Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati

Born on 10^th August 1992 in Andhra Pradesh, Sai Praneeth B. is a phenomenal badminton player from India. He is the first male player from India to win a bronze medal at the BWF World Championships 2019 in 36 years after 1983 when Prakash Padukone won it. He currently trains in Hyderabad at the Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was bestowed with the Arjuna award by the Indian Government in 2019.

Some of his career achievements:

• Clinched gold medals in the men’s singles and doubles events at the 2010 Iran Fajr International.

• Won a bronze medal at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships in the Boys’ singles event.

• Won a gold medal in the men’s singles event at the 2012 Bahrain International.

• Winner of the Bangladesh International, Lagos International & Sri Lanka International tournaments in 2015 in the men’s singles event.

• Bagged a gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games along with his team.

• Won the 2017 Thailand Open and 2016 Canada Open in the men’s singles event.

• Emerged victorious at the 2017 Singapore Open (BWF Superseries tournament) in the men’s singles event.

• Won a bronze medal at the 2019 BWF World Championships in the men’s singles event after a drought of 36 years for India.

• Clinched bronze medals at the 2016 and 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships.