Aparna Balan

Aparna Balan
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WD) 1 July 2010 41 (XD) 20 November 2014
Medal record Representing  India Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Mixed team South Asian Games 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles 2010 Dhaka Mixed team 2006 Colombo Mixed team 2010 Dhaka Mixed doubles 2006 Colombo Women's doubles 2006 Colombo Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.^[1] She has won silver in Commonwealth games and gold in South Asian games. She is 6 times National Champion in Mixed Doubles and 3 times National Champion in Women Doubles . She represented India in many international badminton tournaments.

Career

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]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's Doubles

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

Mixed Doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Australian Open	Shruti Kurien	Chia Chi Huang Tang He Tian	13–21, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Syed Modi India Open	Arun Vishnu	Tarun Kona Shruti Kurien	21–14, 17–21, 21–19	01 ! Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Tata Open India International	Prajakta Sawant	J. Meghana K. Maneesha	21–13, 10–21, 21–13	01 ! Winner
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy	13–21, 21–19, 5–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Prajakta Sawant Arathi Sara Sunil	21–18, 18–21, 16–21	02 ! Runner-up
2012	Tata Open India International	N. Siki Reddy	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–19, 13–21, 17–21	02 ! Runner-up
2011	Bahrain International	N. Siki Reddy	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	10–21, 19–21	02 ! Runner-up
2007	Tata Open India International	Jyotshna Polavarapu	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	11–21, 8–21	02 ! Runner-up

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Tata Open India International	Arun Vishnu	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy K. Maneesha	13–21, 16–21	02 ! Runner-up
2015	Sri Lanka International	Arun Vishnu	Robin Middleton Leanne Choo	15–21, 21–17, 21–13	01 ! Winner
2013	Bahrain International	Arun Vishnu	V. Diju N. Siki Reddy	21–14, 25–23	01 ! Winner
2011	Maldives International	Arun Vishnu	Toby Ng Grace Gao	21–10, 12–21, 9–21	02 ! Runner-up
2010	Tata Open India International	Arun Vishnu	Patipat Chalardchaleam Savitree Amitapai	10–21, 15–21	02 ! Runner-up
2007	Tata Open India International	Rupesh Kumar	V. Diju Jwala Gutta	14–21, 16–21	02 ! Runner-up
2007	Pakistan International	V. Diju	Diluka Karunaratne Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige	21–11, 21–14	02 ! Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Major National Achievements

• 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

External links

• Aparna Balan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com