Prajakta_Sawant Knowpia

Prajakta Sawant (born 28 October 1992) is a badminton player from India.^[1] She was the national women's doubles champion in 2010 and 2011 and also won the mixed doubles title in 2010.^[2] In 2013, she won the Bangladesh International tournament partnered with Arathi Sara Sunil.^[3]

In 2007, at age 14, she made history by becoming the first Indian female to win a gold medal in the Asian Badminton Championship. She achieved this feat alongside Raj Kumar, as they won the Asian Bandminton Championship U-16 mixed doubles title. In 2009, she once again made history by becoming the first Indian female to win a bronze medal in the same tournament, but this time in the U-19 mixed doubles category.

In 2010, when she participated, she was the youngest player on the badminton court. In 2010, Prajakta was selected to be a part of the Indian team for the Asian Games, and she was the youngest badminton player to participate in this prestigious event.

Achievements edit

Asia Junior Championships edit

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Pranav Chopra	Lu Kai Bao Yixin	12–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 6 runners-up) edit

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Egypt International	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Anastasiya Cherniavskaya Alesia Zaitsava	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	Mauritius International	Sanyogita Ghorpade	Lisa Kaminski Hannah Pohl	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Mauritius International	Lee Zhi Qing	Evelyn Siamupangila Ogar Siamupangila	21–7, 21–6	Winner
2014	Tata Open India International	Aparna Balan	J. Meghana K. Maneesha	21–13, 10–21, 21–13	Winner
2013	Bangladesh International	Arathi Sara Sunil	Dhanya Nair Mohita Sahdev	22–20, 15–4 Retired	Winner
2013	Bahrain International	Arathi Sara Sunil	Aparna Balan Sanyogita Ghorpade	18–21, 21–18, 21–16	Winner
2011	Swiss International	Pradnya Gadre	Laura Choinet Audrey Fontaine	19–21, 21–10, 21–10	Winner
2011	Bulgarian International	Pradnya Gadre	Mariana Agathangelou Heather Olver	21–18, 7–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia International	Yogendran Khrishnan	Hiroki Okamura Naru Shinoya	10–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2017	Egypt International	Yogendran Khrishnan	Ahmed Salah Menna Eltanany	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2017	Mauritius International	Yogendran Khrishnan	Jonathan Persson Kate Foo Kune	21–7, 21–17	Winner
2016	Mauritius International	Yogendran Khrishnan	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy K. Maneesha	19–21, 21–11, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Sri Lanka International	Vountus Indra Mawan	Akshay Dewalkar Pradnya Gadre	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Sanave Thomas	V. Diju N. Siki Reddy	19–21, 21–14, 23–23 Retired	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References edit

^ "Players: Prajakta Sawant". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "Why Gopichand should choose his academy over National Coach". www.firstpost.com. Firstpost. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
^ "Prajakta Sawant and Arathi Sara Sunil win women's doubles at Bangladesh Open". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Retrieved 9 May 2017.