Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (born 7 January 2005) is an Indian para-badminton player.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in the women's singles event. Sivan has also won three bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games in the singles, mixed and women's doubles events.[2][3]
Early life
NIthya started playing badminton with the able-bodied sportspersons In 2016 for fun and recreation.[4] Later in 2019, she learnt about the para games and shifted her focus to competitive badminton and started training under coach Gaurav Khanna in Lucknow.[5]
Career
In October 2023, she won two bronze medals at the Asian Para Games. In April 2023, she won two gold medals at the Brazil Para Badminton International meet.[6] In May 2022, the Asian Youth Para Games winner also won a gold medal at the 1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama.[7] In December 2022, she bagged a gold in the women's singles SH6 finals defeating Worlds silver medallist at the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima.[8]
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