Shruti Kurien

Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player.[1] She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the women's doubles and team events, also won mixed team bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Kurien won the women's doubles Grand Prix title at 2008 Bulgaria Open.[2] She was formerly married to Nikhil Kanetkar, another National badminton champion from Maharashtra, although the two are now divorced.[3]

Shruti Kurien
Personal information
Country India
Born (1983-03-28) 28 March 1983
Chennai, India
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD 1 July 2010)
62 (XD 14 January 2010)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
2004 Islamabad Women's doubles
2004 Islamabad Women's team
2006 Colombo Women's doubles
2006 Colombo Women's team
2010 Dhaka Women's doubles
2010 Dhaka Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh		 Aparna Balan P. C. Thulasi
Ashwini Ponnappa		 21–19, 22–20 Gold
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka		 Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan
B. R. Meenakshi		 18–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold
2004 Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan		 Jwala Gutta Fathima Nazneen
Manjusha Kanwar		 15–6, 15–3 Gold

BWF Grand Prix

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Australian Open Aparna Balan Chia Chi Huang
Tang He Tian		 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2008 Bulgaria Open Jwala Gutta Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari		 21–11, 21–19 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Syed Modi India Open Tarun Kona Arun Vishnu
Aparna Balan		 14–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Spanish Open Aparna Balan Line Damkjær Kruse
Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen		 14–21, 21–17, 15–21 Runner-up
2008 Nepal International Jwala Gutta Kalita Anjali
Jyotshna Polavarapu		 21–6, 21–8 Winner
2007 Tata Open India International Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan
Jyotshna Polavarapu		 21–11, 21–8 Winner
2007 Pakistan International Jwala Gutta Renu Hettiarachchige
Thilini Jayasinghe		 21–13, 21–14 Winner
2007 Cyprus International Jwala Gutta Kati Tolmoff
Ragna Ingolfsdottir		 21–12, 21–13 Winner
2006 India Satellite Jwala Gutta Jung Youn-kyung
Kim Min-jung		 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite Jwala Gutta Haw Chiou Hwee
Lim Yin Loo		 21–15, 14–21, 22–20 Winner
2004 Syed Modi India International Jwala Gutta Wong Mew Choo
Anita Raj Kaur		 15–5, 17–15 Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jwala Gutta Anastasia Russkikh
Petya Nedelcheva		 11–15, 6–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Nepal International J. B. S. Vidyadhar Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta		 12–21, 15–21 Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Shruti Kurien". Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.
  2. "Shruti Kurien's Player Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. "Indian badminton stars Nikhil Kanetkar and Shruti Kurien are all smiles during their marriage". The Hindu. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010.


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