Top BWF pros across singles + doubles disciplines. Click out to Wikipedia, YouTube highlights, or BWF's site search — we don't host any branded photos or scraped tournament data here.
India's most decorated badminton player — Olympic medals at consecutive Games. Trained under Pullela Gopichand at his Hyderabad academy. Height and reach turn defensive rallies into attacking ones; her smash speed is among the fastest in women's singles.
Hyderabad-trained alongside PV Sindhu under Pullela Gopichand. India's first Olympic badminton medallist (bronze London 2012) and the first Indian woman to top the BWF singles rankings. Her career-defining 2015 — World Championships silver plus a #1 ranking — set the highest peak any Indian woman has reached in the sport.