partnered Pradnya Gadre for a brief period of time in 2013 and then re-united with Jwala later in the year. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Ponnappa and Gutta won the silver medal in the women's doubles, losing to a Malaysian pair in the final. [3] On 29 June 2015, playing with Jwala, they won the Canada Open women's doubles title by defeating the top-seeded Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek. [4] She competed with Gutta at the 2016 Olympics, but they lost all three of their group stage matches and therefore did not progress further. [5] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Ponnappa was part of the Indian team which won gold in the mixed team event, and won bronze with N. Sikki Reddy in the women's doubles. [1]

Personal life

On 24 December 2017, she married businessman and model Karan Medappa. [6] [7]

Achievements

Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta at 2010 BWF World Championships Ponnappa & Gutta.jpg
Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta at 2010 BWF World Championships

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Qing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
14–21, 16–21 Med 3.png Bronze

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Siri Fort Sports Complex,
New Delhi, India
Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
21–16, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold
2014 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland
Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of Malaysia.svg Vivian Hoo
Flag of Malaysia.svg Woon Khe Wei
17–21, 21–23 Med 2.png Silver
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
21–19, 21–19 Med 3.png Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Luo Ying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Luo Yu
12–21, 7–21 Med 3.png Bronze

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Flag of India.svg P. C. Thulasi Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan
Flag of India.svg Shruti Kurien
19–21, 20–22 Med 2.png Silver
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI-SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
Flag of India.svg K. Maneesha
21–9, 21–17 Med 1.png Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Flag of India.svg Valiyaveetil Diju Flag of India.svg Sanave Thomas
Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan
21–11, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold
2016 Multipurpose Hall SAI-SAG Centre,
Shillong, India
Flag of India.svg Manu Attri Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
29–30, 17–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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. [9]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Malaysia.svg Chow Mei Kuan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Meng Yean
15–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Ha-na
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Kyung-eun
17–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Flag of India.svg Tanisha Crasto Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Finne-Ipsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mai Surrow
21–16, 16–21, 21–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Syed Modi InternationalSuper 300 Flag of India.svg Tanisha Crasto Flag of Japan.svg Rin Iwanaga
Flag of Japan.svg Kie Nakanishi
14–21, 21–17, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Flag of India.svg Tanisha Crasto Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Sung Shuo-yun
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yu Chien-hui
21–13, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 Flag of India.svg Tanisha Crasto Flag of Indonesia.svg Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rachel Allessya Rose
14–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 India Open Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
11–21, 21–9, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Canada Open Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
21–19, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Syed Modi International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kamilla Rytter Juhl
16–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017 Syed Modi International Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy Flag of India.svg Pranav Chopra
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
20–22, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Trupti Murgunde 16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Tata India International Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of India.svg Pradnya Gadre
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Welsh International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Chervyakova
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Morozova
16–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Maldives International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Hobara
Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Sone
10–21, 21–17, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2021 Denmark Masters Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund
Flag of Denmark.svg Freja Ravn
21–15, 19–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Nantes International Flag of India.svg Tanisha Crasto Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hung En-tzu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yu-pei
21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Tata India International Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona Flag of India.svg Akshay Dewalkar
Flag of India.svg Pradnya Gadre
17–21, 21–18, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 India International Flag of India.svg K. Sai Pratheek Flag of India.svg Rohan Kapoor
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
21–16, 11–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Women's doubles results with Jwala Gutta against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. [10]

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