Aparna Balan

Aparna Balan
Aparna Balan
Personal information
Country	India
Born	9 August 1986; Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WD) 1 July 2010; 41 (XD) 20 November 2014
Women's badminton
Representing India
Uber Cup
Commonwealth Games
South Asian Games
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.^[1] She has won silver in Commonwealth games and gold in South Asian games. She is 6 times National Champion in Mixed Doubles and 3 times National Champion in Women 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
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Shruti Kurien	P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa	21–19, 22–20	Gold
2006	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	B. R. Meenakshi	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	21–18, 21–23, 12–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Syed Modi India Open	Arun Vishnu	Tarun Kona Shruti Kurien	21–14, 17–21, 21–19	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Major National Achievements

National champion in mixed doubles 2006
National champion in mixed doubles 2007
National champion in women doubles 2011
National champion in mixed doubles 2012
National champion in women doubles 2012
National champion in mixed doubles 2013
National champion in mixed doubles 2014
National champion in mixed doubles 2015
National champion in mixed doubles 2016
National champion in women doubles 2017
National games 2015 mixed doubles gold
Premier Badminton League 2016 winners

References

↑ "Players: Aparna Balan". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
↑ "Profile of Aparna Balan, Indian Badminton Player in CWG 2010". DelhiSpider.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
↑ "Thushara and Duminda take silver". The Island. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
↑ "Indian shuttlers rule the roost at South Asian Games". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

External links

Aparna Balan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Players: Aparna Balan". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[2] "Profile of Aparna Balan, Indian Badminton Player in CWG 2010". DelhiSpider.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[3] "Thushara and Duminda take silver". The Island. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[4] "Indian shuttlers rule the roost at South Asian Games". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 June 2017.