Anita Raj Kaur d/o Mohinder Singh ( pa, ਅਨੀਤਾ ਰਾਜ ਕੌਰ, Anītā rāja kaura; born 31 July 1986) is a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. In 2004, she became the first non-Chinese player to win the

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

title. In 2009, Kaur won the women's singles title at the

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tournament, and in 2010, she won double title at the

Welsh International The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, a ...

in the women's singles and doubles events.

Personal life

She is the Indian descent with distant relatives in

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

. Kaur is a daughter of Mohinder Singh and Jasmal Kaur, and her sister Ravinder Kaur also represented Malaysia in badminton tournaments.

Achievements

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* 1986 births Living people Malaysian female badminton players Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent Malaysian people of Punjabi descent Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian women People from Miri Sportspeople from Sarawak {{Malaysia-badminton-bio-stub