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Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda (born 18 September 1989) 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.
Early life
Ashwini Ponnappa was born on 18 September 1989 in Bangalore. She was educated at St. Francis Xavier Girls High School, Bangalore and at St. Mary's College, Hyderabad. Her father played hockey for India.[1] However Ashwini preferred badminton over hockey and started training in badminton.
Career
In 2001, Ashwini Ponnappa won her first national title in 2004 in the sub-junior girls' doubles category. She also won the national title in sub-junior girls' doubles in 2005, and the Junior girls' doubles National title in 2006 and 2007. She won the gold medal in mixed doubles and the team events at the South Asian Games held in 2010. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she won the gold medal in Women's Doubles event pairing with Jwala Gutta, making history by winning the first gold medal for India in the event. Gutta and Ponnappa became household names after winning the medal in front of home crowd.[2]
Later on in 2011 they came up with one of their finest performances when she and Gutta etched their names in history books becoming the first Indian pair to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships. The pair defeated 12th seeds Vita Marrisa and Nadya Melati of Indonesia 17–21, 21–10, 21–17 to storm into the women's doubles semifinal before losing out to Chinese fifth seeds in the semis in London, thereby winning a bronze in the Badminton World Championship.
She participated in the women's doubles at the 2012 London Olympics. Ponnappa and Gutta lost their opening women's doubles match against the Japanese duo of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa. They then went on to beat much higher ranked Wen Hsing Cheng and Yu Chin Chien of Chinese Taipei 25–23, 16–21, 21–18 to register their first win in the group stages. Jwala and Ashwini missed out on a quarterfinal berth by a difference of just one point, even though they beat Shinta Mulia Sari and Lei Yao of Singapore 21-16 21–15 in their last group B match, after tying with Japan and Taipei on the number of wins. Prior to India's final group game on Tuesday night, the World number five Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa had shockingly lost to Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wen Hsing and Chien Yu Chin, ranked 10th, 19-21 11–21. India lodged a formal protest with the Games organizers to probe if the women's doubles badminton match involving Japan and Chinese Taipei was played in the right spirit, following the elimination of medal hopes Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa but no action was taken. Following the Olympic Games Jwala went to a temporary sabbatical from the game. Ponnappa then partnered Pradnya Gadre for a brief period of time in 2013 and then re-united with Jwala later in the year. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Ponnappa and Gutta won the silver medal in the women's doubles, losing to a Malaysian pair in the final.[3] On 29 June 2015, playing with Jwala, they won the Canada Open women's doubles title by defeating the top-seeded Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek.[4] She competed with Gutta at the 2016 Olympics, but they lost all three of their group stage matches and therefore did not progress further.[5] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Ponnappa was part of the Indian team which won gold in the mixed team event, and won bronze with N. Sikki Reddy in the women's doubles.[1]
Personal life
On 24 December 2017, she married businessman and model Karan Medappa.[6][7]
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Tian Qing Template:Flagicon Zhao Yunlei |
14–21, 16–21 | Bronze Bronze |
Commonwealth Games
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India |
Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Shinta Mulia Sari Template:Flagicon Yao Lei |
21–16, 21–19 | Gold Gold |
| 2014 | Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland |
Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Vivian Hoo Template:Flagicon Woon Khe Wei |
17–21, 21–23 | Silver Silver |
| 2018 | Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia |
Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Setyana Mapasa Template:Flagicon Gronya Somerville |
21–19, 21–19 | Bronze Bronze |
Asian Championships
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea |
Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Luo Ying Template:Flagicon Luo Yu |
12–21, 7–21 | Bronze Bronze |
South Asian Games
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Template:Flagicon P. C. Thulasi | Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan Template:Flagicon Shruti Kurien |
19–21, 20–22 | Silver Silver |
| 2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI-SAG Centre, Shillong, India |
Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy Template:Flagicon K. Maneesha |
21–9, 21–17 | Gold Gold |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Template:Flagicon Valiyaveetil Diju | Template:Flagicon Sanave Thomas Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan |
21–11, 21–15 | Gold Gold |
| 2016 | Multipurpose Hall SAI-SAG Centre, Shillong, India |
Template:Flagicon Manu Attri | Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy |
29–30, 17–21 | Silver Silver |
BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Syed Modi International | Super 300 | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Chow Mei Kuan Template:Flagicon Lee Meng Yean |
