Ashmita Chaliha (born 18 October 1999) is an Indian

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player. Born and brought up in

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

, she began playing badminton at the age of seven, and trained at the Assam Badminton Academy under Indonesian coach Edwin Iriawan and India’s Suranjan Bhobora, she was also coached by Pullela Gopichand for the asian games. Chaliha was part of the national junior team that competed at the 2017 World and Asian Junior Championships. She has been selected to be part of the Indian team for the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

in Indonesia. Chaliha won her first senior international title at the 2018 Dubai International Challenge in the women's singles event. She was the gold medalists at the

2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...

in the women's singles and team events.

Career

2017-2021: Early Career

Ashmita lost in the second round of the 2017 Asian Junior Championships singles event. In the Junior World Championships, she played in the team event, where her team finished 6th, and in the

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, she made it to the round of 32. Ashmita won the 2018

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tournament, a

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tournament. Then she won the 2018 Dubai International tournament. Ashmita was selected for the Indian team for

in the women's team event but the team lost to the eventual gold medallist team

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in the quarter-finals 1-3. Ashmita was selected for the

2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships The 2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships were the second edition of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong from 19 to 24 March 2019. It was organised by Badminton Asia and Ho ...

where her team reached the quarter-finals. At the

, Ashmita won the gold medal in the singles event by defeating compatriot

Gayathri Gopichand Pullela Gayatri Gopichand (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is the daughter of former badminton players P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. She was part of the national team that clinched the women's team gold medal at ...

and then in the team event by defeating team of

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in the gold medal match.

2022: Rise

Ashmita made it to the quarter-finals of the

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but lost to her compatriot, the legendary P.V. Sindhu (7–21, 18–21). At the Syed Modi International, Ashmita gave a walkover in the first round to compatriot

Malvika Bansod Malvika Bansod (born 15 September 2001) is an Indian badminton player from Nagpur, Maharashtra. She has won international titles such as the Maldives and Nepal International in 2019. Bansod has won several gold medals at the national level-even ...

. Ashmita reached the semi-finals of the

2022 Odisha Open The 2022 Odisha Open was a BWF Super 100 tournament that took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha, India from 25 to 30 January 2022. It had a total prize pool of US$75,000. Tournament The 2022 Odisha Open was the th ...

before losing to Smit Toshniwal. Ashmita was selected for playing at the

2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships The 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships (also known as the 2022 Selangor Badminton Asia Team Championship) was held at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, from 15 to 20 February 2022. This championships was organ ...

. She won both of her matches but overall her team lost both matches of the group stage and eventually unable to reach knockout stage. At the

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, she entered as a wildcard and reached the second round before losing to seed no.8

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18–21,20–22. She had a first round exit at the

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losing to

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17–21,21–19 and 14–21.

Achievements

South Asian Games

''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Women's singles'' :

tournament :

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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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaliha, Ashmita 1999 births Living people Racket sportspeople from Guwahati Sportswomen from Assam Indian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in badminton