Suman Deodhar (born 1930, married Suman Athavale) is a female

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 from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket player

D. B. Deodhar Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948. Cricket career Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune ...

Career

Suman Deodhar won her first national title in 1946 in the women's doubles with her sister

Sunder Deodhar Sunder Deodhar (married name Sunder Patwardhan) is a female badminton player from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket player D. B. Deodhar. Career Sunder Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her si ...

. More titles in the women's doubles followed in 1947, 1951 and 1954. In 1947 she also reached gold in the mixed doubles and in 1951 gold in the women's singles.

Results

References

*http://www.badmintonindia.org/frmArcChampionship.aspx?id=0 *http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article1161833.ece {{DEFAULTSORT:Deodhar, Suman Indian female badminton players Indian national badminton champions Living people 1930 births Marathi people Sportswomen from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people Racket sportspeople from Maharashtra