which include eleven Super Series titles! 
She started playing badminton at the age of eight after her family moved from Haryana to Hyderabad. Her initiation into the game was primarily because she didn’t know the local language well and she wanted to further the dream of her mother, who was a state-level badminton player herself. 

She is the first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal, along with being the only Indian to have won the BWF World Junior Championships or to have reached to the final of the BWF World Championships.

Awards and Accomplishments

Saina has been conferred with the Padma Bhushan – India’s third highest civilian award- in 2016. She has also received the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’and ‘Arjuna Award’ in 2009 & ‘Most Promising Player of The Year’ in 2008 by the Badminton World Federation.

In 2015, Nehwal became the number one ranked player in the world, the first ever Indian to have reached the top spot. In her 12-year-long badminton career, Saina Nehwal has won over 24 international titles, eleven of which are Superseries titles.