Pradnya Gadre

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Pradnya Gadre
Personal information
Birth namePradnya Gadre
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 33) [1]
India
Residence Hyderabad, India
HandednessRight
Women's Doubles
Highest ranking26 (9 Aug 2013)
Current ranking29 (15 Aug 2013)
Medal record
Uber Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 New Delhi Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Incheon Women's team [2]
BWF profile

Pradnya Gadre (born 17 October 1990) is an Indian badminton player from Nashik, Maharashtra who currently plays doubles and mixed doubles. She partners Ashwini Ponnappa for women's doubles events. The other partners she earlier paired up for women's doubles are Jyotshna P, Prajakta Sawant, Nitya Sosale. She is married to Indian badminton player Pranav Chopra. [3] For mixed doubles Events she partners with Akshay Dewalkar, earlier it was Pranaav Jerry Chopra. [4] She is sponsored by Flypower-arbi sports.

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Lagos International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit
21–19, 21–23, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2015 Polish Open Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandra Bruce
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phyllis Chan
21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2014 Bangladesh International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit
21–10, 22–24, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Bahrain International Challenge Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of India.svg Aparna Balan
Flag of India.svg Sanyogita Ghorpade
21–13, 19–21, 21–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy Flag of India.svg Jwala Gutta
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
21–19, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Polish Open Flag of India.svg Akshay Dewalkar Flag of Malaysia.svg Chan Peng Soon
Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Liu Ying
26–28, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Akshay Dewalkar Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
19–21, 21–19, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2014 Sri Lanka International Flag of India.svg Akshay Dewalkar Flag of Malaysia.svg Vountus Indra Mawan
Flag of India.svg Prajakta Sawant
21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2013 Tata Open India International Flag of India.svg Akshay Dewalkar Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Ashwini Ponnappa
21–17, 18–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  International Challenge tournament
  International Series tournament

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References

  1. BAI website profile
  2. Akaash Dasgupta (27 August 2018). "Asian Games 2018: Historic day for Indian badminton". The Times of India . Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. Doubles Partners
  4. Mixed Doubles Partners