Saina Nehwal in London Olympics 2012

Saina Nehwal is a well known Badminton player with her performance in the Beijing Olympics 2008. She reached the quarter finals of Beijing Olympics 2008. Saina Nehwal was born on march 17^th 1990. She is the first Indian to reach the Olympic quarter finals and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships. She holds an amazing record in the Badminton arena.

 
Awards claimed by Saina Nehwal….
Saina Nehwal reached the finals of world Junior Championships in 2006. She is the first Indian Woman to do this. She also got an Arjuna award in 2009. Soon she was awarded with Padma Shri in 2010 due to her amazing performance in the year 2009.International Badminton federation  named her as the Most Promising Player in 2008. 2010 was a crowning year for Saina Nehwal. She got the highest sporting honour in India, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in that year. She is also the first Indian Woman to win a Super Series Tournament which was held in 2009.
 Profile of Saina Nehwal....
She was educated in Saint Ann’s College in Hyderabad in India. She speaks Hindi and English. She joined the club “Hyderabad, IND”. Pullela Gopichand is her current Badminton coach. Saina Nehwal made her debut in 2003. She said her ambition is to win an Olympic gold medal. It was quoted in 2005 and she seems to be so determined to achieve that goal in her life. She is an Indian citzen and represents India in the Badminton event in the London Olympics 2012. Her current ranking is 5. She reached her top ranking in 2010 which is 2.