Kiran George Explained

Kiran George
Country:India
Birth Date:2000 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Kochi, Kerala, India
Height:1.74 m
Handedness:Right
Coach:Yoo Yong-sung
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:34
Date Of Highest Ranking:7 May 2024
Current Ranking:41
Date Of Current Ranking:5 November 2024
Bwf Id:5955AC97-E24C-4550-AE1D-64A5E1F97345

Kiran George (born 11 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player.[1] He won the Polish International title.[2] He also competed in the 2020 Thomas Cup and 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships.[3]

Career

2021–22

In 2021, Kiran George's first tournament played was the Orléans Masters where lost to Brice Leverdez in the 3rd round.[4] In September, Kiran played in the Polish International where he won the tournament beating Jason Teh in the finals winning his first ever tournament since the Ghana International in 2019.[5] He also reached the semis of the Welsh International but lost to Siril Verma.

In 2022, Kiran started the year by playing in 3 BWF world tour tournaments including the India Open Which he lost the first round and the Syed Modi International which he also lost the first round and the Odisha Open which he won the title beating Priyanshu Rajawat to win his first ever BWF World Tour title.[6] He competed at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships but was eliminated at the group stage. First he lost to Korean Kim Joo-wan by the score of 18-21 and 14-21 then he lost to Hong Kong's Chan Yin Chak in the score of 13-21,21-17 and 9-21 and finally Ikhsan Rumbay in the score of 13-21, 21-17 and 10-21.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2022Odisha OpenSuper 100 Priyanshu Rajawat21–15, 14–21, 21–18 Winner
2023 (I)Indonesia MastersSuper 100 Koo Takahashi21–19, 22–20 Winner

BWF International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Ghana International Ade Resky Dwicahyo25–23, 21–19 Winner
2021Polish International Jason Teh13–21, 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2022Polish Open Lee Chia-hao21–15, 21–14 Winner
2022Denmark Masters Lu Chia-hung18–21, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: Kiran George. Badminton World Federation . 28 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Ubaid. Parker. Polish International 2021: India's Kiran George wins singles title, Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sai Pratheek clinch doubles. International Olympic Committee. 27 September 2021. 28 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Nayse . Suhas . I'm really excited to play in Thomas Cup for first time and I hope to do well for India . SportsKeeda . 3 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Badminton . Go . Kiran George Orléans Masters . Facebook.
  5. Web site: Ubaid. Parker. Polish International 2021: India's Kiran George wins singles title, Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sai Pratheek clinch doubles. International Olympic Committees. 27 September 2021. 28 November 2021.
  6. Web site: The . Bridge . Kiran George wins gold .
  7. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  8. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.