Thinaah Muralitharan

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Thinaah Muralitharan
தீனா முரளிதரன்
The six medallists in the women's doubles (Thinaah Muralitharan).jpg
Thinaah at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony.
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 26)
Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active2013–present
HandednessRight
Coach Lee Meng Yean
Hoon Thien How
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD with Pearly Tan 31 January 2023)
282 (XD with Tee Kai Wun 3 March 2020)
Current ranking14 (WD with Pearly Tan 9 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Manila Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Selangor Women's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Bilbao Mixed team
BWF profile

Thinaah Muralitharan BKS (born 3 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player who entered the national team in 2013. [1] She was the gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [2] [3]

Contents

Career

In 2021, Thinaah with her partner Pearly Tan, clinched their first BWF World Tour title in the Swiss Open. [4]

In 2022, Thinaah and Tan claimed the French Open title, becomes the first ever Malaysian women's doubles to achieve this feat. [5]

Personal life

Thinaah is the second child of S. Muralitharan, an engineer and Parimala Devi, a medical doctor. [6] [7] She has an older brother and a younger sister, Selinaah Muralitharan, who is a former Selangor state shuttler. [6] She is fluent in four languages, namely Tamil (mother tongue), Bahasa Malaysia (national language), English and Mandarin, in which she picked up from her ethnic Chinese friends whilst she was studying at the Bukit Jalil Sports School. [8] [9] Since May 2020, Thinaah is pursuing a Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at Open University Malaysia. [10]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India). The six medallists in the women's doubles.jpg
The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayathri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham, England		 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith 		21–5, 21–8 Med 1.png Gold [2]

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [12]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva 		21–19, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner [4]
2022 French Open Super 750 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of Japan.svg Mayu Matsumoto
Flag of Japan.svg Wakana Nagahara 		21–19, 18–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner [5]
2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Ha-na
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee So-hee 		20–22, 21–8, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of Indonesia.svg Apriyani Rahayu
Flag of Indonesia.svg Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 		21–14, 22–24, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [13]

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2018 Iran Fajr International Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Ying Ying 11–8, 11–6, 9–11, 11–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2018 Dutch International Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21–17, 15–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Malaysia International Flag of Malaysia.svg Payee Lim Peiy Yee Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Yu-chieh
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chung Kan-yu		21–17, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Malaysia International Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of Indonesia.svg Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ribka Sugiarto 		21–16, 11–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Sydney International Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Yu-chieh
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Yu-chi		17–21, 21–17, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2019 India International Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of Malaysia.svg Teoh Mei Xing
Flag of Malaysia.svg Yap Ling 		21–18, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Bangladesh International Flag of Malaysia.svg Pearly Tan Flag of India.svg K. Maneesha
Flag of India.svg Rutaparna Panda 		22–20, 21–19Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResult
2022Selangor Sports Awards2021-2022 Selangor SportswomanWon [14]
National Sports Awards National women's team (with Pearly Tan)Won [15]
2023Nambikkai Star Icon AwardsBest Sports PersonalityWon [16]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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References

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  2. 1 2 Tan, Ming Wai (8 August 2022). "Pearly-Thinaah win, Malaysia surpass Commonwealth target". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Tan, Ming Wai (3 August 2022). "In smashing mood for four gold". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Swiss Open: Pearly-Thinaah capture title". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 7 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. 1 2 Anil, Nicolas (30 October 2022). "French Open: Pearly-Thinaah create history after sensational final triumph". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. 1 2 Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal (29 November 2020). "Former shuttler gets into the Asia Book of Records for the longest love poem!". New Straits Times. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Thinaah harap Deepavali bawa tuah". Stadium Astro (in Malay). 18 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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  16. ↑ Thinaah Muralitharan (28 October 2023). "நேற்று நடந்த நம்பிக்கை நட்சத்திரம் 2023 விருது (Star Icon Awards 2023) விழாவிற்கு என்னை அழைத்தமைக்கு மிக்க நன்றி. சிறந்த விளையாட்டாளர் விருதிற்கும் மனமார்ந்த நன்றிகள். வரும் காலங்களில் இத்துறையில் சிறப்பாகச் செயல்பட முயற்சிக்கிறேன். நன்றி. ❤️" (in Tamil). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "Thinaah honoured to receive award from Selangor Sultan". The Star. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.


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