Ashmita Chaliha

Ashmita Chaliha (born 18 October 1999) is an Indian badminton player. Born and brought up in Guwahati, she began playing badminton at the age of seven, and trained at the Assam Badminton Academy under Indonesian coach Edwin Iriawan and India’s Suranjan Bhobora, she was also coached by Pullela Gopichand for the asian games. Chaliha was part of the national junior team that competed at the 2017 World and Asian Junior Championships.[1] She has been selected to be part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.[2] Chaliha won her first senior international title at the 2018 Dubai International Challenge in the women's singles event.[3] She was the gold medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games in the women's singles and team events.[4]

Ashmita Chaliha
Personal information
Country India
Born (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999
Guwahati, India
Height1.676 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Years active2015
HandednessLeft
CoachEdwin Iriawan
Suranjan Bhobora
Women's singles
Highest ranking73 (New update 2020)
Current ranking77 (New update 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
South Asian Games
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's singles
2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Badminton Covered Hall, Pokhara, Nepal Gayathri Gopichand 21–18, 25–23 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Tata Open India International Vrushali Gummadi 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2018 Dubai International Jeon Ju-i 21–19, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. Das, Ria (16 August 2018). "#WomenAtAsiad: Meet The Left-handed Shuttler Ashmita Chaliha". SheThePeople.TV. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. "Asian Games 2018: Here's the list of Indian squads". Mumbai Mirror. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "Guwahati girl Ashmita Chaliha wins Dubai International Badminton Challenge". G Plus. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  4. "SAG 2019: Siril, Ashmita lead India to 6 badminton golds". www.outlookindia.com. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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