Aparna Balan

Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 times National Champion in mixed doubles and 3 times National Champion in women's doubles. She represented India in many international badminton tournaments.

Career In 2006, she won the national mixed doubles title partnering with V. Diju. At the same year, she competed at the 2006 South Asian Games and won two silver medals in the women's and mixed doubles event. In 2010 South Asian Games, Balan won the women's doubles gold with Shruti Kurien and mixed doubles silver with Sanave Thomas.

Personal life On 9 April 2018, she married Sandeep M S.

Achievements

South Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo, Sri Lanka B. R. Meenakshi Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien 21–18, 21–23, 12–21 Silver Silver 2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,Dhaka, Bangladesh Shruti Kurien P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa 21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium,Colombo, Sri Lanka Thomas Kurien V. Diju Jwala Gutta 11–21, 13–21 Silver Silver 2010 Wooden-Floor Gymnasium,Dhaka, Bangladesh Sanave Thomas V. Diju Ashwini Ponnappa 11–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Australian Open Shruti Kurien Chia Chi Huang Tang He Tian 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 India Grand Prix Arun Vishnu Tarun Kona Shruti Kurien 21–14, 17–21, 21–19 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 13 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Tata Open India International Jyotshna Polavarapu Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien 11–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2008 Bahrain International Sampada Sahasrabuddhe Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2009 Spanish Open Shruti Kurien Line Damkjær Kruse Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen 14–21, 21–17, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 Bahrain International N. Siki Reddy Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid 10–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2012 Tata Open India International N. Siki Reddy Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 21–19, 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2013 Bahrain International Sanyogita Ghorpade Prajakta Sawant Arathi Sara Sunil 21–18, 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2013 Bahrain International Challenge Sanyogita Ghorpade Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy 13–21, 21–19, 5–21 Runner-up 2014 Tata Open India International Prajakta Sawant Meghana Jakkampudi K. Maneesha 21–13, 10–21, 21–13 Winner 2017 Nepal International Sruthi K.P Harika Veludurthi Karishma Wadkar 21–8, 21–9 Winner 2018 Nepal International Sruthi K.P Thilini Hendahewa Kavidi Sirimannage 21–16, 21–13 Winner 2018 Bangladesh International Sruthi K.P Vivian Hoo Yap Cheng Wen 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Pakistan International Valiyaveetil Diju Diluka Karunaratne Renu Hettiarachchige 21–11, 21–14 Winner 2007 Tata Open India International Rupesh Kumar Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2008 Bahrain International Arun Vishnu Valiyaveetil Diju Trupti Murgunde 17–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner 2009 Spanish Open Arun Vishnu Robin Middleton Mariana Agathangelou 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2010 Tata Open India International Arun Vishnu Patipat Chalardchaleam Savitree Amitapai 10–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 Maldives International Arun Vishnu Toby Ng Grace Gao 21–10, 12–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2013 Bahrain International Arun Vishnu Valiyaveetil Diju N. Siki Reddy 21–14, 25–23 Winner 2015 Sri Lanka International Arun Vishnu Robin Middleton Leanne Choo 15–21, 21–17, 21–13 Winner 2015 Tata Open India International Arun Vishnu Satwiksairaj Rankireddy K. Maneesha 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Major National Achievements National champion in mixed doubles 2006 National champion in mixed doubles 2007 National champion in women doubles 2011 National champion in mixed doubles 2012 National champion in women doubles 2012 National champion in mixed doubles 2013 National champion in mixed doubles 2014 National champion in mixed doubles 2015 National champion in mixed doubles 2016 National champion in women doubles 2017 National games 2015 mixed doubles gold Premier Badminton League 2016 winners