Badminton in India

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{{Main|India national badminton team}}
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'''Badminton''' is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the [[Badminton Association of India]] which is associated with [[Badminton Asia]] and [[Badminton World Federation]].

Indian shuttlers [[Prakash Padukone]], [[Srikanth Kidambi]], [[Jwala Gutta]], [[Saina Nehwal]], [[P. V. Sindhu]], [[Lakshya Sen]], [[H. S. Prannoy]], [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] and [[Chirag Shetty]] have all ranked in the world's top ten.

[[Prakash Padukone]] was the first player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot in the game, after which [[Srikanth Kidambi]] became the second male player to make it to the top spot in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/kidambi-srikanth-becomes-first-indian-male-shuttler-to-claim-world-no-1-spot-in-bwf-rankings-4429043.html|website=Firstpost|date=12 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> [[Saina Nehwal]] was the first female player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot, which she did in April 2015, and the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the [[Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Saina becomes World No. 1 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/superb-saina-scales-historic-world-no1-ranking/article7043530.ece |website=The Hindu |date=28 March 2015 |access-date=13 July 2018 |last1=Rao |first1=Rakesh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/olympics-2012/story/london-olympics-2012-saina-nehwal-wins-bronze-112296-2012-08-04 |title=London Olympics: Super Saina wins India's maiden Olympic medal in badminton, claims bronze in playoff |website=www.indiatoday.in |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref>

[[P. V. Sindhu]] is the first Indian to become the World Champion, which she achieved in 2019, and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the [[Olympic Games]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 25, 2020|title=When PV Sindhu became Indian badminton's golden girl|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-badminton-pv-sindhu-how-bwf-world-championships-gold-2019|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=[[Olympic Games]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 1, 2021|title=PV Sindhu joins select group of repeat medalists with Tokyo 2020 bronze|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pv-sindhu-joins-select-group-of-repeat-medalists-with-tokyo-2020-bronze|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=[[Olympic Games]] }}</ref> One of the most successful Indian doubles player is [[Jwala Gutta]], who was the only Indian to have rank in the top 10 of two categories. She peaked at #6 with [[Valiyaveetil Diju]] in mixed doubles and at #10 with [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] in women's doubles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jwala Gutta|url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429|website=Tournament Software|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701151719/http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429|archive-date=1 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other successful players include [[Pullela Gopichand]], [[Aparna Popat]], [[Syed Modi]], [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]], and [[Parupalli Kashyap]].

== History ==
{{For|detailed record|India national badminton team}}
[[File:XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Indian Badminton Team won the Silver Medal (Mixed Team), during the medal presentation ceremony, at Siri Fort Complex, in New Delhi on October 08, 2010.jpg|alt=|thumb|200px| [[India national badminton team|Indian National Badminton Team]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games]].]]
[[Prakash Padukone]] and [[Pullela Gopichand]] both won the [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Open]] in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to win the prestigious title.

[[Saina Nehwal]] won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympic Games]], the first Olympic medal for the country in badminton. [[P. V. Sindhu]] won the second and the third Olympic medals in badminton for India, winning a silver and a bronze medal at the
[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2016 Rio Olympics]] and the [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] respectively.

India has won several medals at the [[BWF World Championships]] as well, with [[Prakash Padukone]] winning the first in 1982. The doubles pairing of [[Jwala Gutta]] and [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] became the first women to win a medal when they won the bronze in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/jwala-gutta-ashwini-ponnappa-ousted-from-world-championships-710154.html|title = News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18}}</ref> [[P. V. Sindhu]] then won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions, the first Indian player to do so. [[Saina Nehwal]] won a first-ever silver at the 2015 Championships, and then a bronze in 2017.<ref name="london2012.com - Saina Nehwal">{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|title=Saina Nehwal|work=[[london2012.com]]|access-date=2 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103182707/www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|archive-date=3 January 2013}}.</ref>
[[P. V. Sindhu]] won silver in consecutive editions in 2017 and 2018. Sindhu then went on to win the gold at the [[2019 BWF World Championships]] and become the first Indian to ever finish on top of the podium. At the same edition, [[B. Sai Praneeth]] medalled in the men's singles after 36 years, clinching the bronze. As a result, for the first time, India won medals in two different disciplines in the same [[BWF World Championships]] edition. In 2021, [[Lakshya Sen]] won the bronze medal in men's singles while [[Srikanth Kidambi]] won the silver, the first time India had two medallists in the same edition in the men's singles discipline. In 2022, [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] and [[Chirag Shetty]] won India's first World Championship medal in the men's doubles, a bronze. Till date, India has never returned empty handed from the World Championships since 2011.

At the [[BWF World Junior Championships]], [[Saina Nehwal]] is the only gold medalist for India, which she achieved in [[2008 BWF World Junior Championships|2008]]. At the [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships]], [[P. V. Sindhu]] and [[Lakshya Sen]] are the only gold medalists for India, winning in their respective categories in [[2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships|2012]] and [[2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2018]] respectively.

