Sannatasah Saniru

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Sannatasah Saniru
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 34)
Sabah, Malaysia
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking59 (WS 4 April 2013)
40 (WD 2 March 2017)
73 (XD 12 June 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Vientiane Women's team
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Gwangju Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Pune Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Sannatasah Saniru (born 15 May 1990) is a badminton player from Malaysia. [1] Her brother, Vountus Indra Mawan also a former Malaysia national player. [2]

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Career

Saniru was accepted at the Bukit Jalil Sports School at the age of 13, then she join the Malaysia national team. [3] In 2008, she won the mixed team bronze at the Asian and World Junior Championships, [4] and in 2009, she won the women' team gold at the Southeast Asian Games. [5] In 2010, she was selected to compete at the Uber Cup, and also Guangzhou Asian Games. [6] [7] She quits the national team in 2013, and started to playing under the Suruhanjaya Perkhidamtan badminton club. She stated in her resignation letter that she did not get as many opportunities as the other players to compete, and there had been no improvement in her game. [3] [8] In 2015, she took part at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event. [9]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Saili Rane 21–14, 19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2012 French International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Judith Meulendijks 12–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Iran Fajr International Flag of Turkey.svg Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella 21–17, 18–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Victorian International Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran Flag of Thailand.svg Ruethaichanok Laisuan
Flag of Thailand.svg Narissapat Lam
15–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2009 Iran Fajr International Flag of Malaysia.svg Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Flag of Turkey.svg Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella
Flag of Turkey.svg Ezgi Epice
21–9, 11–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013 Bangladesh International Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Adib Haiqal Nurizwan Flag of India.svg Abhishek Ahlawat
Flag of India.svg Sanskriti Chhabra
21–10, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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