Saina Nehwal – WiKi, Matches, Awards, Salary, Biography

Saina Nehwal is an Indian Professional Badminton Singles Player. She has won over 24 international titles, which includes eleven Superseries titles. Although she reached the world’s 2nd in the 2009, it was only in 2015 that she was able to attain the world no. 1 ranking, thereby becoming the only female player from India and overall the second Indian player, after Prakash Padukone to achieve this feat.

In 2016, the Government of India (GoI) conferred the Padma Bhushan – India’s third highest civilian award – on her. Previously, the nation’s top two sporting honours, namely the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Arjuna Award, were also conferred on her by the Government of India. Nehwal is a philanthropist and was ranked 18th on the list of most charitable athletes.

Saina Nehwal incredible consistent record at the World Championships came to an end after she lost to Mia Blichfeldt in pre-quarterfinal in 3 hard fought games 21–15, 25–27, 12–21. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on 29 January 2020 in the presence of party’s national general secretary Arun Singh. Her sister Abu Chandranshu Nehwal also joined the party. She was quoted as saying “Narendra Modi is working hard for the country, and has always inspired me”.

Full Name	Saina Nehwal
Nick Name	Saina
Profession	Badminton Singles Player
DOB	17 March 1990
Age	30
Birth Place	Hisar, Haryana, India
Zodiac Sign	Pisces
Religion	Hinduism
Nationality	Indian
Current City	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Marital Status	Married (14 December 2018)
Affairs	Parupalli Kashyap
Physical Appearance	Height: 5’ 5 Weight: 65 kg
Family	Father: Harvir Singh Nehwal Mother: Usha Rani Nehwal Sister: Chanranshu Nehwal Husband: Parupalli Kashyap
School	Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad
College	NA
Qualification	PhD in Agricultural Science
Hobbies	Travelling
Awards	Badminton World Federation (2008), Arjuna Award (2009), Padma Shri (2010), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2009-2010), Padma Bhushan (2016)
Coach	S.M. Arif, Pullela Gopichand, Nani Prasad Rao, Vimal Kumar

National Junior/Senior titles:

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Age group	Format	Partner	Opponent in final	Score
1	2002	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 13	Singles	N/A	Parsa Naqvi	11–0, 11–4
2	2002	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 13	Doubles	Pizza Bharali	Mudra Dhainje / Fernaz Jasdanwala	11–5, 11–4
3	2002	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 16	Doubles	Aparna Balan	Manisha Eswarappa / Y. K. Subrata	11–2, 11–3
4	2003	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 16	Singles	N/A	Anjali Kalita	11–3, 11–13, 11–2
5	2003	Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship	Under 16	Doubles	P. Jyotshna	G. M. Nischitha / Madhuri Vijay	15–6, 15–7
6	2004	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Ridhi Pajwani	11–2, 11–4
7	2004	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Doubles	Aparna Balan	T. Soumya / Ashwini Chowdary	15–6, 15–10
8	2005	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Singles	N/A	Aditi Mutatkar	11–5, 13–10
9	2005	Junior National badminton championships	Under 19	Doubles	Aparna Balan	V. Ruth Misha / Saumya Padhye	15–2,15–4
10	2007	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	Aditi Mutatkar	21–19, 21–16
11	2007	National Games	Senior	Singles	N/A	Aditi Mutatkar	24–22, 21–15
12	2008	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	Trupti Murgunde	21–11, 21–10
13	2017	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	21–17, 27–25
14	2019	Senior National Badminton Championships	Senior	Singles	N/A	P. V. Sindhu	21–18, 21–15