Childhood and early training
Pranaav started training at the age of 7. He became the national champion twice in the boys doubles U-13 and U-19 events. At the U-19 level, he won a record nine titles in a year. If he is in the city, he used to train at Badminton Academy in the Shastri Hall, at Ludhiana. He lived in South City and later he joined Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. He practiced eight hours and like to play doubles and mixed doubles instead of singles matches. He was coached by Pullela Gopichand. Pranaav has won medals in several national ranking tournaments. In the Youth Commonwealth Games, Pune, he won a bronze medal, at Fajr Senior International Challenge Cup in Tehran, Iran he won a gold medal and at Tata International Challenge in Mumbai he ended up winning a gold medal and in Bern, Switzerland at The Swiss International Challenge he won a silver medal.Career
2007
In 2007, Pranaav made his international debut in the Milo Junior Tournament held in Bandang, Thailand.2008
In 2008, Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Pranaav won the bronze medal at the2010
In 2010, Pranaav became the national champion in the mixed doubles event in the National Games.2011
In 2011, Bern, Switzerland, Swiss International Challenge Pranaav won a silver medal in men's doubles event.2013
In 2013, Pranaav became the national champion in men's doubles event in the National Games.2014
Pranaav competed at the 2014 Asian Games and in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the mixed team bronze medal match, Indian mixed team went down to the Singapore mixed team by a score of 2-3 and eventually Indian mixed team lost the bronze medal.2016
In 2016, Pranaav won two Grand Prix titles with his mixed doubles partner2018
In the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Pranaav paired with his mixed doubles partner, Gadde Ruthvika Shivani defeated Sri Lankan mixed doubles team led by Sachin Dias and Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa by 21-15, 19-21, 22-20 and gave Indian mixed team a lead for the run for the gold medal. Lastly, Indian mixed team defeated Sri Lanka's mixed team by 5-0 in all the five matches and thus Pranaav won the gold medal in mixed team as being a member of the Indian mixed team.Achievements
South Asian Games
''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''Asian Junior Championships
''Mixed doubles''BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned byBWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, theBWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
''Men's doubles'' :References
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chopra, Pranav Living people 1992 births Racket sportspeople from Punjab, India Indian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games