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Priya Konjengbam
Priya Devi Konjengbam (born 11 March 2001) is an Indian badminton player. She is affiliated with Suchitra Badminton Academy. She was part of the Indian women's team that won gold at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships.
Priyanshu Rajawat
Priyanshu Rajawat (born 1 February 2002) is an Indian badminton player. He was part of the India team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup.
Pullela Gopichand
Pullela Gopichand (born 16 November 1973) is an Indian former badminton player. Currently, he is the Chief National Coach for the India national badminton team. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash Padukone.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered as one of India's most successful athletes, Sindhu has won medals at tournaments such as the Olympic Games, the World Championships, and on the World Tour. She is the first and only Indian to become the badminton world champion and only the second individual from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.
R. M. V. Gurusaidutt
Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt (born 1 March 1990), known as Gurusai Dutt, is a badminton player from India. He trains at the Hyderabad's Gopichand Badminton Academy. He won the gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games and the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Rajeev Bagga
Rajeev Bagga (born 6 April 1967) is an Indian born deaf badminton player, who represents Britain. He was Indian national champion, and reached main stage of the 1990 All England Open Badminton Championships, the only deaf person to do so. He has won 12 golds and been singles champion at the Deaflympics from 1989 to 2001, and was named 'Deaflympian of the Century' by the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (International Committee of Deaf Sports) in 2001.
Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj
Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj (born 4 April 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She won two BWF international titles winning the Slovenia Open and India International in 2024.
Raman Ghosh
Romen Ghosh (born 15 August 1942) is an Indian sportsman who represented India in several badminton tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s. Ghosh was a member of the Indian badminton team, which won the 1975 Thomas Cup qualification by defeating Pakistan at Lahore. He received the Arjuna award for badminton in 1974.
Ravi Kunte
Ravi Kunte is an Indian former badminton player. He was the Indian national doubles champion. He was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1986 Asian Games in the Men's team event.
Rithvik Sanjeevi
Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar (born 15 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player. He has won the men's singles title at the 2024 Odisha Masters.
Rituparna Das
Rituparna Das (born 2 October 1996) is an Indian badminton player.
Rohan Kapoor
Rohan Kapoor (born 16 September 1997) is an Indian badminton player.
Rohit Bhaker
Rohit Bhaker (born 26 October 1984) is an Indian deaf badminton player.
Rupesh Kumar
Rupesh Kumar K. T. (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana.
Rutaparna Panda
Rutaparna Panda (born 7 May 1999) is an Indian badminton player. She was selected to be part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games. Here, she and her partner Arathi Sara Sunil were defeated in the round of 32 by the Thai doubles team.
Ruthvika Shivani
Ruthvika Shivani Gadde (Telugu: గద్దె రుత్విక శివాని; born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who plays mixed doubles. She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.
Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati
Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (born 10 August 1992) is an Indian former badminton player. He became the first Indian male shuttler in 36 years to win a bronze medal in the BWF World Championships in 2019 after Prakash Padukone in 1983. Sai Praneeth was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 2019.
Sai Pratheek
Sai Pratheek Krishnaprasad (born 3 May 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He was a member of the team that won silver medal in the men's team event at the 2022 Asian Games.
Sameer Verma
Sameer Verma (born 22 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. He trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma.
Samiya Imad Farooqui
Samiya Imad Farooqui (born 6 February 2003) is an Indian badminton player.
Sanat Misra
Sanat Misra also spelt Mishra (1962 – 17 June 2006) was an Indian badminton player. He was the national doubles champion and mixed doubles champion. He was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1986 Asian Games in the Men's team event.
Sanave Thomas
Sanave Thomas Arattukulam (born 21 May 1980) is an Indian badminton player. He won bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mixed team event. He was the gold medalists at the 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events, also won silver medal in the mixed doubles in 2010.
Sanjana Santosh
Sanjana Santosh (born 2 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player.
Sankar Subramanian
S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian (born 13 January 2004) is an Indian badminton player from Tamil Nadu. He is a former world junior number 1 in the boys' singles. Subramanian is from Chennai.
Sanyam Shukla
Sanyam Shukla (born 19 April 1996) is an Indian badminton player who plays for Chhattisgarh badminton team. In 2015, he won the Mauritius International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Ramchandran Shlok. Shukla was part of the national men's team member that won the gold medal in 2019 South Asian Games.
