Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Height, Weight, Family, Education, Biography

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is an Indian professional badminton player, who created history in May 2022 as an integral member of the Indian team that won the ‘gold’ medal. Thomas Cup (an international biennial badminton competition between men’s teams representing member countries bwf (Badminton World Federation, the sport’s global governing body) for the first time in history. India had become just the sixth country to win the coveted title after Indonesia (14 titles), China (10), Malaysia (5), Denmark (1) and Japan (1). Representing India, he also won the ‘Gold’ medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in the mixed team event; ‘Silver’ medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in men’s doubles event; and 2016 ‘Bronze’ medal in the men’s team event at Hyderabad Badminton Asia Team Championship as well as 2020 Manila Badminton Asia Team Championship, In November 2019, he had reached his peak world number 7 position in the official bwf Men’s doubles ranking. He had regained that peak in March 2022. He is also highly skilled in the mixed doubles format, where he achieved a world ranking of 19 in February 2021. For his services to the sport, the Government of India honored him. Arjuna Award (second highest sporting honor in India) in 2020.

name at birth

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

nick name

Satvik, Sai

Sun sign

Leo

birth place

Amalapuram, Konaseema, Andhra Pradesh, India

Habitat

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

nationality

education

Satwiksairaj participated in Aditya Public School And this Chaitanya High School, both in his hometown Amalapuram. After graduating high school, he was involved in distance learning schoola department of Andhra UniversityA public university in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to pursue B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce) Degree.

Business

professional badminton player

family

• father Rankireddy Kasi Vishwanath (Former state level badminton player, former physical education teacher)
• Mother – Rangmani (Teacher)
• siblings Ramcharan Rankireddy (Older Brother) (Badminton Player)

manager

He is represented by GS Venus Kumar, Manager and Booking Agent, Go Badminton, Athlete Management Agency, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

plays

right handed

Make

strong

height

6 feet or 183 cm

weight

77 kg or 169.5 lbs

Caste / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

hair color

black

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Straight

special features

• toned physique
• short cut, side parted hair
• friendly smile
• sport a thick beard

Religion

Hindu religion

brand advertising

Sponsored by Satwiksairaj Indian Oil Corporation LimitedAn Indian government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer.

Facts of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

1. Satwiksairaj got the inspiration to play the game after seeing his father who was a state level badminton player.
2. He and his longtime men’s doubles partner, Chirag Shetty, are the first men’s doubles pairing from India to be ranked in the official ‘Top 10’. bwf Men’s doubles ranking. Fans affectionately call their pair as ‘Satchi’.
3. In 2019, the pair became the first Indian doubles pair to win BWF Superseries either bwf world tour (Super 500+) title, when he won Thailand Open,
4. As of May 2022, he and Chirag had won 3 titles as a pair – 2018 Hyderabad Open (Super 100), 2019 Thailand Open (Super 500), and 2022 India Open (Super 500) – on bwf world tourA series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by bwf, At this stage, the pair 2018. also finished as runner-up in Syed Modi International (Super 300) and 2019 French Open (Super 750) Event.
5. Feather BWF International Challenge/Series Tier, the pair had won 6 titles, as of May 2022 – 2016 Mauritius International2016 India International Series2016 Tata Open India International2016 Bangladesh International2017 Vietnam Internationaland 2019 Brazil International,
6. In this level, he also won 4 titles in the mixed doubles format – 2015 Tata Open India International2016 Mauritius International2016 India International Seriesand 2016 Bangladesh International – All K. In partnership with Manisha.
7. In July 2021, when 2020 Tokyo summer Olympics Held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Satwiksairaj and Chirag were eliminated in the group stage. However, they were the only pair in the entire tournament to beat the eventual ‘gold’ medal winning Taiwanese pair of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin.
8. In December 2021, he qualified for BWF World Tour Finals (The final tournament of the year bwf world tour) for the first time in his career. However, the pair withdrew from the tournament after losing their first group stage match.
9. In May 2022, during the group stage of Thomas Cup, they won their doubles match against both Germany and Canada as India won both those rubbers by a margin of 5–0. In India’s last group stage match, against Taiwan (competing under the name ‘Chinese Taipei’), they lost their doubles match against the aforementioned pair of Yang and Chi-Lin, as India were to finish the group stage. Was defeated 3-2. in the second place.
10. In the quarter-finals of the tournament, against the five-time champions, Malaysia, Satwiksairaj and Chirag won their doubles match by scores of 21–19, 21–15 to level India 1–1 in a five-match rubber. , India won the 3rd and 5th matches (both singles) of the rubber and won by a margin of 3-2.
11. In the semi-finals, against former champions Denmark, the script was similar, with India losing the first singles match, then parity restored by Satwiksairaj and Chirag, and then India winning 3rd and 5th matches of the rubber. -2 margin. The only difference was that in all 3 of India’s victories in this rubber, the match was extended to 3 sets as compared to the straight sets win against Malaysia.
12. in the 2022 finals Thomas Cup, against favorites and 14-time champions Indonesia, India, for a change, and surprisingly, won the opening singles match to lead the rubber 1-0. The advantage was shared by Satwiksairaj and Chirag, who won their doubles match with scores of 18-21, 23-21, 21-19 in a nail-biting match. Srikant Kidambi then won his singles match in straight sets to win 3-0 and wrote a golden chapter in the annals of Indian sports history.

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