Sannatasah Saniru (born 15 May 1990) is a

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 from

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. Her brother,

Vountus Indra Mawan Vountus Indra Mawan (born 22 March 1989) is a former Malaysian badminton player. In 2007, he reach the semi-final round of the 2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships, Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Mohama ...

also a former Malaysia national player.

Career

Saniru was accepted at the

Bukit Jalil Sports School The Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) ( ms, Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil, SSBJ) is the first sports school in Malaysia. The school is located at the National Sports Complex compound in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil was opene ...

at the age of 13, then she join the Malaysia national team. In 2008, she won the mixed team bronze at the

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and World Junior Championships, and in 2009, she won the women' team gold at the

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...

. In 2010, she was selected to compete at the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

, and also

Guangzhou Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

. She quits the national team in 2013, and started to playing under the Suruhanjaya Perkhidamtan badminton club. She stated in her resignation letter that she did not get as many opportunities as the other players to compete, and there had been no improvement in her game. In 2015, she took part at the

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, South Korea, and won a bronze medal in the mixed team event.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saniru, Sannatasah 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Sabah Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Malaysia Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton Universiade bronze medalists for Malaysia Universiade medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 21st-century Malaysian women