Sanyogita Ghorpade
Sanyogita Ghorpade (born 5 November 1992) is an Indian badminton player. She trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy for four years, but returned to the Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy in Balewadi, Pune after the injuries. She was the women's doubles runner-up at the 2013 Bahrain International Series and Challenge tournament.
Sarojini Gogte
Sarojini Gogte née Apte (born 1942) is an Indian former badminton player.
Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
Sathish Kumar Karunakaran (born 20 May 2001) is an Indian badminton player.
Saurabh Sharma
Saurabh Sharma (born 30 December 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He has represented India in BWF International tournaments, having won multiple mixed doubles and men's doubles tournaments. He also became the U-19 Mixed doubles champion in the junior nationals.
Sayali Gokhale
Sayali Gokhale (born 1 February 1987) is a badminton player from India. She was the gold medalist at the 2010 Dhaka South Asian Games in the women's singles and team events. Gokhale claimed the Indian National Championship in 2008 and 2012.
Shikha Gautam
Shikha Gautam (born 18 April 1998) is an Indian badminton player.
Shlok Ramchandran
Ramchandran Shlok (born 10 March 1995) is an Indian former badminton player.
Shriyanshi Valishetty
Shriyanshi Valishetty (born 19 April 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She is the winner of women's singles event at the 2025 Al Ain Masters.
Shruti Kurien
Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player. 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.
Shruti Mishra
Shruti Mishra (born 13 August 2002) is an Indian badminton player. She is affiliated with Suchitra Badminton Academy. She was part of the Indian women's team that won gold at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships.
Sikki Reddy
Nelakurihi Sikki Reddy (born 18 August 1993) is an Indian badminton player who plays doubles and mixed doubles. In 2016, she won the Brazil and Russia Open Grand Prix title in the mixed doubles event partnered with Pranaav Chopra. She and Chopra also won the gold medal at the South Asian Games.
Simran Singhi
Simran Singhi (born 11 April 2002) is an Indian badminton player who competes primarily in women's doubles. She has represented India in international competitions and has partnered with Kavipriya Selvam in women's doubles.
Siril Verma
Siril Verma (born 25 December 1999) is an Indian badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2015 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high of world no.
Sonu Anand Sharma
Sonu Anand Sharma (born 8 March 1975) is a former Indian deaf badminton player. She has represented India at the Deaflympics twice in 1997 and in 2009. She is married to Mr.
Sourabh Varma
Sourabh Verma (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He is a three time men's singles title Champion at the Indian National Championships. Verma reached a career high world ranking of no.
Srivedya Gurazada
Srivedya Gurazada (born 15 August 2002) is an American badminton player. She trains at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. She formerly represented India and won her first BWF title in women's doubles at Mexico Open in 2021.
Subhankar Dey
Subhankar Dey (born 6 June 1993) is an Indian badminton player. Born in Kolkata, he currently trains in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, at his own badminton academy named Subhankar Dey Badminton Academy. He is also running another Badminton Centre which is in Sodepur, Kolkata.
Sudheer Babu
Posani Naga Sudheer Babu (born 11 May 1977) is an Indian actor and former professional badminton player. He works primarily in Telugu films. Debuted as a lead actor in Shiva Manasulo Shruti (2012), Babu's successful films include Prema Katha Chitram (2013), Baaghi (2016), and Sammohanam (2018).
Suman Deodhar
Suman Deodhar (later Suman Athavale, born October 1930) is an Indian former badminton player. She is the daughter of Indian cricket player D. B. Deodhar.
Sunder Deodhar
Sunder Deodhar (later Sunder Patwardhan) was an Indian badminton player. She was the daughter of Indian cricket player D. B. Deodhar.
Sunila Apte
Sunila Apte is a female badminton player from India.
Suresh Goel
Suresh Goel (20 June 1943 – 13 April 1978) was an Indian national badminton champion and a recipient of Arjuna award.
Surya Charishma Tamiri
Tamiri Surya Charishma (born 2006) is an Indian badminton player from Andhra Pradesh. Charishma is from Dandamudi village, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Her father Tamiri Naveen Babu is a goldsmith.