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
Country	India
Born	28 March 1983 Chennai, India
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	26 (WD 1 July 2010) 62 (XD 14 January 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Mixed team South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Women's doubles 2004 Islamabad Women's team 2006 Colombo Women's doubles 2006 Colombo Women's team 2010 Dhaka Women's doubles 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	Jwala Gutta	Fathima Nazneen Manjusha Kanwar	15–6, 15–3	Gold
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Jwala Gutta	Aparna Balan B. R. Meenakshi	18–21, 23–21, 21–12	Gold
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Aparna Balan	P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa	21–19, 22–20	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	Jwala Gutta	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2009	Australian Open	Aparna Balan	Chia Chi Huang Tang He Tian	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Tarun Kona	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	14–21, 21–17, 19–21	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	Jwala Gutta	Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh	11–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2004	Syed Modi India International	Jwala Gutta	Anita Raj Kaur Wong Mew Choo	15–5, 17–15	Winner
2006	Sri Lanka Satellite	Jwala Gutta	Haw Chiou Hwee Lim Yin Loo	21–15, 14–21, 22–20	Winner
2006	India Satellite	Jwala Gutta	Jung Youn-kyung Kim Min-jung	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2007	Cyprus International	Jwala Gutta	Ragna Ingolfsdottir Kati Tolmoff	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2007	Pakistan International	Jwala Gutta	Renu Hettiarachchige Thilini Jayasinghe	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2007	Tata Open India International	Jwala Gutta	Aparna Balan Jyotshna Polavarapu	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2008	Nepal International	Jwala Gutta	Kalita Anjali Jyotshna Polavarapu	21–6, 21–8	Winner
2009	Spanish Open	Aparna Balan	Line Damkjær Kruse Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	14–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nepal International	J. B. S. Vidyadhar	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	12–21, 15–21	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.

External links

• Shruti Kurien at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com