Malvika Bansod

Malvika Bansod (born 15 September 2001) is an Indian badminton player from Nagpur, Maharashtra. She has won international titles such as the Maldives and Nepal International in 2019. Bansod has won several gold medals at the national level-events in junior and senior categories.^[1]

Malvika Bansod
Malvika in 2019
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 22) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Years active	2019–present
Handedness	Left
Coach	Sanjay Mishra
Women's singles
Career record	76 wins, 51 losses
Highest ranking	28 (3 January 2023)
Current ranking	42 (31 January 2023)
BWF profile

Early life

Bansod was born on 15 September 2001 in Nagpur, Maharashtra. She got her early education from Mother's Pet Kindergarten and Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass, Nagpur. She took up badminton when she was eight years old.^[2][1]

Career

Bansod won titles at state championships in the Under-13 and Under-17 age groups.^[1] In 2018, after failing to qualify for the Asian Junior championships, she won two consecutive selection tournaments to represent India at the World Junior Championship in Canada.^[3] In December 2018, she was the winner at the South Asian Regional Under-21 Championship at Kathmandu Nepal, both in individual and team events.^[4] In 2019, Bansod won the All India senior ranking tournament and the All India junior ranking tournament.^[5] In the same year, she won a bronze medal at the Bulgarian Junior International Championship.^[6] In 2021, she played Austrian Open International Series but was defeated against Clara Azurmendi of Spain in the quarterfinal.^[7] In 2022, she played her first BWF Super 500 tournament at the 2022 India Open, where she beat Saina Nehwal and progressed to the quarterfinals. However, she lost in the quarterfinals to Aakarshi Kashyap. She then participated in the 2022 Syed Modi International, where she progressed to the finals. She lost in the finals in straight games to P. V. Sindhu. In the 2022 Odisha Open, she made the semi-finals, which she lost to Unnati Hooda in two close games. With her consistent results in these three tournaments, she attained a career-high world ranking of 61.^[8]

Bansod, who is a left-handed player, is a fan of two-time Olympics champion and five-time world champion Lin Dan of China.^[2]

Senior international debut

She made her senior international debut in September 2019 with a title victory in the Maldives International Future Series Badminton Tournament. A week later, she won the Annapurna Post International Series, Nepal.^[9] Subsequently, she won a bronze medal at the Bahrain International Series in October 2019. She also reached the quarter final stage at the India International Challenge. With her performance in these four international tournaments in just two months, she managed to break into the world's top 200.

Awards

Bansod has won a number of awards such as the Nag Bhushan award by a Maharashtra-based non-profit organisation, the Khelo India Talent Development Athlete award and the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Athlete award.^[1]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the BWF World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[11]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Syed Modi International	Super 300	P. V. Sindhu	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Maldives International	Thet Htar Thuzar	21–13, 21–11	Winner
2019	Nepal International	Gayathri Gopichand	21–14, 21–8	Winner
2021	Uganda International	Anupama Upadhyaya	17–21, 25–23, 21–10	Winner
2021	Lithuanian International	Rachael Darragh	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2022	Italian International	Hsu Wen-chi	9–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2024	Azerbaijan International	Tanya Hemanth	21–15, 22–20	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "मालविका बंसोड़: क्लास रूम से लेकर बैडमिंटन कोर्ट में धमाल मचाती सनसनी". BBC News हिंदी (in Hindi). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
2. PTI. "Malvika Bansod: 'Need to gain strength and power to break into top 100'". Sportstar. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
3. "Second consecutive title for Malvika Bansod". The Bridge. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
4. Suhas Nayse (3 December 2018). "Malvika Bansod completes grand double in South Asian U-21 Regional Badminton Championship at Nepal | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
5. Suhas Nayse (22 April 2019). "Malvika Bansod beats Purva Barve to win All India Senior Ranking Badminton crown | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
6. Sportstar, Team. "Indian junior shuttlers win 3 gold, a silver and 2 bronze at Bulgarian Open". Sportstar. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
7. "Shuttler Malvika Bansod ends Austrian Open campaign with quarterfinal loss | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
8. "Malvika BANSOD | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
9. Suhas Nayse (23 September 2019). "Malvika Bansod wins badminton title on international debut in Maldives | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
10. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). . Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
11. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.