Parul Parmar

Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar (born 20 March 1973) is an Indian para-badminton player from Gujarat. She had been ranked world number one in para-badminton women's singles SL3.^[2]

Parul Parmar
Parmar presented with the Arjuna Award by the President of India Pratibha Patil in August 2009
Personal information
Full name	Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar
Born	(1973-03-20) 20 March 1973 (age 52)[1] Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Coach	Gaurav Khanna
Women's singles SL3 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	1 (WS 1 January 2019) 2 (WD with Palak Kohli 4 July 2022) 4 (XD with Raj Kumar 16 March 2022)
Current ranking	3 (WS) 3 (WD with Palak Kohli) 4 (XD with Raj Kumar) (8 November 2022)
Medal record Women's para-badminton Representing  India World Championships 2007 Bangkok Women's singles 2007 Bangkok Women's doubles 2013 Dortmund Women's singles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Mixed doubles 2017 Ulsan Women's singles 2017 Ulsan Women's doubles 2015 Stoke Mandeville Women's doubles 2019 Basel Women's singles 2013 Dortmund Women's doubles 2013 Dortmund Mixed doubles 2022 Tokyo Women's singles IWAS World Games 2019 Sharjah Mixed doubles 2019 Sharjah Women's singles Asian Para Games 2014 Incheon Women's singles 2018 Jakarta Women's singles 2014 Incheon Mixed doubles 2010 Guangzhou Women's singles Asian Championships 2016 Beijing Women's singles 2016 Beijing Women's doubles

Early life

Parmar was born in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.^[3] She was diagnosed with Poliomyelitis^[4] when she was three years old and in the same year she fell from a swing while playing, resulting in a fractured collar bone and right leg. The injury took a long time to heal. Her father was a state-level badminton player and would go to a local badminton club to practice. She also started going to the club with her father and started developing interest in the game. She also began playing badminton with neighbor kids. A local coach, Surendra Parekh, noticed her talent in the sport and encouraged her to play more seriously.^[3]

Career

She won the golds in women's singles and doubles at the 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships. She defeated Wandee Kamtam of Thailand in singles' final. Along with Japan's Akiko Sugino, she defeated China's Cheng Hefang and Ma Huihui in doubles' final.^[5][6][7]

She has won golds in women's single SL3 at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Para Games.^[8] She also won gold in women’s singles SL3 category, at the 2018 Thailand Para-Badminton International.^[2][9] She had previously won the silver in 2014 Asian Para Games and the bronze in 2010 Asian Para Games.^[4] She also won the gold in the mixed doubles in SL3-SU5 category with Raj Kumar at the 2015 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships.^[10]

She is a three time world champion and she won gold and silver medals in 2014, Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea. She played against Wandee Kamtam and Panyachaem Paramee, both hailing from Thailand, to win the medals.^[11] She also won two golds in women's singles and doubles. She paired with Japan's Akiko Sugino in doubles to defeat the Chinese duo of Cheng Hefang and Ma Huihui in the 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships held in Ulsan, Korea in 2017.^[12]

She works as a coach with the Sports Authority of India and lives in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.^[8][4]

Awards

Parmar was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2009 by the Government of India and Eklavya Award by the Government of Gujarat.^[4][13]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Sudsaifon Yodpa	17–21, 21–13, 21–18	Gold
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Helle Sofie Sagøy	17–21, 21–13, 21–18	Gold
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Wandee Kamtam	21–8, 21–17	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	12–21, 7–21	Silver
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Halime Yıldız	11–21, 6–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Charanjeet Kaur			Gold
2013[a]	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Wandee Kamtam	Nipada Saensupa Chanida Srinavakul	14–21, 17–21	Bronze
			Paramee Panyachaem Julie Thrane	21–15, 21–8
			Helle Sofie Sagøy Katrin Seibert	17–21, 3–21
2015[b]	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Julie Thrane	Véronique Braud Faustine Noël	21–9, 21–11	Silver
			Siri Chandanna Chillari Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–8, 21–6
			Wandee Kamtam Mamiko Toyoda	21–18, 21–15
			Helle Sofie Sagøy Katrin Seibert	13–21, 16–21
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Akiko Sugino	Cheng Hefang Ma Huihui	21–16, 21–19	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Helmut-Körnig-Halle, Dortmund, Germany	Manoj Sarkar	Peter Schnitzler Katrin Seibert	12–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze
2015	Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stoke Mandeville, England	Raj Kumar	Rakesh Pandey Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–10, 21–19	Gold

