Manasi Joshi

For the actress, see Manasi Joshi Roy.
For the cricketer, see Mansi Joshi.

Manasi Joshi
Personal information
Country India
Born (1989-06-11) 11 June 1989 (age 35)[1]
Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)[2]
Women's singles SL3
Women's doubles SL3–SU5
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking1 (WS 6 March 2022)
5 (WD with Shantiya Viswanathan 22 August 2022)
1 (XD with Ruthick Ragupathi 4 July 2022)
Current ranking1 (WS)
5 (WD with Shantiya Viswanathan)
2 (XD with Ruthick Ragupathi) (8 November 2022)
Medal record
Women's para-badminton
Representing  India
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Basel Women's singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Stoke Mandeville Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Pattaya Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ulsan Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Pattaya Women's singles
Asian Para Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Beijing Women's singles

Manasi Joshi (born 11 June 1989) is an Indian para-badminton player.[3] She is a former world champion in para badminton women's singles SL3 category. On 8 March 2022, she was ranked world No.1 in women's singles SL3 category.[4]

Early life and background

Manasi was born in Rajkot, Gujarat and she was raised in Anushaktinagar, Mumbai. She graduated in Electronics Engineering from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, in 2010. A sports lover, Manasi played football and badminton in her school and college life. Joshi started playing badminton when she was six along with her father, a retired scientist from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Over the years she represented her school, college and corporate at various tournaments. After finishing graduation in 2010, she worked as a software engineer until December 2011.

Accident

In December 2011, she met with a road accident while riding her motorbike to work, and her leg had to be amputated.[5][6][7] After 45 days of hospitalisation, Manasi got discharged from MGM hospital Vashi, Navi Mumbai.[8] During 2012-2013 after her accident, Manasi started practicing yoga, meditation and badminton to regain her fitness. She played badminton as part of her rehabilitation and another para-badminton player urged her to try out for the national team.

Career

Joshi started her sporting journey in 2015 and in 2020, she was ranked world No.2 in women's singles SL3 category.[9][10][11] She was selected for Asian Para-Games 2014 and played her first international tournament in Spain.[7] In 2018, she asked Pullela Gopichand to coach her,[7] and enrolled in his badminton academy at Hyderabad.[12] In September 2015, Joshi won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the Para-Badminton World Championship held in Stoke Mandeville, England.[13][14] In October 2018, she won a bronze medal for India at the Asian Para Games 2018, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In August 2019, at the Para-Badminton World Championship 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, she won a gold medal.[7][15] She won a silver medal in the doubles along with Thulasimathi Murugesan and a bronze in the singles SL3 in the 2022 Asian Para Games at Gangzhou, China.[16][17]

Awards and recognition

Manasi was listed as the Next Generation Leader 2020 by TIME Magazine in October 2020 and she appeared on their Asia cover, making her the first para-athlete in the world and the first Indian athlete to be featured on the magazine's cover, for being an advocate of rights for people with disabilities.[11]

On the occasion of the International Day of Girl Child (11 October 2020), Barbie celebrated Manasi and her achievements by modelling a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll to her likeness to inspire young girls.[18] She has also been recognized by BBC as one of the 100 most inspirational & powerful women across the world in 2020 and was nominated for the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award of 2020 alongside P. V. Sindhu, Mary Kom, Vinesh Phogat and Dutee Chand.[19][20]