==Medal table==
{{For|medal record|India national badminton team}}

==World rankings==
{{See|India national badminton team}}

==Olympic Games==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Lakshya Sen]]
| 4th
|-
| [[Prannoy H. S.]]
| Round of 16
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[P. V. Sindhu]]
| Round of 16
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] [[Chirag Shetty]]
| Quarter Finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
| [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] [[Tanisha Crasto]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[B. Sai Praneeth]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
! [[P. V. Sindhu]]
| {{OG3}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] [[Chirag Shetty]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Srikanth Kidambi]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
! [[P. V. Sindhu]]
| {{OG2}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Saina Nehwal]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Manu Attri]] [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
| [[Jwala Gutta]] [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=4|[[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Parupalli Kashyap]]
| Quarter Finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
! [[Saina Nehwal]]
| {{OG3}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
| [[Jwala Gutta]] [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]
| [[Valiyaveetil Diju]] [[Jwala Gutta]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
| [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Anup Sridhar]]
| Second Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Saina Nehwal]]
| Quarter Finals
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Nikhil Kanetkar]]
| Round of 16
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Abhinn Shyam Gupta]]
| Round of 32
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Aparna Popat]]
| Round of 16
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Pullela Gopichand]]
| Third Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Aparna Popat]]
| First Round
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]]
| Second Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[P. V. V. Lakshmi]]
| Second Round
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]]
| Third Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Madhumita Bisht]]
| Second Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] [[U. Vimal Kumar]]
| First Round
|}

==Paralympic Games==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|-
| rowspan=16|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's singles SL3]]
| [[Manoj Sarkar]]
| Group stage
|-
! [[Kumar Nitesh|Nitesh Kumar]]
| {{PG1}}
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's singles SL4]]
! [[Suhas Yathiraj]]
| {{PG2}}
|-
| [[Sukant Kadam]]
| 4th
|-
| [[Tarun Dhillon]]
| Group stage
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6|Men's singles SH6]]
| [[Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)|Krishna Nagar]]
| Group stage
|-
| [[Sivarajan Solaimalai]]
| Group stage
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL3|Women's singles SL3]]
| [[Manasi Joshi]]
| Group stage
|-
| [[Mandeep Kaur (para badminton)|Mandeep Kaur]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL4|Women's singles SL4]]
| [[Palak Kohli]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5|Women's singles SU5]]
! [[Thulasimathi Murugesan]]
| {{PG2}}
|-
! [[Manisha Ramadass]]
| {{PG3}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SH6|Women's singles SH6]]
! [[Nithya Sre Sivan|Nithya Sivan]]
| {{PG3}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SL3–SU5|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5]]
| [[Kumar Nitesh|Nitesh Kumar]] [[Thulasimathi Murugesan]]
| Group stage
|-
| [[Suhas Yathiraj]] [[Palak Kohli]]
| Group stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SH6|Mixed doubles SH6]]
| [[Sivarajan Solaimalai]] [[Nithya Sre Sivan|Nithya Sivan]]
| 4th
|-
| rowspan=9|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's singles SL3]]
! [[Pramod Bhagat]]
| {{PG1}}
|-
! [[Manoj Sarkar]]
| {{PG3}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's singles SL1]]
| [[Tarun Dhillon]]
| 4th
|-
! [[Suhas Yathiraj]]
| {{PG2}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6|Men's singles SH6]]
! [[Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)|Krishna Nagar]]
| {{PG1}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL4|Women's singles SL4]]
| [[Parul Parmar]]
| Group stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5|Women's singles SU5]]
| [[Palak Kohli]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's doubles SL3–SU5|Women's doubles SL3–SU5]]
| [[Parul Parmar]] [[Palak Kohli]]
| Group stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SL3–SU5|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5]]
| [[Pramod Bhagat]] [[Palak Kohli]]
| 4th
|}

==National award recipients==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:12%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:22%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2000–2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela|Gopichand}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saina|Nehwal}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. V.|Sindhu}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|- {{anchor|AA}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nandu M. |Natekar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1962
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Meena |Shah|dab=badminton}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1965
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dinesh |Khanna}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Suresh |Goel}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1969
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dipu |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1970
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Damayanti |Tambay}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sobha |Morthy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1972
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prakash |Padukone}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raman |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Devinder |Ahuja|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1976
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ami |Ghia}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kanwal Thakar |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Syed |Modi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Madhumita |Bisht}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Partho |Ganguli}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela |Gopichand}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|George |Thomas|dab = badminton}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abhinn Shyam |Gupta}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aparna |Popat}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2006
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chetan |Anand|dab = badminton}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anup |Sridhar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saina |Nehwal}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jwala |Gutta}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Parupalli |Kashyap}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashwini |Ponnappa}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. V. |Sindhu}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Valiyaveetil |Diju}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Srikanth |Kidambi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|N. Sikki |Reddy}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|B. Sai |Praneeth}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satwiksairaj |Rankireddy}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chirag |Shetty}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2022
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lakshya |Sen}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2022
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prannoy |H. S.}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pradeep Shrikrishna|Gandhe|nolink=1}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2020
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Trupti|Murgunde}}
| Dhyan Chand Award || Female
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2017
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|G. S. S. V.|Prasad|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. M.|Arif}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela|Gopichand}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|-

| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|U. Vimal|Kumar}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key
|-
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Badminton Association of India]]
* [[India national badminton team]]
* [[Indian National Badminton Championships]]

==References==
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