Mandeep Kaur | |
Residence: | Uttarakhand, India |
Event: | Women's singles SU5 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 |
Mandeep Kaur (born 1996) is a para athlete from Uttarakhand. She won two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games.[1] She claimed bronze in Badminton women's double in the SL3 category along with Manisha Ramadass on 27 October 2023 at Hangzhou, China. Earlier on 25 October 2023, she won a bronze in the individual women's singles SL3 event.
Kaur hails from Uttarakhand but trains at Lucknow under coach Gaurav Khanna, a Dronacharya award winner. She is supported by Welspun Foundation.[2]
She won a gold and a silver at the 4th Fazza Dubai Para Badminton International in Dubai in May 2022.[3] She paired with Manisha in the SU5 women's doubles to win the gold before securing a silver in the SL3 singles losing to teammate Manasi Joshi.[4] Earlier, on 22 May 2022, she entered the final defeating top seed Joshi but had to be content with silver, losing to Halime Yildiz in the SL3 singles at the Bahrain Para Badminton International in Manama.[5] In December 2022, she shocked the World champion Oksana Kozyna in the SL3 women's singles finals of the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima.[6] She became World No.1 ranked para badminton player in the WS SL3 category in March 2023.[7] [8]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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2022 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan | Manisha Ramadass | Lénaïg Morin Faustine Noël | 17–21, 21–13, 18–21 | Bronze | |
2024 | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand[9] [10] | Manisha Ramadass | Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah | 19–21, 15–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles