Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (born 7 January 2005) is an Indian para-badminton player.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in the women's singles event. Sivan has also won three bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games in the singles, mixed and women's doubles events.[2][3]
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| Birth name | Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 2005 Karur, Tamil Nadu, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Lucknow, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's singles and doubles SH6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editNIthya started playing badminton with the able-bodied sportspersons In 2016 for fun and recreation.[4] Later in 2019, she learnt about the para games and shifted her focus to competitive badminton and started training under coach Gaurav Khanna in Lucknow.[5]
Career
editIn October 2023, she won two bronze medals at the Asian Para Games. In April 2023, she won two gold medals at the Brazil Para Badminton International meet.[6] In May 2022, the Asian Youth Para Games winner also won a gold medal at the 1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama.[7] In December 2022, she bagged a gold in the women's singles SH6 finals defeating Worlds silver medallist at the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima.[8]
References
edit- ^ "India record highest ever medal tally in Asian Para Games". Firstpost. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "PM celebrates Bronze Medal by Nithya Sre Sivan in Badminton Women's Singles SH6 event in Asian Para Games 2022". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "India creates history in Asian Para Games, takes tally to record 82 medals with 2 days left". The Economic Times. 2023-10-27. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ PTI (2023-04-17). "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton Intl". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ Jain, Deepanshu (2023-12-10). "'Chinese legend Lin Dan is my idol,' says world no.3 Nithya Sre Sivan". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton International". The Economic Times. 2023-04-17. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "Indian contingent finish with 23 medals at Bahrain Para Badminton". The Economic Times. 2022-05-22. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ PTI (2022-12-06). "Peru Para Badminton: Mandeep shocks world champion; Nehal bags 2 gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
External links
editNithya Sre Sivan at BWFBadminton.com
