Saina Nehwal is a former world number one badminton player. Saina has won over 24 international titles that also includes ten Superseries titles.
It was in 2009, that Saina Nehwal reached the world's no. 2 ranking. in 2009. 6 years later, in 2015, Saina Nehwal achieved the world no. 1 ranking in badminton to become the first Indian female shuttler and second Indian player after Prakash Padukone to achieve this feat.
Saina Nehwal dating fellow-badminton player Parupalli Kashyap have been close friends since childhood. Rumour has it that the two began dating for a few years but there was no confirmation.
Saina Nehwal has represented India three times in the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in her second appearance.
Saina Nehwal, the second daughter of Dr. Harvir Singh Nehwal and Usha Rani Nehwal, was born in Hisar. She has only one sibling, an elder sister named Chandranshu Nehwal.
Saina Nehwal father, who has a PhD in agricultural science, worked at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.
Saina Nehwal completed her first few years of schooling at Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar. She did her Xll from St. Ann's College for Women at Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad.
When Saina Nehwal's father was promoted and transferred from Haryana to Hyderabad, she took up badminton at the age of eight, to express herself as she did not know the local language to socialise with other kids.
Saina Nehwal's parents played badminton for a number of years. Her mother, Usha Rani, was a state-level badminton player in Haryana.
Saina Nehwal took up badminton to fulfill her mother's dream of becoming a national level badminton player, while her sister played volleyball. Saina Nehwal's father, who was among the top players in the university circuit, used his provident fund to invest in good badminton training for her.
Saina Nehwal has won two medals - silver and bronze at the BWF World Championships. She was the first Indian player to reach the finals of the BWF Worlds.
Saina Nehwal has won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. She also has a silver and bronze medal each at CWG.
At the Asian Games, Saina Nehwal has won two bronze medals and at the Asian Championships, she has won three. bronze medals
In picture: Saina Nehwal with Parineeti Chopra. The latter played the former in her biopic titled Saina, which was released in March 2021.
The Big Pic: Saina Nehwal poses with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan during a television show
Saina Nehwal seems to be getting her adrenaline rush on here. Badminton may just not be her only favoured sport
Here's wishing India's star badminton player Saina Nehwal a happy 32nd birthday!
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