Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian male
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. He represented India in the Asian and
BWF World Junior Championships
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. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals. Currently training at the Uday Pawar Academy in
Mumbai
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under Indian Coach Uday Pawar, he aims to compete at various international tournaments in order to transition smoothly to the senior circuit .
Background
He attended Thakur College in
Kandivali
Kandivali (Pronunciation: aːn̪d̪iʋəliː formerly Khandolee is a neighbourhood in the north of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and has a large Marathi and Koli population followed by Gujarati population living in small areas. The area also h ...
for his undergraduate education.
Career
In 2012 he won the second Karvy All India junior-ranking badminton tournament.
He was the runner-up of the 2015
Turkey International
The Turkey International in badminton is an international open held in Turkey
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.
At the
2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold
The 2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was the 8th edition of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships. The tournament wa ...
, he reached the quarterfinal.
He was the semi-finalist at the
Austrian Open in February 2016.
Harsheel is part of the national training camp at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, and has left with the team to compete at the
Canada Open The Canada Open (french: Open du Canada) in badminton is an international open held in Canada
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.
In the
2016 Premier Badminton League
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, he represented
Mumbai Masters
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2016 Roaster
* H. S. Prannoy
* Gurusai Dutt
* Han Li
* Liu ...
.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Men's singles''
:
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
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tournament
References
External links
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Indian male badminton players
1996 births
Living people
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