Lakshmi Shruti Settipalli (born 12 June 1996) is an Indian

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player. She was ranked 30 in the junior European circut at the end of 2012. She played as a professional when she was seventeen, achieving a world ranking of 145 in August 2013.

Early life

Lakshmi Shruti was born on 12 June 1996 in

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. Her parents are Suresh and Vaishnevi Settipalli. Shruti was a student of the

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School where she was awarded the Athlete of the Year prize for her performances in national and international squash tournaments.

Squash

She started playing squash at the age of twelve. squash career at

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and then moved her training to the

ICL-TNSRA squash academy Indian Squash Academy (also known as ICL-TNSRA Squash Academy) is a squash training facility established by the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI) in Chennai, India. The India Cements was one of the sponsors it had initially sponsored t ...

in Chennai under the national coach,

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. She won a gold in the team category at the All India Punj Lloyds PSA Masters tournament held in

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, earning the rank of the top-15 player in India. Reaching a career-high of 30 in European Circuit in 2012, Shruti is the first Indian to win a silver in the Slovakia Junior Open. She also won the bronze medal in the Finland Junior Open in Helsinki. Her other achievements include winning the gold medal in the Chennai Junior Open and silver in the AP Junior Open in Hyderabad. She finished in the top five in the Australian Junior Open, Spanish Junior Open, and Indian Junior Open. In 2013, she won two WSA titles, including coming first in the Malaysian Tour. She was ranked 30 in the European circut at the end of 2012. She played

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squash for

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Her freshman year of 2014 to 2015, she won all of her matches and achieved a national rank of number eight. She entered the

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at sixteen and reached her career rank 145 as a professional in 2017. She played in the U.S. Open, the Australian Open, the Finish Open, the Swiss Open, and the British Open.Lakshmi Shruti Setttipalli Was Intrigued by Squash When She First Saw It Played
. ''Chennai Chronicle'', 17 October 2023. Republished in ''Prosquash'', vol. 18, no. 1, issue 69 (January 2014), p. 8.

Education and career

Shruti moved to the United States to attend George Washington University, graduting with a Bachelor's degree in organizational sciences. She also completed a MSc in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Management at

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

in 2020. Shruti founded a sustainable packaging company, Ecoverse, in London, England.

References

External links

Lakshmi Shruti Settipalli website

Lakshmi Shruti on Chennai Live FM

I've Watched ''Businessman'' 150 times: Lakshmi Shruti Settipala
. ''The Times of India'', 15 January, 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
"Watched Businessman 150 times: Lakshmi Shruti Settipalli"
27 February 2014. ''Tupaki''. Retrieved 1 December 2023. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shruti Settipalli, Lakshmi 1996 births Living people People from Chennai district Indian female squash players Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu George Washington University alumni George Washington Revolutionaries athletes Alumni of Imperial College London