The professional Indian badminton player “Jwala Gutta” born on 7th September 1983 at Wardha, Maharashtra. She was born to a Chinese mother and a Telugu father, Kranti Gutta, from a freedom fighters and leftist family from Pedapulivarru in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district. Her mother, Yelan Gutta was born in china and a grand-daughter of Gandhian named Zeng Gutta who was the first Indian badminton player to represent India at Olympics.
Achievements
Jwala Gutta began so early and was well known for her left handed stroke play and a forehand service. She has been classified for the utmost awards inspiring sports women of India. She was honored with one of the highest sporting Indian awards, the Arjuna Award. She won a total 316 matches and ranked no.6 in the world.
World Championships
WOMEN’S DOUBLE | 2011 LONDON | BRONZE MEDAL |
Uber Cup
WOMEN’S TEAM | 2014 NEW DELHI | BRONZE MEDAL |
WOMEN’S TEAM | 2016 KUNSHAN | BRONZE MEDAL |
Commonwealth Games
WOMEN’S DOUBLES | 2010 DELHI | GOLD MEDAL |
MIXED TEAM | 2010 DELHI | SILVER MEDAL |
WOMEN’S DOUBLES | 2014 GLASGOW | SILVER MEDAL |
MIXED TEAM | 2006 MELBOURNE | BRONZE MEDAL |
Asian Championships
WOMEN’S DOUBLES | 2014 GIMCHEON | BRONZE MEDAL
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South Asian Games
WOMEN’S DOUBLE’S | 2004 ISLAMABAD | GOLD MEDAL |
MIXED DOUBLE’S | 2004 ISLAMABAD | GOLD MEDAL |
WOMEN’S TEAM | 2004 ISLAMABAD | GOLD MEDAL |
WOMEN’S DOUBLE’S | 2006 COLOMBO | GOLD MEDAL |
MIXED DOUBLES | 2006 COLOMBO | GOLD MEDAL |
WOMEN’S TEAM | 2006 COLOMBO | GOLD MEDAL |
WOMEN’S DOUBLES | 2016 GUWAHATI-SHILONG | GOLD MEDAL |
WOMEN’S TEAM | 2016 GUWAHATI-SHILONG | GOLD MEDAL |
Playing Style
Jwala Gutta is fond of playing antagonistic badminton and has an affinity for the anterior court, with her professed netplay, good anticipation and the capability to play deceptive strokes at the net. She was considered veritably dangerous in the frontal court with her best reading of the game and sharp interposing. Jwala gutta also has constantly made use of deceptive drops and very powerful smash from the posterior court. In her long career she faced huge fitness trouble and injury issues. Utmost evidently in her movement across the court, She is endangered in a multitudinous areas of her game. When forced to move out of her advocate positions she can commit certain unforced crimes. She stands unique for the aspects of being only one of the top doubles players to still use her forehand service, since maximum other doubles specialists for the safer print serve.
