Shikha Rajesh Gautam (born 18 April 1998) is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international circuit.[1] National Team Badminton Player.
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| Birth name | Shikha Rajesh Gautam | ||||||||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1998 Visakhapatnam, India | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Bangalore | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 148 (WS 24 September 2019) 33 (WD 20 December 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 35 (WD 21 February 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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One of the most promising player. 2019- Women’s Doubles Senior National Champion. India best -1 and World Rank Best - 33. She has Won many National and International medals. A member of the Indian squad at the 2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships.[2] , 2020 BAC team member, 2022 and 2023. She recently Won Bronze Medal at Badminton Asia Mixed team Championships which created history as India won its first ever medal at Badminton Asia Mixed Team championships at Dubai.
36th National Games Silver medalist moved to Bangalore in 2011 to join Prakash Padukone academy with her Family to further pursue her badminton career and dreams.
In 2011 she became the youngest player to play for India at U17 and U15 Badminton Asia Championships at Japan.
In her first national ranking tournament she went on playing finals and never looked back since then she’s been playing for India.
From Badminton Asia Junior Championships to World Junior Championships.
Seeing her Outstanding achievements and performances She was awarded with KOA - Karnataka Olympic Award by Government of Karnataka. She’s also received Highest sporting award from Government of Karnataka - Ekalavya Award in 2022.
Career edit
Being one of the Finest singles players in the country she remained India No.1 in U15, U17 and U19 for many years in both Singles and Doubles.
Represented India in 4 Badminton Asia Championships and World Junior championships.
From Winning National Titles to many international medals. In 2017 She won Gold at Mauritius International in Singles and a Silver at Hyderabad International.
After becoming national champion in WD in seniors she shifted to doubles but continued playing singles for a year. Became India No.1 in Doubles after winning 6 Titles in Women’s Doubles National ranking tournaments. In the 2016 Premier Badminton League, Gautam was part of the winning Delhi Dashers team.[3]
In 2021 and 2023 She represented India at All England Badminton Championships.
She’s also represented India in 6 Badminton Asia Championships and World championships in which they gave a good fight to Korean World no.4 pair.
Now one of the best doubles players in country.
Recently Won bronze medal at Mauritius international and Pune National.
She’s also Won bronze medal for Karnataka who won their first even Mixed Team event medal at All India national championships.
Achievements edit
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up) edit
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Mauritius International |  Anura Prabhudesai
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21–8, 17–21, 21–19 |  Winner
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| 2017 | India International | Tanishq Mamilla Palli
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21–17, 20–22, 18–21 |  Runner-up
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Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | India International | K. Ashwini Bhat
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Arul Bala Radhakrishnan Varshini Viswanath Sri
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21–16, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2023 | Maldives International | K. Ashwini Bhat
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 Laksika Kanlaha Phataimas Muenwong
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22–24, 15–21 | Runner-up
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| 2023 (II) | India International | K. Ashwini Bhat
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Tidapron Kleebyeesun Nattamon Laisuan
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14–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2024 | Dutch International | K. Ashwini Bhat
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 Anna-Sofie Nielsen Mette Werge
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21–18, 21–14 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ "Players: Shikha Gautam". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "India bow out of Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2019 after loss to Chinese Taipei". India Today. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "India urgently needs influx women's singles players". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