IWAS World Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Miss Samownkorn Photisuppaiboon	21–13, 19–21, 14–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019[c]	American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Pramod Bhagat	Sharad Chandra Joshi Zainab Ali Yusuf	21–7, 21–5	Gold
			Zeeshan Gohar Ramel Syawesh	21–8, 21–8
			Sultan Al Halyan Meera Abouhatab	Walkover
			Mongkhon Bunsun Miss Samownkorn Photisuppaiboon	21–4, 21–13

Asian Para Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Yuko Yamaguchi	21–17, 21–11	Bronze
2014[d]	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Ng Lai Ling	21–4, 21–7	Gold
		Paramee Panyachaem	21–4, 21–10
		Noriko Ito	21–3, 21–11
		Wandee Kamtam	21–13, 21–17
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Wandee Kamtam	21–9, 21–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Raj Kumar	Fredy Setiawan Leani Ratri Oktila	14–21, 15–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016[e]	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Wandee Kamtam	21–10, 21–5	Gold
		Asami Yamada	21–2, 21–6
		Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–8, 21–7

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016[f]	China Administration of Sport for Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China	Khalimatus Sadiyah	Chiranjita Bharali Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–9, 21–10	Bronze
			Cheng Hefang Ma Huihui	11–21, 4–21
			Akiko Sugino Asami Yamada	15–21r

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[14][15]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Mandeep Kaur	13–21, 21–19, 16–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Palak Kohli	Mandeep Kaur Manisha Ramdass	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Palak Kohli	Mandeep Kaur Manisha Ramdass	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Peru Para Badminton International	Level 2	Vaishali Nilesh Patel	Kelly Ari Mandeep Kaur	21–17, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Raj Kumar	Ruthick Ragupathi Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–17, 21–18	Winner

International Tournaments (13 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Spanish Para Badminton International	Julie Thrane	9–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015[g]	Indonesia Para Badminton International	Sriyanti	21–11, 21–14	Winner
		Paramee Panyachaem	21–8, 21–3
		Wandee Kamtam	21–12, 21–13
2017	Thailand Para Badminton International	Wandee Kamtam	21–8, 15–21, 21–12	Winner
2017	Japan Para Badminton International	Wandee Kamtam	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2018	Thailand Para Badminton International	Wandee Kamtam	24–22, 17–21, 23–21	Winner
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–8, 21–16	Winner
2019	Dubai Para Badminton International	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2019	Canada Para Badminton International	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–12, 21–7	Winner
2019	Irish Para Badminton International	Halime Yıldız	21–13, 21–2	Winner
2019	Thailand Para Badminton International	Halime Yıldız	21–12, 21–8	Winner
2019	Denmark Para Badminton International	Halime Yıldız	12–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Halime Yıldız	9–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Halime Yıldız	9–21, 21–10, 15–21	Runner-up
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	7–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Palak Kohli	Zehra Bağlar Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–15, 16–21, 21–15	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Palak Kohli	Nipada Saensupa Chanida Srinavakul	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Vaishali Nilesh Patel	Palak Kohli Mandeep Kaur	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Spanish Para Badminton International	Manoj Sarkar	Jan-Niklas Pott Katrin Seibert	13–21, 21–17, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Raj Kumar	Guillaume Gailly Mary Margaret Wilson	21–16, 21–10	Winner

Notes

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