Anmol Kharb

Anmol Kharb (born 20 January 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She won the gold at the Asia Team Championships.

Early life Kharb was born on 20 January 2007 in Faridabad, Haryana. She was inspired by her brother's passion for badminton. Despite her brother shifting focus away from the sport, Anmol continued pursued it with her family's support. She trained at Dayanand Public School in Faridabad and later joined Sunrise Shuttlers Academy in Noida under Coach Kusumm Singh.

Career Beginnings (2023–2024) In 2023, Kharb won the gold at the National Championships. Her first international title victory at the senior level came when she won Belgian International 2024. She followed it up with her victory at Polish International 2024 thus winning two back-to-back international titles in a month.

Kharb played a very crucial role in the Indian women's team winning the gold medal at the Asia Team Championships 2024, the first time in the championships' history that the Indian women's team featured in the top three. She won all three of the matches she played, all of which were tie deciders. 472nd in the BWF World Ranking when the championships began, she beat Wu Luo Yu, ranked 149th, in the group stage, Natsuki Nidaira, ranked 29th, in the semi-finals and Pornpicha Choeikeewong, ranked 45th, in the finals.

Achievements BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2024 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Cai Yanyan 21–14, 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge / Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2024 Belgian International Amalie Schulz 24–22, 12–21, 21–10 Winner 2024 Polish International Milena Schnider 21–12, 21–8 Winner 2025 Cameroon International Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan 11–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team Senior level Team events 2024 Ref Asia Team Championships G Uber Cup QF

Individual competitions Junior level Events 2023 Ref Asia Junior Championships 3R

Senior level Women's singles

Record against opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 30 November 2024.

Player Matches Win Lost Han Yue 1 0 1 –1 P. V. Sindhu 1 0 1 –1 Chen Yu Fei 1 0 1 –1

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result Ref(s) 2024 Nakshatra Samman Remarkable Achievement in Sports 2024 FICCI India Sports Awards Emerging Sportsperson Female 2025Times of India Sports AwardsBadminton Player of the Year Female