Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal
Nehwal in 2011
Personal information
Birth name	Saina Nehwal
Country	India
Born	(1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 27) Hisar, Haryana
Residence	Hyderabad, India
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	57 kg (125 lb)
Handedness	Right-handed
Coach	Vimal Kumar
Women's singles
Career title(s)	23
Highest ranking	1 (2 April 2015)
Current ranking	8 (20 April 2017)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Olympic Games 2012 London Women's singles World Championships 2015 Jakarta Women's Singles Asian Championships 2010 New Delhi Women's singles 2016 Wuhan Women's singles Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Team 2016 Kunshan Team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Women's singles 2010 New Delhi Mixed Team 2006 Melbourne Mixed Team World Junior Championships 2008 Pune Girls' singles 2006 Incheon Girls' singles Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 Pune Girls' singles 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
BWF profile

Saina Nehwal ( pronunciation  ; born 17 March 1990) is a professional badminton singles player from India. Nehwal, the former world no. 1, has maintained her world ranking in the top ten since 2009. She has won over twenty international titles, which include ten Superseries titles. Although she reached to the world no. 2 ranking in 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking. And thereby becoming the only female player from India and overall the second Indian player – after Prakash Padukone – to achieve this feat. She has represented India three times in the Olympics, winning bronze medal in her second appearance.

Nehwal has achieved several milestones in badminton for India. She is the only Indian to have won at least a medal in every BWF major individual event, namely the Olympics, the BWF World Championships, and the BWF World Junior Championships. She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, along with being the only Indian to have won the BWF World Junior Championships or to have reached to the final of the BWF World Championships. In 2006, Nehwal became the first Indian female and the youngest Asian to win a 4-star tournament. She also has the distinction of being the first Indian to win a Super Series title. In the 2014 Uber Cup, she captained the Indian team and remained undefeated, helping India to win bronze medal. It was India's first medal in any BWF major team event.