Shruti Kurien Explained

Shruti Kurien
Country:India
Birth Date:1983 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Chennai, India
Height:1.70 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:26 (WD 1 July 2010)
62 (XD 14 January 2010)
Bwf Id:68A358D7-95C5-42D3-820E-EA48C22288A7

Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player.[1] She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the women's doubles and team events, also won mixed team bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Kurien won the women's doubles Grand Prix title at 2008 Bulgaria Open.[2] She was formerly married to Nikhil Kanetkar, another National badminton champion from Maharashtra, although the two are now divorced.[3]

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Rodham Hall,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Jwala Gutta Fathima Nazneen
Manjusha Kanwar
15–6, 15–3 Gold
2006Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan
B. R. Meenakshi
18–21, 23–21, 21–12 Gold
2010Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aparna Balan P. C. Thulasi
Ashwini Ponnappa
21–19, 22–20 Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Bulgaria Open Jwala Gutta Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari
21–11, 21–19 Winner
2009Australian Open Aparna Balan Chia Chi Huang
He Tian Tang
13–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jwala Gutta Petya Nedelcheva
Anastasia Russkikh
11–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2004Syed Modi India International Jwala Gutta Anita Raj Kaur
Wong Mew Choo
15–5, 17–15 Winner
2006Sri Lanka Satellite Jwala Gutta Haw Chiou Hwee
Lim Yin Loo
21–15, 14–21, 22–20 Winner
2006India Satellite Jwala Gutta Jung Youn-kyung
Kim Min-jung
18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2007Cyprus International Jwala Gutta Ragna Ingolfsdottir
Kati Tolmoff
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2007Pakistan International Jwala Gutta Renu Hettiarachchige
Thilini Jayasinghe
21–13, 21–14 Winner
2007Tata Open India International Jwala Gutta Aparna Balan
Jyotshna Polavarapu
21–11, 21–8 Winner
2008Nepal International Jwala Gutta Kalita Anjali
Jyotshna Polavarapu
21–6, 21–8 Winner
2009Spanish Open Aparna Balan Line Damkjær Kruse
Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
14–21, 21–17, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shruti Kurien . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110910180653/http://www.badmintonindia.org/frmPlProfileDet.aspx?pId=7 . 10 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Shruti Kurien's Player Profile . . 2 August 2009 .
  3. News: Indian badminton stars Nikhil Kanetkar and Shruti Kurien are all smiles during their marriage . 28 August 2006 . . 6 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929071647/http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9109564 . 29 September 2011 .