Harsheel Dani

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Harsheel Dani
Personal information
Birth nameHarsheel Dani
CountryIndia
Born (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 27)
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
HandednessLeft
CoachUday Pawar
Men's singles
Highest ranking68 (10 February 2017)
Current ranking172 (4 October 2023)
BWF profile

Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian male badminton player. He represented India in the Asian and BWF World Junior Championships. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals. Currently training at the Uday Pawar Academy in Mumbai under Indian Coach Uday Pawar, he aims to compete at various international tournaments in order to transition smoothly to the senior circuit . [1]

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Background

He attended Thakur College in Kandivali for his undergraduate education. [2]

Career

In 2012 he won the second Karvy All India junior-ranking badminton tournament. [3]

He was the runner-up of the 2015 Turkey International.

At the 2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, he reached the quarterfinal.

He was the semi-finalist at the Austrian Open in February 2016. [4]

Harsheel is part of the national training camp at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, and has left with the team to compete at the Canada Open. [5]

In the 2016 Premier Badminton League, he represented Mumbai Masters.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Christophersen 15–21, 21–12, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Polish International Flag of Germany.svg Kai Schäfer 14–21, 22–20, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Ghana International Flag of India.svg Siddharath Thakur 14–21, 21–16, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Turkey International Flag of Germany.svg Marc Zwiebler 8–21, 21–15, 7–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Dani finishes runner-up in Turkey international badminton tournament". The Times of India . Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. "Teenage Mumbai shuttler Dani aims to achieve junior days' glory". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. "Harsheel Dani and P.V. Sindhu take the honours". The Hindu. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. "Young Harsheel's Impressive Run Ends at the Austrian Open | the Fan Garage (TFG)". 27 February 2016.
  5. "Harsheel Dani, Pratul Joshi, Gurusaidutt reach second round of Canada Open". 29 June 2016.