Srikanth Kidambi

Jayce September 6, 2024 5 0

Character Introduction

Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian male badminton player. Srikanth was born in February 1993 in Andhra Pradesh in a Brahmin family. His father, KVS Krishna, was a farmer, his mother, Radha, was a housewife, and his brother, NandaGopal, was also a badminton player.

At the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, Srikanth won a silver medal in mixed doubles and a bronze medal in men’s doubles. At the All India Youth International Badminton Championships in the same year, he won the singles and doubles titles. At the Asian Youth Championships, he won a bronze medal in mixed doubles.

In the 2013 Golden Grand Prix Thailand Open, Srikanth won the men’s singles title with a 2-0 victory over Posana, and in the All India Championships of the same year, Srikanth became the Indian men’s singles champion with a victory over Kashyap.

In 2014, Srikanth’s results skyrocketed as he finished second in the Golden Grand Prix India Open; he reached the top 8 in the Malaysia Open; he was one of the top four members of the men’s badminton team at the Commonwealth Games, and the men’s singles team also made it to the top 8; and Srikanth made it to the finals of the China Open in November, defeating five-time World Champion Lin Dan in the final to win the premier superseries for the first time, and to make it to the end-of-the-year finals .

On October 23, 2017, the 2017 BWF Super Series Denmark Open came to an end, with Srikanth of India breezing past Lee Hyun-il 2-0 (21-10, 21-5) to win the men’s singles match in just 25 minutes.

The third edition of the Indian Sports Awards was held in Mumbai on February 27, 2018, where Srikanth ended up winning the “Sportsman of the Year 2017” and “Badminton’s Male Sportsman of the Year 2017” awards, while Sindhu was awarded the “Badminton Female Athlete of the Year 2017”.

On April 12, 2018, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) released the latest edition of its world rankings. In men’s singles, Indian No. 1 Srikanth surpassed Anselmo to reach the No. 1 spot for the first time.

He finished second in the men’s singles at the Badminton World Championships in 2021.

World Ranking – Men’s Singles 38, Week 36, 2024

Olympic Points – Men’s Singles 25, 49243 points

Finals Ranking – Men’s Singles 35, 30650 points

Equipment Used

VOLTRIC Z-FORCE II,ARCSABER 11,ASTROX 99,BG80 POWER,TECTONIC 9,Li-Ning 1

Major Achievement

2024 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
2022 Asian Games Badminton Men’s Team Silver Medal
2022 Hailu Badminton Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2022 Commonwealth Games Badminton Mixed Team Silver Medal
2022 Thomas Cup Champion Member
2022 Korea Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2022 Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2021 World Badminton Championships Men’s Singles Runner-up
2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
Men’s Singles Quarter-finals, Hailu Badminton Open, Germany, 2021
Swiss Open Badminton Men’s Singles Quarter-finals 2021
Badminton Asia Men’s Team Championships 2020 Third Place
Men’s Singles Runner-up, Badminton India Superseries 2019
Mixed Team Champion, British Commonwealth Games Badminton 2018
Men’s Singles Runner-up, British Commonwealth Games Badminton 2018
Men’s Singles Champion of Badminton France Premier Superseries 2017
Badminton Denmark Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Champion 2017
2017 Australia Badminton Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Champion
2017 Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries Men’s Singles Champion
2017 Singapore Badminton Superseries Men’s Singles Runner-up
2017 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
Men’s Singles Quarterfinals of Badminton Australia Premier Super Tournament 2016
Men’s Team 3rd Runner-up, Badminton Asia Championships 2016
Badminton India Golden Grand Prix 2016 Men’s Singles Runner-up
2016 Malaysia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2015 Indonesia Badminton Masters Men’s Singles Runner-up
Men’s Singles Champion of Badminton India Superseries 2015
2015 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
2015 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Runner-up
2014 Badminton World Cup Super Series Finals Men’s Singles Quarter-finalist
2014 Hong Kong China Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2014 China Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Champion
2014 Singapore Badminton Super Series Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2014 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Runner-up
2013 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion
2012 India Badminton International Challenge Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2012 Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Men’s Singles Quarter-finals
2012 Maldives Badminton International Challenge Men’s Singles Champion
2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Third Place