  • 2017 - Maharashtra Rajya Eklavya Khel Krida Puraskar (Highest State honour)
  • 2019 - National award for Best Sportsperson with Disability (female)[21]
  • 2019 - Differently abled athlete of the year award at ESPN India Awards[22]
  • 2019 - Times of India Sports award for Best para-athlete of the year[23]
  • 2019 - Aces 2020 Sportswoman of the Year (Para-sports) Hindu Newspaper (Nominee)[24]
  • 2019 – BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year[20]
  • 2020 – TIME Next Generation Leader[11]
  • 2020 - BBC 100 Women[25]
  • 2020 – Forbes India, Self-made Women of 2020[26]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2017 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland India Parul Parmar 12–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze
2019 Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea India Parul Parmar 21–12, 21–7 Gold Gold
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Ukraine Oksana Kozyna 18–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Indonesia Qonitah Ikhtiar Syakuroh 12–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Women’s doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand 		India Thulasimathi Murugesan Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila
Indonesia Khalimatus Sadiyah 		20–22, 17–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Stoke Mandeville Stadium,
Stoke Mandeville, England 		India Rakesh Pandey India Raj Kumar
India Parul Parmar 		10–21, 19–21 Silver Silver
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan 		India Ruthick Ragupathi Indonesia Fredy Setiawan
Indonesia Khalimatus Sadiyah 		10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Para Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia India Parul Parmar 13–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China Japan Asami Yamada 21–11, 21–7 Bronze Bronze
Thailand Wandee Kamtam 14–21, 12–21
India Parul Parmar 8–21, 7–21

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.[27][28]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 India Mandeep Kaur 21–10, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022[a] Spanish Para Badminton International Level 1 France Coraline Bergeron Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
India Mandeep Kaur 21–13, 21–16
Japan Noriko Ito 21–9, 21–7
India Parul Parmar 21–12, 21–17
2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 India Mandeep Kaur 16–21, 24–22, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022[b] Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 India Parul Parmar 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
France Coraline Bergeron 21–14, 21–17
Ukraine Oksana Kozyna 21–18, 15–21, 22–20
Japan Noriko Ito 21–14, 21–10
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 India Mandeep Kaur 22–20, 19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 India Shanthiya Viswanathan India Mandeep Kaur
India Manisha Ramdass 		21–14, 21–23, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 India Shanthiya Viswanathan Thailand Nipada Saensupa
Thailand Chanida Srinavakul 		20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Brazil Para-Badminton International Level 2 India Thulasimathi Murugesan India Mandeep Kaur
India Manisha Ramadass 		21–11, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 India Ruthick Ragupathi India Pramod Bhagat
India Palak Kohli 		21–14, 11–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International Level 1 India Ruthick Ragupathi India Raj Kumar
India Parul Parmar 		17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 India Ruthick Ragupathi France Lucas Mazur
France Faustine Noël 		21–17, 15–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

International tournaments (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016[c] Irish Para Badminton International Wales Nicola Tustain 21–11, 21–9 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Japan Asami Yamada 21–11, 21–9
Poland Katarzyna Ziębik 21–12, 11–21, 21–10
2018[d] Spanish Para Badminton International Thailand Darunee Henpraiwan 12–21, 21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
Japan Asami Yamada 21–15, 21–17
Poland Katarzyna Ziębik 23–21, 21–18
2018 Japan Para Badminton International Japan Noriko Ito 16–21, 21–18, 21–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Australia Para Badminton International Japan Noriko Ito 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Turkish Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar 8–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Dubai Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar 12–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar 14–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Canada Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar 12–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Dubai Para Badminton International Ukraine Oksana Kozyna 10–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Uganda Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar 21–7, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Japan Para Badminton International China Yang Qiuxia Norway Helle Sofie Sagøy
Germany Katrin Seibert 		23–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spanish Para Badminton International Japan Mamiko Toyoda Norway Helle Sofie Sagøy
Germany Katrin Seibert 		19–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Dubai Para Badminton International Turkey Zehra Bağlar France Faustine Noël
Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila 		17–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Uganda Para Badminton International Turkey Zehra Bağlar India Palak Kohli
India Parul Parmar 		15–21, 21–16, 15–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Uganda Para Badminton International India Ruthick Ragupathi India Pramod Bhagat
India Palak Kohli 		21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

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Notes

  1. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.
  2. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.
  3. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.
  4. ^ This tournament uses a round robin system.