Chetan Anand (badminton)

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Chetan Anand
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Badminton (Men's Single) Chetan Anand of India in an action against Snider of Canada, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi on October 07, 2010.jpg
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Badminton (Men’s Single) Chetan Anand of India in an action against Snider of Canada, at Sirifort Sports Complex, in New Delhi on 7 October 2010.
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1980-07-08) 8 July 1980 (age 45)
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight162 lb (73 kg)
HandednessRight
Coach S. M. Arif
Men's singles
Highest ranking10 (February 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 New Delhi Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Islamabad Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 IslamabadMen's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Colombo Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 ColomboMen's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Dhaka Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 DhakaMen's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 DhakaMen's doubles
BWF profile

Chetan Anand Buradagunta (born 8 July 1980) is a badminton player from India. [1] Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, [2] and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010. [3] [4] He has a career best world ranking of world no 10. His ranking has dropped to 54 since October 2010 due to his ankle injury. He is a recipient of the Indian Arjuna Award in 2006. [2]

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Badminton career

Anand started his badminton career in 1992 at the Mini Nationals in Mumbai. He was successful in doubles in his early badminton career, pairing with A. Prithvi, winning 12 year and 15 years age groups. He reached his first open nationals singles final in Kerala at age fifteen, but failed to win the title and was runner-up though he won the doubles pairing with A. Prithvi. Later, Prakash Padukone sent him to the World Academy camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he made significant improvements to his game. Anand won the first singles title of his career at Chennai in a Junior major ranking tournament. The same year he made his mark in the senior category as well, reaching the semi-finals in all of the senior ranking tournaments, and reaching the top eight in the country. He became the Junior National Champion in 1999. In 2001, he won his first Asian Satellite tournament in Bangalore which marked his beginning in seniors. Later he won more than 15 major ranking tournaments in India. [2]

Anand became the national badminton champion for first time in 2004 after faltering in the finals in 2002 and 2003 to Abhinn Shyam Gupta. He also won the Toulouse Open in France in 2004, recovering from a back injury during the summer 2004. In 2005 he won Irish and Scottish open badminton tournaments in Ireland and Scotland. In 2008 he won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open. He was also the Runner-up in Dutch Grand Prix in 2008 and followed them with a couple of quarterfinal appearances. He touched his career best world ranking 10 in 2009 February. In 2009, he won the Dutch Open Grand Prix which he lost in the finals in 2008. He also won the Jaypee Syed Modi Memorial Grand Prix at Lucknow in December 2009. [2]

Early life

Anand was born to Harshavardhan and Suguna in Vijayawada, India and has a younger brother Sandeep Anand. Anand's father Harshavardhan had formerly been an annual participant in the Inter-state Lecturer's Tournaments. Anand also took a personal interest in badminton, and he started playing with his father.

He did his schooling at Veeramachineni Paddayya Siddhartha public school and bachelors in engineering in Mechanical Manufacturing from the Potluri V Prasad Siddhartha Institute of Technology in Vijayawada.

Personal life

On 17 July 2005, Anand married fellow badminton player Jwala Gutta. They got divorced in 2010. [2] Chetan married Sarada Govardhini Jasti in October 2012 and has two daughters. [5]

Career

Anand is employed by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in India. He was signed as the first Brand Ambassador for promoting Li Ning Sporting goods in India in 2009.He also has a badminton academy in Hyderabad(CABA). [2]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2006 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Flag of England.svg Aamir Ghaffar 21–17, 18–21, 21–13 Med 3.png Bronze

South Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2004 Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan Flag of India.svg Abhinn Shyam Gupta 15–8, 10–15, 15–13 Med 1.png Gold
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg Nikhil Kanetkar 21–14, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Flag of India.svg Gurusai Dutt 21–16, 21–8 Med 1.png Gold
Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh 		Flag of India.svg Valiyaveetil Diju Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Flag of India.svg Sanave Thomas 		19–21, retired Med 2.png Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2008 India Open Flag of Thailand.svg Boonsak Ponsana 16–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Bitburger Open Flag of India.svg Arvind Bhat 23–25, 24–22, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Dutch Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 15–21, 21–11, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Syed Modi International Flag of Indonesia.svg Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21–17, 19–21, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF/BWF International

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001India Satellite Flag of Malaysia.svg Allan Tai 15–11, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Ødum 15–5, 11–15, 15–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2005Sri Lanka Satellite Flag of Malaysia.svg Law Yew Thien 15–10, 15–4Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2005 Iceland International Flag of Denmark.svg Jens-Kristian Leth 13–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2005 Welsh International Flag of England.svg Rajiv Ouseph 15–6, 15–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2005 Irish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eric Pang 8–15, 15–6, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Polish International Flag of Poland.svg Przemysław Wacha 18–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2007 Cyprus International Flag of Guatemala.svg Kevin Cordón 21–8, 26–24Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 India International Challenge Flag of Malaysia.svg Chong Wei Feng 18–21, 22–20, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Kenya International Flag of Spain.svg José Antonio Crespo 21–14, 21–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Nepal International Flag of India.svg J. B. S. Vidyadhar 21–16, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Belgian International Flag of Japan.svg Kenichi Tago 16–21, 21–15, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Czech International Flag of England.svg Carl Baxter 21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 Maldives International Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián 15–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2011 Mauritius International Flag of Malaysia.svg Chiang Jiann Shiarng 21–11, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Sri Lanka Satellite Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Peng Soon
Flag of Malaysia.svg Haw Chiou Hwee 		21–10, 15–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2007 Cyprus International Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta Flag of Denmark.svg Christian John Skovgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Maria Kaaberbol Thorberg 		21–14, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Results are from all international competitions since Chetan Anand made his debut in 2003. The athletes listed are athletes who regularly competed at badminton's major competitions, including those who he faced at the World Championship and Olympic competition. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Chetan Anand". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Chetan Anand (1980 - Present)". www.indiaonline.in. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Stars of the show". sportstar.thehindu.com. 9 September 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Indian shuttlers rule the roost at South Asian Games". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Chetan Anand – Badminton Star who Dominated the Game for Years" (PDF). statetimes.in. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Tournaments of Chetan Anand". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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