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Saina Nehwal
(born March 17, 1990) is an
Indian
female
athlete
. She is best known as a
badminton
player who competed in the
Summer Olympic Games
.
[1]
Saina won a
bronze medal
at the
2012 Summer Olympics
in
London
.
[2]
SAINA NEHWAL was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2009 and a year later, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India.
In 2009, Nehwal was honoured with India’s highest award for sporting excellence - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
In 2016, the
Government of India
awarded Saina Nehwal the Padma Bhushan. It is the 3rd highest civilian honour in the country.
She became the first Indian badminton player to win a BWF Series event and continued to impress on her way to winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
In 2015, Saina Nehwal won the singles event at the India Open BWF Super Series and became the number 1 women’s player in the Badminton World Federation rankings.
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