K Neelima Chowdary

K Neelima Chowdary
Personal information
Country  India
Born (1977-09-15) 15 September 1977
Andhra Pradesh, India
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness Right
Coach P. U. Bhaskar Babu
Event Women's singles, Women's doubles, Mixed doubles
BWF profile

K Neelima Chowdary is an Indian badminton player who represented India in many international games and championships.[1][2]

Early Life

Chowdary was born in Andhra Pradesh, India on 15 September 1977. She belongs to the Kammas community of the state. [3]

Career

She started training in Vijayawada under the guidance of Sports Authority of India appointed coach P.U. Bhaskar Babu.[4]

Chowdary started her Badminton career in 1992 playing India's Individual Junior Championships and won the first place in women's doubles category. PVV Lakshmi and Chowdary emerged as top seeded player from that championship.

The winning streak continued in 1994 when Chowdary along with Nirmala Kotnis won India's Individual Junior Championships.

In the game of mixed doubles in 1995, Chowdary along with Sameer Mahesh, won India's Individual Junior Championships. In 1996, Chowdary and Sudha Rani went on to secure the first place in the India's Individual Junior Championships. Playing singles in the International Championships in 1997, Chowdary finished at the fifth spot. The same year Manjusha Kanwar and Chowdary fished fifth in the women's doubles International Championships.

In 1998, Chowdary bagged a silver in while playing singles at the Sri Lanka International Championship. She also represented Indian women team in the 1998 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze. In 2001, Chowdary won the 66th Indian National Badminton Championships while playing women's doubles with D Swetha. This was the year, the All England champion P. Gopichand led the Andhra Pradesh teams for the badminton events of the National Games at the Hansraj Stadium, Jalandhar, Punjab.[2]

In 2002, Chowdary and Cha Deepti played doubles at the 17th Commonwealth Games against Seychelles Island and won the match.[5]

In March 2017, Chowdary participated in the 41st Indian Masters (Veteran) National Badminton Championship Cochin, Kerala. In the 35 plus mixed doubles, Chowdary and Abhinand Shetty played and won against Dhole and Prerana Joshi. [6]

References

  1. ↑ site., Who made this. "Project Name". www.badmintonindia.org. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  2. 1 2 "The Hindu : Gopichand to lead AP's challenge". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  3. ↑ "List of Indian National Badminton Champions - Kammas". kammasworld.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Shuttlers on the go". The Hindu. 2013-05-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  5. ↑ "Indian Cha Deepti (L) serves as her doubles' partn". Getty Images. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  6. ↑ "Dayal, Makode, Dhole enter veteran badminton nationals semis - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
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