Trupti Murgunde (born 3 June 1982) is an Indian Badminton player who plays singles & doubles. She is a

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Awardee. The shuttler, who was born in

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, has won the 2009 National Championship for women after remaining runners up for 3 times. She was also senior nationals doubles runner-up and junior national doubles champion. Trupti is also a five times

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gold medalist, including twice in singles in 2004 and 2006. Known for her deceptive strokes, she has also bagged 6 international titles in singles (and a total of 10 including runner-up and doubles) in BWF events from 1999 to 2014. Trupti is also a

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Bronze Medalist in Team Event at Melbourne in 2006. She, along with

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, reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles event in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games but lost in the Bronze Medal Playoff.

Career

After her retirement in the year 2014, Trupti is also a

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selector for the Indian National Badminton Team from 2017 till date as well as a coach for the Indian Badminton Team since 2017. Besides being a Talent Scout in

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, she is also working as a mentor in Mentor at JITO Foundation supporting leading sportspersons in 5 sports to excel at Olympics. Trupti has been also an expert commentator/commentator on Badminton during

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, Commonwealth Games 2018,

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, Thomas & Uber Cup 2014, Premier Badminton League 2013 & 2019 & various other International tournaments on leading channels like

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, Mirror Now,

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and

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. Trupti has a long career spanning 22 years. She trained in Pune unde
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from the age of 9 during her initial years before moving out to Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru and getting coached under the legendary

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and

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where she has been residing since 1999. Trupti became State Champion in U-10 category in Maharashtra. Then, she went on to become the National Champion in Junior (U-18) category. She represented India for the first time at the age of 17 in Asian Junior Badminton Championships 1999 and then continued to don India colours till 2014. She has recently been selected for being given '

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for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games. The Award was conferred by the

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on August 29, 2020. Trupti is also a member of the Governing Body of the

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. Trupti is working in

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. She was a part of the expert panel of the Sony Network team that covered the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was the lone representative for Indian badminton, featuring as an expert on the show.

Achievements

South Asian Games

''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

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tournament :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murgunde, Trupti 1982 births Living people Racket sportspeople from Pune Sportswomen from Maharashtra Indian female badminton players Indian national badminton champions Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in badminton Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games