Shruti Kurien

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]

Shruti Kurien
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1983-03-28) 28 March 1983
Chennai, India
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD 1 July 2010)
62 (XD 14 January 2010)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Islamabad Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Colombo Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dhaka Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Bulgaria Open India Jwala Gutta Indonesia Shendy Puspa Irawati
Indonesia Meiliana Jauhari
21–11, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Australian Open India Aparna Balan Australia Chia Chi Huang
Australia He Tian Tang
13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix India Tarun Kona India Arun Vishnu
India Aparna Balan
14–21, 21–17, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse India Jwala Gutta Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva
Russia Anastasia Russkikh
11–15, 6–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Syed Modi India International India Jwala Gutta Malaysia Anita Raj Kaur
Malaysia Wong Mew Choo
15–5, 17–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite India Jwala Gutta Malaysia Haw Chiou Hwee
Malaysia Lim Yin Loo
21–15, 14–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 India Satellite India Jwala Gutta South Korea Jung Youn-kyung
South Korea Kim Min-jung
18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Cyprus International India Jwala Gutta Iceland Ragna Ingolfsdottir
Estonia Kati Tolmoff
21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Pakistan International India Jwala Gutta Sri Lanka Renu Hettiarachchige
Sri Lanka Thilini Jayasinghe
21–13, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Tata Open India International India Jwala Gutta India Aparna Balan
India Jyotshna Polavarapu
21–11, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Nepal International India Jwala Gutta India Kalita Anjali
India Jyotshna Polavarapu
21–6, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Spanish Open India Aparna Balan Denmark Line Damkjær Kruse
Denmark Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
14–21, 21–17, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Nepal International India J. B. S. Vidyadhar India Valiyaveetil Diju
India Jwala Gutta
12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Shruti Kurien". Badminton Association of India. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.
  2. "Shruti Kurien's Player Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  3. "Indian badminton stars Nikhil Kanetkar and Shruti Kurien are all smiles during their marriage". The Hindu. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2010.


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