Shruti Kurien

Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player. She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the women's doubles and team events, also won mixed team bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Kurien won the women's doubles Grand Prix title at 2008 Bulgaria Open. She was formerly married to Nikhil Kanetkar, another National badminton champion from Maharashtra, although the two are now divorced.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Fathima Nazneen Template:Flagicon Manjusha Kanwar	15–6, 15–3	Gold Gold
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan Template:Flagicon B. R. Meenakshi	18–21, 23–21, 21–12	Gold Gold
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan	Template:Flagicon P. C. Thulasi Template:Flagicon Ashwini Ponnappa	21–19, 22–20	Gold Gold

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Bulgaria Open	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Shendy Puspa Irawati Template:Flagicon Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2009	Australian Open	Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan	Template:Flagicon Chia Chi Huang Template:Flagicon He Tian Tang	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	India Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Tarun Kona	Template:Flagicon Arun Vishnu Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan	14–21, 21–17, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva Template:Flagicon Anastasia Russkikh	11–15, 6–15	Runner-up
2004	Syed Modi India International	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Anita Raj Kaur Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	15–5, 17–15	Winner
2006	Sri Lanka Satellite	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Haw Chiou Hwee Template:Flagicon Lim Yin Loo	21–15, 14–21, 22–20	Winner
2006	India Satellite	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Jung Youn-kyung Template:Flagicon Kim Min-jung	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2007	Cyprus International	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Ragna Ingolfsdottir Template:Flagicon Kati Tolmoff	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2007	Pakistan International	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Renu Hettiarachchige Template:Flagicon Thilini Jayasinghe	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2007	Tata Open India International	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan Template:Flagicon Jyotshna Polavarapu	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2008	Nepal International	Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	Template:Flagicon Kalita Anjali Template:Flagicon Jyotshna Polavarapu	21–6, 21–8	Winner
2009	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Aparna Balan	Template:Flagicon Line Damkjær Kruse Template:Flagicon Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	14–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Nepal International	Template:Flagicon J. B. S. Vidyadhar	Template:Flagicon Valiyaveetil Diju Template:Flagicon Jwala Gutta	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

External links

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• Template:2006 Commonwealth Games profile

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