15–21, 13–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2019 | Hyderabad Open | Super 100 | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Baek Ha-na Template:Flagicon Jung Kyung-eun |
17–21, 17–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | India Open | Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Shinta Mulia Sari Template:Flagicon Yao Lei |
11–21, 21–9, 15–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2015 | Canada Open | Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Eefje Muskens Template:Flagicon Selena Piek |
21–19, 21–16 | Template:Gold1 Winner |
| 2017 | Syed Modi International | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Christinna Pedersen Template:Flagicon Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
16–21, 18–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Syed Modi International | Template:Flagicon B. Sumeeth Reddy | Template:Flagicon Pranav Chopra Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy |
20–22, 10–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
- Template:Color box BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- Template:Color box BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bahrain International | Template:Flagicon Trupti Murgunde | 16–21, 13–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tata India International | Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta | Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy |
19–21, 19–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2016 | Welsh International | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Anastasia Chervyakova Template:Flagicon Olga Morozova |
16–21, 11–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2019 | Maldives International | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Sayaka Hobara Template:Flagicon Natsuki Sone |
10–21, 21–17, 12–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2021 | Denmark Masters | Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy | Template:Flagicon Amalie Magelund Template:Flagicon Freja Ravn |
21–15, 19–21, 14–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2023 | Nantes International | Template:Flagicon Tanisha Crasto | Template:Flagicon Hung En-tzu Template:Flagicon Lin Yu-pei |
21–15, 21–14 | Template:Gold1 Winner |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tata India International | Template:Flagicon Tarun Kona | Template:Flagicon Akshay Dewalkar Template:Flagicon Pradnya Gadre |
17–21, 21–18, 18–21 | Template:Silver2 Runner-up |
| 2022 | India International | Template:Flagicon K. Sai Pratheek | Template:Flagicon Rohan Kapoor Template:Flagicon N. Sikki Reddy |
21–16, 11–21, 21–18 | Template:Gold1 Winner |
- Template:Color box BWF International Challenge tournament
- Template:Color box BWF International Series tournament
- Template:Color box BWF Future Series tournament
Record against selected opponents
Women's doubles results with Jwala Gutta against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.[10]
- Template:Flagicon Leanne Choo & Renuga Veeran 1–0
- Template:Flagicon Du Jing & Yu Yang 0–1
- Template:Flagicon Tang Jinhua & Xia Huan 0–1
- Template:Flagicon Ma Jin & Wang Xiaoli 0–2
- Template:Flagicon Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 0–9
- Template:Flagicon Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang 0–4
- Template:Flagicon Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen 0–1
- Template:Flagicon Luo Ying & Luo Yu 0–4
- Template:Flagicon Ma Jin & Tang Yuanting 0–1
- Template:Flagicon Cheng Wen-hsing & Chien Yu-chin 2–2
- Template:Flagicon Christinna Pedersen & Kamilla Rytter Juhl 0–2
- Template:Flagicon Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet 1–1
- Template:Flagicon Vita Marissa & Nadya Melati 2–1
- Template:Flagicon Mizuki Fujii & Reika Kakiiwa 1–3
- Template:Flagicon Miyuki Maeda & Satoko Suetsuna 1–4
- Template:Flagicon Shizuka Matsuo & Mami Naito 0–3
- Template:Flagicon Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi 0–2
- Template:Flagicon Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung 0–3
- Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung & Kim Min-jung 0–1
- Template:Flagicon Jung Kyung-eun & Kim Ha-na 1–2
- Template:Flagicon Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty 0–5
- Template:Flagicon Eefje Muskens & Selena Piek 2–2
- Template:Flagicon Shinta Mulia Sari & Yao Lei 2–4
- Template:Flagicon Duanganong Aroonkesorn & Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 2–0
- Template:Flagicon Puttita Supajirakul & Sapsiree Taerattanachai 2–0
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Badminton | Athlete Profile: Ashwini PONNAPPA - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ↑ Saina wins singles gold. The Hindu(14 October 2010). Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Glasgow 2014 - Ashwini Ponnappa Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ↑ Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa Win Canada Open. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ Ashwini Ponnappa Bio, Stats, and Results. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ↑ Ashwini Ponnappa ties the knot with long-time boyfriend Karan Medappa. Hindustan Times(25 December 2017). Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ Ashwini Ponnappa ties the knot with businessman-model Karan Medappa, see pics. The Indian Express(26 December 2017). Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ BWF Launches New Events Structure, Alleyne, Gayle. Badminton World Federation(19 March 2017). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ Action-Packed Season Ahead!, Sukumar, Dev. Badminton World Federation(10 January 2018). Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ www.tournamentsoftware.com.