Sivarajan Solaimalai
Sivarajan Solaimalai is a para badminton player from Tamil Nadu. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Para Olympics in the singles SH6 and men's doubles SH6 badminton events in Paris.[1][2] He represented India at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China and won a bronze medal in the doubles SH6 event along with Krishna Nagar.[3]
Career
[edit]In June 2024, he won a silver medal in the 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 tournament at Glasgow, Scotland.[4] He also won a bronze in singles and a silver in mixed doubles in the Spanish Para Badminton international event in 2024.
Earlier, he won a silver in the mixed doubles at Asian Para Games in 2023. He also won a mixed doubles gold along with Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan at the Brazil Para-Badminton International in April 2023.[5] He won a gold in the men's doubles partnering with Krishna Nagar at the 2023 Canada Para Badminton International in April 2023.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "13 Indian para-shuttlers, including champion Krishna Nagar, qualify for Paris Paralympics". The Times of India. 2024-06-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ தினமலர். "இன்றைய செய்திகள் | புதிய செய்திகள் | Today Latest News in Tamil | Tamil Nadu News in Tamil | Tamil News | Dinamalar". https://www.dinamalar.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ PTI (2023-10-26). "India creates history in Asian Para Games, takes tally to record 82 medals with 2 days left". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ https://www.paralympicindia.org.in/indian-para-team-won14-medals-at-4-nations-para-badminton-international-level-1-at-glasgow-scotland
- ^ "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton International". The Economic Times. 2023-04-17. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Jaipur's para shuttler Krishna wins two gold in Canada meet". The Times of India. 2023-06-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-13.