Tanisha Crasto (born 5 May 2003) 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 who specialises in
mixed doubles
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, and badminton (where it is known ...
. She won the gold at the
Asia Team Championships in
2024
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and the bronze medal at the
2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships. With her doubles partner
Dhruv Kapila
Dhruv Kapila (born 1 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He won the gold at the 2019 South Asian Games in the men's, mixed doubles and team events. He was part of the team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup.
Achievements
South Asian Ga ...
, she touched her highest world ranking of 16 in May 2025.
She represented Bahrain and United Arab Emirates before switching to India in 2017.
Early life
Crasto was born in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
to Tulip and Clifford Crasto from
Goa
Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...
, India, and studied at
The Indian High School, Dubai
The Indian High School is a CBSE-affiliated Indian school in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1961 to provide education to the children of Indian expatriates and was the first expatriate educational institution in the UAE. The ...
.
Career
UAE and Bahrain
In 2013, Crasto made her international debut for Bahrain in junior tournaments and won her first major BWF international title representing Bahrain at the 2016
Bahrain International Challenge Bahrain International Challenge is an open international badminton tournament in Bahrain established in 2008. This tournament presented by the Bahrain Badminton and Squash Federation, and sanctioned by Badminton World Federation and Badminton Asia. ...
tournament partnered with
Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella.
She is ranked among the top UAE based badminton players. She also became the youngest winner of the UAE Open tournament.
In 2017, when she was 14 years old while representing UAE, she created history by winning the Indian Club UAE Open tournament in the women's singles event after beating
Negin Amiripour
Negin Amiripour (; born 26 August 1985) is an Iranian badminton player.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up)
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
: BWF International Challenge tournament
: BWF In ...
of Iran.
She was also part of the Prime Star Sports Academy club that won the Shuttle Time Dubai Club Badminton Championship.
India
In 2017, after participating in Gulf-based tournaments, she shifted to India and represented Goa in Indian tournaments. She then represented India at the
2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships
The 2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament was held in Suzhou, China from 20 to 28 July 2019.
Tournament ...
and the
2018
Events January
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* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
and
2019 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2019 BWF World Junior Championships was the twenty-first edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Kazan, Russia at the Kazan Gymnastics Center from 30 September to 13 October 2019.
Host city selection
The original winner ...
.
In 2021, Crasto joined the
India national badminton team and participated in the
Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...
and
Sudirman Cup
The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural tourn ...
tournaments. She was the runners-up in the mixed doubles event while partnering with Ishaan Bhatnagar at the 2021
Scottish Open.
In 2022, Crasto played her first ever BWF World Tour Super 500 event at the
India Open
The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...
, participating in both the women's doubles (with
Rutaparna Panda
Rutaparna Panda (born 7 May 1999) is an Indian badminton player. She was selected to be part of the Indian team for the India at the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 Asian Games. Here, she and her partner Arathi Sara Sunil were defeated in the round of 32 ...
) and the mixed doubles (with Ishaan Bhatnagar) events. However, she and her respective partners lost in the first rounds of both disciplines, going down to fourth seeds
Benyapa Aimsaard
Benyapa Aimsaard (; born 29 August 2002) is a Thai badminton player.
Career
Aimsaard educated at the Demonstration School of Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University. She entered the international circuit in 2015, at a very young age of 13. At t ...
and
Nuntakarn Aimsaard
Nuntakarn Aimsaard (; born 23 May 1999) is a Thai badminton player. Aimsaard entered the international badminton circuit in 2015. She was part of the Thailand team that won the mixed team bronze medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. She won her ...
in the women's doubles and compatriots
Gayathri Gopichand
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player and a member of the national team. She is the daughter of former shuttlers P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. She won the gold in the team event and the silver at ...
and Sai Pratheek K in the mixed doubles. In her next tournament, the
2022 Syed Modi International
The 2022 Syed Modi International (officially known as the Syed Modi India International) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, from 18 to 23 January 2022. It had a ...
, she participated in the mixed doubles, where she and Ishaan Bhatnagar clinched their maiden Super 300 title, beating compatriots
Srivedya Gurazada
Srivedya Gurazada (born 15 August 2002) is an American badminton player. She trains at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. She formerly represented India and won her first BWF title in women's doubles at Mexican Open (badminton), Mex ...
and T. Hema Nagendra Babu in the final.
Achievements
BWF World Tour (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
''Women'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 (BWF) since 2007.
...
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
BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Girls' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
: BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: BWF Junior International Series tournament
: BWF Junior Future Series tournament
See also
*
Badminton in India
Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.
Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwa ...
*
India national badminton team
*
List of Indian sportswomen
This List of Indian Sportswomen includes Indian female sportspersons who brought laurels for the country at the international stage.
* Anjali Bhagwat, Shooting - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award.
*Anju Bobby George, ...
References
External links
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Living people
2003 births
Sportspeople from Dubai
Racket sportspeople from Goa
Sportswomen from Goa
Indian female badminton players
Emirati female badminton players
Bahraini female badminton players
Indian national badminton champions
Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for India
Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games badminton players for India
Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Indian expatriates in Bahrain
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people