Sunder Deodhar (married name Sunder Patwardhan) is an Indian former badminton player. She is the daughter of India's cricket player D. B. Deodhar.
Sunder Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister Tara Deodhar. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman, Sunder, and Tara, dominated the Indian National Badminton Championships, including winning both the women's singles and doubles in 1942 and 1943. [1] [2]
Dinkar Balwant Deodhar was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.
Jwala Gutta is an Indian badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she represented India at international events in both mixed and women's doubles. She has a total of 316 match wins in both the disciplines—the most by any Indian—and peaked at no. 6 in the world rankings. Gutta has won medals at numerous tournaments on the BWF circuit including a silver at the 2009 Superseries Masters Finals and a bronze at the 2011 World Championships.
Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta as the pair has won many medals in international events including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships. They were consistently ranked among the top 20 in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10. Ponnappa and Gutta also won the bronze medal at the BWF World Championships in 2011, becoming the first Indian pair and women and only the second overall to win a medal at the World Championships.
Suman Deodhar is an Indian former badminton player. She is the daughter of India's cricket player D. B. Deodhar.
Badminton is a popular sport in India. Badminton in India is managed by the Badminton Association of India.
Trupti Murgunde is an Indian Badminton player who plays singles & doubles. She is a Dhyan Chand Awardee. The shuttler, who was born in Pune, has won the 2009 National Championship for women after remaining runners up for 3 times. She was also senior nationals doubles runner-up and junior national doubles champion. Trupti is also a five times South Asian Games gold medalist, including twice in singles in 2004 and 2006. Known for her deceptive strokes, she has also bagged 6 international titles in singles in BWF events from 1999 to 2014. Trupti is also a Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist in Team Event at Melbourne in 2006. She, along with Saina Nehwal, reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles event in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games but lost in the Bronze Medal Playoff.
Tara Deodhar is an Indian former badminton and tennis player. She is the daughter of cricketer D. B. Deodhar.
Archana Deodhar is an Indian former badminton player. She was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Team event. She was the coach of national women's badminton team.
Sarojini Gogte née Apte is an Indian former badminton player.
Gadde Ruthvika Shivani is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles. She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.
Gabriela Stoeva is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is the three-time European Champion and two-time European Games gold medalist as well. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Stefani Stoeva is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. The duo together have won gold medals in the 2015 and 2023 European Games and also three successive European Championships in 2018, 2021 and 2022 editions. Stefani Stoeva has also won some individual titles in women's singles competition.
Kate Jessica Kim Lee Foo Kune is a badminton player from Mauritius. She began playing badminton in Mauritius at age six. Her first major tournament participation was 2013 BWF World Championships in China, where she lost in the first round of women's singles to Sarah Walker of England. Foo Kune represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the flag bearer for Mauritius during the Parade of Nations.
Svetlana Zilberman is an Israeli badminton player and coach. In 1986, she won a bronze medal at the European Badminton Championships in the women's singles event. She also serves as coach of her son Olympic badminton player Misha Zilberman, and as coach of Israel's national badminton team
Tanisha Crasto is an Indian badminton player from the United Arab Emirates. She formerly represented Bahrain and won the women's doubles event at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge.
Dhanya Nair is an Indian professional badminton player.
Kanwal Thakar Singh is a former Indian badminton player and an Arjuna Award recipient. She presently lives in the United States of America.
K Neelima Chowdary is an Indian former badminton player.
Manasi Girishchandra Joshi is an Indian para-badminton player. She is a former world champion in para badminton women's singles SL3 category. On 8 March 2022, she was ranked world No.1 in women's singles SL3 category.
Shikha Rajesh Gautam is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international circuit. National Team Badminton Player.