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    Saina Nehwal (pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles.

  3. Saina Nehwal is an Indian Badminton player who joined the BJP on 29 January 2020. Check this page to read her biography- age, career, husband, family & much more!

  4. Saina Nehwal is a badminton player from India who won the bronze medal at the London 2012 Games. She started playing at the age of eight and became the first Indian woman to reach the Olympic quarter-finals in Beijing 2008.

  5. Saina Nehwal is a badminton player from India who is among the world’s top players in women’s badminton and she has won a number of championships. Nehwal lived in Hisar town of Haryana state in India for a few years early in her life but the family relocated to Hyderabad when she was still only a child and it was in the new city that she ...

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    Saina Nehwal was born on 17 March 1990 in Hisar, Haryana, India. Her family currently resides in Hyderabad, India. She is also known by the name Steffi Saina by her mother who is a big fan of the tennis player Steffi Graff. When she was five years old, her family moved from Haryana to Hyderabad because of her father’s job. She started playing badmi...

    She is the most talented, hardworking, and good-looking Indian girl with athletic figure. She is approximately 5′ 6″ tall and weighs around 65 kg. She has brown eyes and black hair.

    Saina was born in a middle-class Hindu Jat family to Harvir Singh Nehwal (Scientist) and Usha Nehwal. Her parents are former badminton champions in Haryana. She has an elder sister, Abu Chandranshu Nehwal, who used to play volleyball. Saina Nehwal tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend cum badminton player Parupalli Kashyap on 14 December 2018 ...

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    She did her schooling from Campus School, CCS HAU, Hisar; Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, Hyderabad; National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) School, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad; and St. Ann’s College for Women, Hyderabad. At the age of 8, Saina Nehwal started playing badminton and got trained in badminton under the guidance of an Indian badminton coach S. M. Arif. She also received training from Pullela Gopichand, Nani Prasad Rao, and Vimal Kumar. She made her international debut in...

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    Saina Nehwal entered into active politics on 29 January 2020, when she joined the BJP in the mid of the campaigns of the Delhi Assembly elections. After joining the party, Nehwal said,

    In January 2022, Saina and Tamil actor Siddharth had a war of words on Twitter over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security breach in Punjab. Siddharth attracted controversy after he used some derogatory words to reply to Saina Nehwal’s tweet about Prime Minister’s security breach. Later, Rekha Sharma, the chairperson of the National Commission for...

    In 2006, she became the first player to win the Asian Satellite Badminton tournament twice.
    In 2006, she became the first Indian woman and youngest Asian player to win a 4-star Philippines Open tournament.
    In 2008, she became the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships.
    In 2008, she became the first Indian woman to reach the quarter finals at the Olympic Games.

    In her badminton career, Saina Nehwal achieved huge success and won numerous titles and awards. Here are some of them: 2006 1. Bronze Medal at Commonwealth Games in Melbourne 2. Won a four-star badminton Philippines Open tournament at Pasig City, Manila 3. Won the Philippines Open Grand Prix 2007 Gold Medal at National Games in Guwahati 2008 1. Won...

    Saina Nehwal has a brown belt in Karate.
    Sachin Tendulkar gifted her BMW after she won the Olympics gold medal in 2012.Sachin Tendulkar gifted BMW to Saina Nehwal
    She is a huge fan of Roger Federer and Sachin Tendulkar.
    She is a philanthropist and was ranked 18th on the most charitable athletes’ list.
    Saina Nehwal is also a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes Commission.
    She has endorsed various popular brands like Edelweiss Group, Fortune Cooking Oil, Emami, Vaseline, Godrej No Marks, Huawei Honor Smartphone, Star Sports, NECC, Indian Overseas Bank, Herbalife Nutr...
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  6. May 9, 2024 · Saina Nehwal (born March 17, 1990, Hisar, Haryana state, India) is the first Indian badminton player to win an Olympic medal. During the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Nehwal captured the women’s singles bronze medal.

  7. Saina Nehwal became the first Indian badminton player to win an Olympic medal, the first Indian to reach BWF World Championships final, the first Indian to win a Super Series title and also the first Indian to win two women singles gold medals (2010 and 2018) at the Commonwealth Games.