Manisha Ramadass

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Manisha Ramadass

| image =Manisha Ramadass in September 2024.jpg

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| caption =Ramadass in September 2024

| country = {{IND}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|01|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India

| residence = Thiruvallur, India

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| handedness = Left

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| years_active = 2021–present

| event = Women's singles SU5
Women's doubles SL3–SU5

| highest_ranking = 1 (WS 22 August 2022)
1 (WD with Mandeep Kaur 04 July 2022)
12 (XD with Pramod Bhagat 22 August 2022)

| current_ranking = 1 (WS 10 January 2023)
1 (WD with Mandeep Kaur 10 January 2023)
12 (XD with Pramod Bhagat 10 January 2023)

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|date_of_current_ranking=10 January 2023}}

Manisha Ramadass (born 27 January 2005) is an Indian para-badminton player.{{Cite web|url=https://bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/2dd0094d-9af9-46bd-b2fc-3fd9ab12f629/biography| title=Player Profile}} She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2024-08-14 |title=India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/paris-2024-india-paralympics-contingent-full-list-of-84-indian-athletes-qualified-sports-ministry-paralympic-games-news/article68512627.ece |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/paralympic-games-2024/paris-paralympics-manisha-ramdass-sets-up-semifinal-duel-with-thulasimathi-murugesan-to-assure-india-another-medal-6465159|title=

Paris Paralympics: Manisha Ramdass Sets Up Semifinal Duel With Thulasimathi Murugesan To Assure India Another Medal|publisher=NDTV}} She's a gold, silver, and bronze medalist at the World Championships and a triple bronze medalist at the Asian Para Games.

Early life

Manisha is from Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu.{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=SportsCafe |date=2022-12-06 |title=Manisha Ramadass named best BWF Female Para-Badminton player, HS prannoy best dressed shuttler |url=https://sportscafe.in/badminton/articles/2022/dec/06/manisha-ramadass-has-been-named-the-bwf-female-para-badminton |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=SportsCafe.in |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-06 |title=मनीषा रामदास ने देश को नाम किया रोशन, BWF ने चुना साल की सर्वश्रेष्ठ पैरा बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी |url=https://www.timesnowhindi.com/sports/bwf-chooses-manisha-ramadass-of-india-as-best-para-badminton-player-of-the-year-article-96026086 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Times Now Navbharat |language=hi}} She is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a sports NGO.

Career

Manisha made her international debut in 2022 and became world number 1 in the SU5 category on 22 August 2022.{{cite web | url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/P77103/manisha-ramdass/ | title=BWF Para-Badminton - BWF Para Badminton World Rankings }} She won her first title at the Spanish (level 2) Para-Badminton International in 2022. She went on to win 11 gold and five bronze medals in 2022.

Awards

For her dominant show in 2022, she won the BWF Female Para Badminton Player of the year 2022.{{Cite news |date=2022-12-06 |title=Manisha Ramadass wins BWF Female Para-Badminton Player of the Year award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/manisha-ramadass-wins-bwf-female-para-badminton-player-of-the-year-award/articleshow/96024668.cms |access-date=2024-08-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

She also won the Sportswoman of the Year (parasports Sportstar Aces award).{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2023-02-27 |title=Sportstar Aces Awards 2023: Manisha Ramadass wins Sportswoman of the Year (Parasports) |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/aces-awards/manisha-ramadass-wins-sportswoman-of-the-year-parasports-sportstar-aces-awards-2023-badminton/article66551000.ece |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}

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scope="row"\|BWF Awards \|2021-2022 \|Para-player of the Year \|{{won}} \|{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/manisha-ramadass-wins-bwf-female-para-badminton-player-of-the-year-award/articleshow/96024668.cms\|title=India's Manisha Ramadass wins female para-badminton player award\|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=5 December 2022}}https://olympics.com/en/news/bwf-player-of-the-year-2022-female-para-badminton-manisha-ramadass

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scope="col"|Award

! scope="col"|Year

! scope="col"|Category

! scope="col"|Result

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scope="row"|BWF Awards

|2021-2022

|Para-player of the Year

|{{won}}

|{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/badminton/manisha-ramadass-wins-bwf-female-para-badminton-player-of-the-year-award/articleshow/96024668.cms|title=India's Manisha Ramadass wins female para-badminton player award|newspaper=The Times of India |date=5 December 2022}}https://olympics.com/en/news/bwf-player-of-the-year-2022-female-para-badminton-manisha-ramadass

Achievements

= World Championships =

Women's singles

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! Year

! Venue

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mamiko Toyoda

| align="left" | 21–15, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Gold Gold

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Qiuxia

| align="left" | 16–21, 16–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Silver Silver

Women's doubles

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lénaïg Morin
{{flagicon|FRA}} Faustine Noël

| align="left" | 17–21, 21–13, 18–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

style="background:#F3E6D7"

| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Leani Ratri Oktila
{{flagicon|INA}} Khalimatus Sadiyah

| align="left" | 19–21, 15–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

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! Year

! Venue

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2024

| align="left" | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Pramod Bhagat

| align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Fredy Setiawan
{{flagicon|INA}} Khalimatus Sadiyah

| align="left" | 15–21, 19–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (11 titles, 1 runner-up) =

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.{{cite news |date=29 May 2022 |title=Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards |language=en |website=Badminton World Federation |url=https://corporate.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2021/06/03/para-badminton-tournament-structure-bids-for-tournaments-2022-onwards}}{{cite news |date=11 July 2022 |title=BWF Para Tournamentsoftware |language=en |website=Badminton World Federation |url=https://bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com/}}

Women's singles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Spanish Para Badminton International II

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|POR}} Beatriz Monteiro

| align="left" | 21–13, 21–10

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Brazil Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaede Kameyama

| align="left" | 21–10, 21–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Dubai Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Sugino

| align="left" | 21–17, 21–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Canada Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 1

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Sugino

| align="left" | 27–25, 21–9

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Thailand Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 1

| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaede Kameyama

| align="left" | 20–22, 21–12, 21-19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Spanish Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Maud Lefort

| align="left" | 21–18, 15–10 Retired

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

Women's doubles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Spanish Para Badminton International II

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Manasi Girishchandra Joshi
{{flagicon|IND}} Shanthiya Viswanathan

| align="left" | 14–21, 23–21, 21–12

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Brazil Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Palak Kohli
{{flagicon|IND}} Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar

| align="left" | 21–15, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Bahrain Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Palak Kohli
{{flagicon|IND}} Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar

| align="left" | 21–11, 21–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Dubai Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Nipada Saensupa
{{flagicon|THA}} Chanida Srinavakul

| align="left" | 21–9, 21–13

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | Brazil Para-Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Mandeep Kaur

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Manasi Girishchandra Joshi
{{flagicon|IND}} Thulasimathi Murugesan

| align="left" | 11–21, 10–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

Mixed doubles

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Year

! Tournament

! Level

! Partner

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Bahrain Para Badminton International

| align="left" | Level 2

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Pramod Bhagat

| align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} Siripong Teamarrom
{{flagicon|THA}} Nipada Saensupa

| align="left" | 21–14, 21–11

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

References

External links

{{BWFB|P77103}}
{{BWFPara|2dd0094d-9af9-46bd-b2fc-3fd9ab12f629}}

Category:2005 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Tiruvallur district

Category:Racket sportspeople from Tamil Nadu

Category:Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu

Category:Paralympic badminton players for India

Category:Indian female badminton players

Category:Indian female para-badminton players

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Category:Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for India

Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award

Category:Asian Para Games medalists in badminton

Category:Asian Para Games bronze medalists for India