| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | NIthya Sre Sivan |
| Born | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Sport | |
| Country |  India |
| Sport | Badminton |
| Team | Indian Para Badminton Team |
| Now coaching | No |
Medal record | |
Nithya Sre Sivan is a para athlete from Tamil Nadu. She won two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games held at Gangzhou, China. She claimed bronze in both the mixed doubles and women's doubles badminton events in the SH6 category, on 25 October 2023. [1] [2] [3] She is currently being supported by OGQ.
NIthya started playing badminton with the able-bodied sportspersons In 2016 for fun and recreation. [4] Later in 2019, she learnt about the para games and shifted her focus to competitive badminton and started training under coach Gaurav Khanna in Lucknow. [5]
In October 2023, she won two bronze medals at the Asian Para Games. In April 2023, she won two gold medals at the Brazil Para Badminton International meet. [6] In May 2022, the Asian Youth Para Games winner also won a gold medal at the 1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama. [7] In December 2022, she bagged a gold in the women's singles SH6 finals defeating Worlds silver medallist at the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima. [8]
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