Aparna Balan

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Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.^[1] She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 times National Champion in mixed doubles and 3 times National Champion in women's doubles. She represented India in many international badminton tournaments.

Career

In 2006, she won the national mixed doubles title partnering with V. Diju.^[2] At the same year, she competed at the 2006 South Asian Games and won two silver medals in the women's and mixed doubles event.^[3] In 2010 South Asian Games, Balan won the women's doubles gold with Shruti Kurien and mixed doubles silver with Sanave Thomas.^[4]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Template:Flagicon B. R. Meenakshi	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien	21–18, 21–23, 12–21	Silver Silver
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien	Template:Flagicon P. C. Thulasi Template:Flagicon Ashwini Ponnappa	21–19, 22–20	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Template:Flagicon Thomas Kurien	Template:Flagicon V. Diju Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	11–21, 13–21	Silver Silver
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Template:Flagicon Sanave Thomas	Template:Flagicon V. Diju Template:Flagicon Ashwini Ponnappa	11–21, 15–21	Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien	Template:Flagicon Chia Chi Huang Template:Flagicon Tang He Tian	13–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Tarun Kona Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien	21–14, 17–21, 21–19	Template:Gold1 Winner

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BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 13 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Jyotshna Polavarapu	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien	11–21, 8–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Bahrain International	Template:Flagicon Sampada Sahasrabuddhe	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether Template:Flagicon Charmaine Reid	16–21, 13–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2009	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien	Template:Flagicon Line Damkjær Kruse Template:Flagicon Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	14–21, 21–17, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Bahrain International	Template:Flagicon N. Siki Reddy	Template:Flagicon Nicole Grether Template:Flagicon Charmaine Reid	10–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2012	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon N. Siki Reddy	Template:Flagicon Lee So-hee Template:Flagicon Shin Seung-chan	21–19, 13–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International	Template:Flagicon Sanyogita Ghorpade	Template:Flagicon Prajakta Sawant Template:Flagicon Arathi Sara Sunil	21–18, 18–21, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Template:Flagicon Sanyogita Ghorpade	Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre Template:Flagicon N. Siki Reddy	13–21, 21–19, 5–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2014	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Prajakta Sawant	Template:Flagicon Meghana Jakkampudi Template:Flagicon K. Maneesha	21–13, 10–21, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2017	Nepal International	Template:Flagicon Sruthi K.P	Template:Flagicon Harika Veludurthi Template:Flagicon Karishma Wadkar	21–8, 21–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2018	Nepal International	Template:Flagicon Sruthi K.P	Template:Flagicon Thilini Hendahewa Template:Flagicon Kavidi Sirimannage	21–16, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2018	Bangladesh International	Template:Flagicon Sruthi K.P	Template:Flagicon Vivian Hoo Template:Flagicon Yap Cheng Wen	14–21, 13–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Pakistan International	Template:Flagicon Valiyaveetil Diju	Template:Flagicon Diluka Karunaratne Template:Flagicon Renu Hettiarachchige	21–11, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Rupesh Kumar	Template:Flagicon Valiyaveetil Diju Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	14–21, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Bahrain International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Valiyaveetil Diju Template:Flagicon Trupti Murgunde	17–21, 21–18, 21–19	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Robin Middleton Template:Flagicon Mariana Agathangelou	16–21, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2010	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Patipat Chalardchaleam Template:Flagicon Savitree Amitapai	10–21, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Maldives International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Toby Ng Template:Flagicon Grace Gao	21–10, 12–21, 9–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Valiyaveetil Diju Template:Flagicon N. Siki Reddy	21–14, 25–23	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Sri Lanka International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Robin Middleton Template:Flagicon Leanne Choo	15–21, 21–17, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu	Template:Flagicon Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Template:Flagicon K. Maneesha	13–21, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up