Nithya Sre Sivan

Indian para-badminton player (born 2005)
Badminton player
Nithya Sre Sivan
Personal information
Birth nameNithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
Born (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 (age 19)
Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
ResidenceLucknow, India
EventWomen's singles and doubles SH6
Medal record
Para-badminton
Representing the  India
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Women's singles
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles

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]

Early life

NIthya 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

In 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

  1. ^ "India record highest ever medal tally in Asian Para Games". Firstpost. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ PTI (2023-04-17). "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton Intl". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton International". The Economic Times. 2023-04-17. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  7. ^ "Indian contingent finish with 23 medals at Bahrain Para Badminton". The Economic Times. 2022-05-22. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  8. ^ PTI (2022-12-06). "Peru Para Badminton: Mandeep shocks world champion; Nehal bags 2 gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-01-14.

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India Paralympic medalists for India
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
  • 2024
Gold Gold medalists
  • Swimming: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg)
  • Athletics: Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro)
  • Athletics: Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
  • Shooting: Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
  • Athletics: Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
  • Shooting: Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo)
  • Badminton: Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo)
  • Badminton: Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo)
  • Badminton: Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris)
  • Archery: Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris)
  • Athletics: Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris)
  • Athletics: Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris)
  • Athletics: Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver Silver medalists
Bronze Bronze medalists