Saurabh Sharma (born 30 December 1997) is an Indian
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player. He has represented India in
BWF International tournaments, having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in the junior nationals.
Background
Sharma spent the early years of his life in
Sonipat
Sonipat is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest ...
in
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...
. He started playing badminton at the age of eight and in 2009 he joined the
Gopichand Badminton Academy
Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) is a badminton training facility in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded in 2008 by the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion, Pullela Gopichand, the facility trains several badminton players such ...
for training.
Career
In 2016, Sharma and Parikh won the
Nepal International after defeating
Venkat Gaurav Prasad
Venkat Gaurav Prasad (born 29 November 1985) is an Indian badminton player.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF Int ...
and
Juhi Dewangan
Juhi Dewangan (born 25 May 1994) is an Indian badminton player.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF International Series tournament
: BWF Future Series
The B ...
in the final.
In 2017, Sharma and Parikh were runners-up in the
Kharkiv International and
South Africa International The South Africa International is an international badminton tournament held in South Africa organised by Badminton South Africa, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA). Since 2018, this tournam ...
. In 2018, the pair reached the final of the Brazil International but were defeated by Russian pair of
Evgenij Dremin
Evgenij Nikolaevich Dremin (russian: Евгений Николаевич Дремин; born 24 February 1981) is a Russian badminton player.
Achievements
BWF World Tour
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented ...
of
Evgenia Dimova.
Sharma and Parikh won the Kharkiv title in 2018 after they defeated the Polish pair of
Paweł Śmiłowski
Paweł Śmiłowski (born 26 August 1998) is a Polish badminton player. Born in Białystok, Śmiłowski started to playing badminton at the age of six and join a local club Hubal Białystok. He was the bronze medalists at the 2017 European Junior ...
of
Magdalena Świerczyńska
Magdalena Świerczyńska (born 4 April 1998) is a Polish badminton player. Świerczyńska trained at the Baranowo, and was the bronze medalist at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Paweł Śmiłowski ...
.
In the Men's doubles category he won the South Africa International in 2017,
Jamaica International in 2018 and the Nepal International in 2019.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation
The Badminton ...
tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
...
tournament
:
BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
External links
Official website*
Saurabh Sharma on InstagramSaurabh Sharma on Twitter
References
1997 births
Living people
Indian male badminton players
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