Saurabh Sharma

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Saurabh Sharma
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1997-12-30) 30 December 1997 (age 25)
Sonipat, Haryana
Years active2016-present
HandednessRight handed
CoachPullela Gopichand
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking50 (MD 30 August 2018)
44 (XD 9 July 2019)
BWF profile

Saurabh Sharma (born 30 December 1997) is an Indian badminton player. [1] [2] He has represented India in BWF International tournaments, having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in the junior nationals.

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Background

Sharma spent the early years of his life in Sonipat in Haryana. He started playing badminton at the age of eight and in 2009 he joined the Gopichand Badminton Academy for training. [3] [4] [5]

Career

In 2016, Sharma and Parikh won the Nepal International after defeating Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan in the final.

In 2017, Sharma and Parikh were runners-up in the Kharkiv International and South Africa International. In 2018, the pair reached the final of the Brazil International but were defeated by Russian pair of Evgenij Dremin of Evgenia Dimova. [6] [7]

Sharma and Parikh won the Kharkiv title in 2018 after they defeated the Polish pair of Paweł Śmiłowski of Magdalena Świerczyńska. [8] [9] [10]

In the Men's doubles category he won the South Africa International in 2017, Jamaica International in 2018 and the Nepal International in 2019. [11] [12] [13]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Mauritius International Flag of India.svg Dhruv Kapila Flag of India.svg Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Flag of India.svg Chirag Shetty
12–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 South Africa International Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona Flag of Mauritius.svg Aatish Lubah
Flag of Mauritius.svg Julien Paul
21–9, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Iran Fajr International Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona Flag of India.svg Alwin Francis
Flag of India.svg K. Nandagopal
11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 8–11, 9–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Jamaica International Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona Flag of Jamaica.svg Gareth Henry
Flag of Jamaica.svg Samuel Ricketts
21–17, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Brazil International Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Ho-Shue
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nyl Yakura
7–21 retiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 Nepal International Flag of India.svg Rohan Kapoor Flag of Malaysia.svg Izzat Farhan Azhar
Flag of Malaysia.svg Zachary Sia
21–10, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Bahrain International Flag of India.svg Rohan Kapoor Flag of Thailand.svg Prad Tangsrirapeephan
Flag of Thailand.svg Apichasit Teerawiwat
21–19, 16–21, 22–24Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Nepal International Flag of India.svg Anoushka Parikh Flag of India.svg Venkat Gaurav Prasad
Flag of India.svg Juhi Dewangan
14–21, 21–19, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Kharkiv International Flag of India.svg Anoushka Parikh Flag of India.svg K. Nandagopal
Flag of India.svg Mahima Aggarwal
14–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 South Africa International Flag of India.svg Anoushka Parikh Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018 Brazil International Flag of India.svg Anoushka Parikh Flag of Russia.svg Evgenij Dremin
Flag of Russia.svg Evgenia Dimova
17–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2018Kharkiv International Flag of India.svg Anoushka Parikh Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Śmiłowski
Flag of Poland.svg Magdalena Świerczyńska
18–21, 21–19, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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