new Delhi: Today is the birthday of badminton player Saina Nehwal (Saina Nehwal Birthday). She is one of the successful badminton players of India. Who has brought many medals for India. Along with this, he has also made many records in his name. Nehwal won a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics, with which she became the first Indian to win a medal in either the women’s or the men’s category at the Olympics.
Saina Nehwal was born on this day in the year 1990 in Hisar district of Haryana. However, later his father Harvind Singh was transferred to Hyderabad. Saina’s mother Usha Rani was also a state level champion of badminton. His father was also a badminton player. Saina chose badminton for her career to fulfill her mother’s wish. His mother wanted him to become a national champion. But Saina had decided something else.
In 2006, Saina won the Under-19 national title. In the same year, she was also the runner up in the Junior World Championship. Then won the bronze in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games Mixed Team. Won the World Junior title in 2008 and set a new record. In 2008, Saina Nehwal reached the quarterfinals of the London Olympics. In 2009, she became the first Indian player to win the BWF Super Series title.
Saina has also become the world number-1 in women’s singles. Apart from Saina, no other Indian player has been able to do such a feat till date. In the women’s section, she is also the only Indian female badminton player to reach the All England final. Saina Nehwal won the women’s singles gold medal at the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games. Apart from this, he also captured the silver medal in the mixed team event.
In the year 2012, the time came, which all the badminton players of the country were waiting for. Saina Nehwal made badminton a popular sport in the country by winning a medal in the Olympics. She also became the world’s No. 1 female player in 2015. However, in 2015, she lost to Carolina Marin of Spain in the All England final. In the same year, he also won a silver medal at the World Championships. Apart from this, she was also successful in winning bronze here in 2017.
Apart from this, in the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Saina Nehwal won gold medals in women’s singles as well as mixed team events. She is the only Indian to win a medal in every major BWF event. He has won 24 international titles. It also includes the titles of 11 super series. He has also been honored with Arjuna Award, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Padma Bhushan for his outstanding performance in sports. Saina is married to badminton player Parupalli Kashyap.