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Aparna Balan

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Aparna Balan
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 (age 38)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD 1 July 2010)
41 (XD 20 November 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Colombo Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Colombo Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team
BWF profile

Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.[1] She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 times National Champion in mixed doubles and 3 times National Champion in women's doubles. She represented India in many international badminton tournaments.

Career

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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]

Personal life

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On 09 April 2018, she married Sandeep M S.[5] The couple has a son, Sriyaan Sandeep Maliyekkal.

Achievements

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South Asian Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
India B. R. Meenakshi India Jwala Gutta
India Shruti Kurien
21–18, 21–23, 12–21 Silver Silver
2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
India Shruti Kurien India P. C. Thulasi
India Ashwini Ponnappa
21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Australian Open India Shruti Kurien Australia Chia Chi Huang
Australia Tang He Tian
13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix India Arun Vishnu India Tarun Kona
India Shruti Kurien
21–14, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 13 runners-up)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Tata Open India International India Jyotshna Polavarapu India Jwala Gutta
India Shruti Kurien
11–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Bahrain International India Sampada Sahasrabuddhe Germany Nicole Grether
Canada Charmaine Reid
16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Spanish Open India Shruti Kurien Denmark Line Damkjær Kruse
Denmark Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
14–21, 21–17, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Bahrain International India N. Siki Reddy Canada Nicole Grether
Canada Charmaine Reid
10–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Tata Open India International India N. Siki Reddy South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–19, 13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Bahrain International India Sanyogita Ghorpade India Prajakta Sawant
India Arathi Sara Sunil
21–18, 18–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Bahrain International Challenge India Sanyogita Ghorpade India Pradnya Gadre
India N. Siki Reddy
13–21, 21–19, 5–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Tata Open India International India Prajakta Sawant India Meghana Jakkampudi
India K. Maneesha
21–13, 10–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Nepal International India Sruthi K.P India Harika Veludurthi
India Karishma Wadkar
21–8, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Nepal International India Sruthi K.P Sri Lanka Thilini Hendahewa
Sri Lanka Kavidi Sirimannage
21–16, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Bangladesh International India Sruthi K.P Malaysia Vivian Hoo
Malaysia Yap Cheng Wen
14–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Pakistan International India Valiyaveetil Diju Sri Lanka Diluka Karunaratne
Sri Lanka Renu Hettiarachchige
21–11, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Tata Open India International India Rupesh Kumar India Valiyaveetil Diju
India Jwala Gutta
14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Bahrain International India Arun Vishnu India Valiyaveetil Diju
India Trupti Murgunde
17–21, 21–18, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Spanish Open India Arun Vishnu England Robin Middleton
England Mariana Agathangelou
16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Tata Open India International India Arun Vishnu Thailand Patipat Chalardchaleam
Thailand Savitree Amitapai
10–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Maldives International India Arun Vishnu Canada Toby Ng
Canada Grace Gao
21–10, 12–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Bahrain International India Arun Vishnu India Valiyaveetil Diju
India N. Siki Reddy
21–14, 25–23 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Sri Lanka International India Arun Vishnu Australia Robin Middleton
Australia Leanne Choo
15–21, 21–17, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Tata Open India International India Arun Vishnu India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India K. Maneesha
13–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Major National Achievements

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  • 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

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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.
  5. ^ "ദേശീയ ബാഡ്മിന്റണ്‍ താരം അപര്‍ണ ബാലന്‍ വിവാഹിതയായി". eastcoastdaily. Kozhikode. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
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