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{{Short description|Indian badminton player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox badminton player
| name = Shikha Gautam
| image = Action Picture.jpg
| birth_name = Shikha Rajesh Gautam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|4|18}}
| birth_place = [[Visakhapatnam]], India
| residence =
| height = 1.65 m
| weight = 55 kg
| country = {{IND}}
| years_active =
| handedness = Right
| coach =
| event = Women's singles & doubles
| highest_ranking = 148 (WS 24 September 2019)<br />110 (WD 17 March 2020)
| date_of_highest_ranking =
| current_ranking = 110
| date_of_current_ranking = WD 17 March 2020
| bwf_id = 248CDA43-CD15-4830-8159-9AD25AE14B8B
}}

'''Shikha Rajesh Gautam''' (born 18 April 1998) is an [[India]]n [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Shikha Gautam |url=https://bwfbadminton.com/player/77808/shikha-gautam |website=bwfbadminton.com|publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|accessdate=23 November 2019}}</ref> A member of the [[India|Indian]] squad at the [[2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships]] in [[Hong Kong]], Shikha is current national champion and is ranked no. 1 Women's Doubles player in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Participants: Shikha Rajesh Gautam |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/badminton/story/india-vs-chinese-taipei-badminton-asia-mixed-team-championships-score-report-1483399-2019-03-21 |website=indiatoday.in |publisher=India Today |accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref>

==Career==

A child prodigy, Shikha was born in [[Visakhapatnam]] and raised in [[Nashik]] before shifting to [[Bangalore]] at the age of 13 to train at the [[Prakash Padukone]] Badminton Academy. She currently trains at the Yadav Pro Badminton Academy in Bangalore under her coach Jagadish Yadav, former Indian men’s doubles player.

Shikha holds the rare distinction of being the youngest Indian badminton athlete to participate in Junior Badminton Asia Championship. She was only 13 when she represented India at the [[2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships]] in [[Lucknow]], [[India]]. Shikha further represented her country at the [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships]] in the year 2012, 2014 and 2016.

Shikha Gautam also competed at the [[2016 BWF World Junior Championships]] in [[Bilbao]], [[Spain]]. In the [[2016 Premier Badminton League]], Shikha was part of the winning Delhi Dashers Team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/badminton/india-urgently-needs-influx-womens-singles-players|title=Delhi-acers|work=[[Sportskeeda]]|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2017, Shikha won women’s singles title at the Mauritius International and finished runners up at the India International Series held in [[Hyderabad]].
Until 2017, Shikha was a specialized singles player. It was only at the Senior National Championship in 2017, she realized her potential as a doubles player when she won the Silver medal in women’s doubles at the National Championship held in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]. Following the success, she started playing in Doubles event regularly although singles remained her primary focus. In 2019, at the National Championship in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], Shikha entered in women’s doubles event along with her childhood friend Ashwini Bhat as a scratch combination and surprisingly the duo went on to clinch the title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/83rd-senior-badminton-nationals-saina-retains-crown/article26291261.ece|title=83rd-senior-badminton-nationals|work=thehindu|accessdate=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=C2C743CD-7743-4FCB-9E43-FD3DAAEB500B</ref> The triumph at the national championship compelled Shikha Gautam to divert her focus to Doubles.

[[File:Maldives International.jpg|thumb|center|Shikha at the Maldives International 2019 Medal Ceremony]]

Along with her doubles partner Ashwini Bhat, Shikha has been consistently ranked number one in India for more than a year now. Shikha, along with her doubles partner Ashwini Bhat, won a Bronze Medal at the 2019 [[Polish International]] and the 2019 [[Maldives International]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Participants: Shikha Rajesh Gautam |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=DC3579F2-62C6-4D0C-B677-A019D13579AE |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |website=www.bwfcorporate.com |accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Participants: Shikha Rajesh Gautam |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=892C5821-A469-4DA6-89E6-E6E8B8051931 |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |website=www.bwfcorporate.com |accessdate=15 April 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Polish International.jpg|thumb|right|Shikha, with her partner Ashwini Bhat, after winning Bronze Medal at Polish International 2019]]

Shikha won the Gold medal at the [[Khelo India Youth Games]] 2020 and is also a recipient of Karnataka Olympic Award.

[[File:Karnataka Olympic Award.jpg|thumb|Shikha Gautam receiving State Olympic Award from the then [[Karnataka]] Chief Minister [[Siddaramaiah]]]]

== Achievements ==

=== BWF International Challenge/Series ===
''Women's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2017
| align="left" | India International Series
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Tanishq Mamilla Palli]]
| align="left" | 21–17, 20–22, 18–21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
|- style="background:#D5D5D5"
| align="center" | 2017
| align="left" | [[Mauritius International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anura Prabhudesai]]
| align="left" | 21–8, 17–21, 21–19
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}
: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament
: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament
: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament

''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Tournament
! Partner
! Opponent
! Score
! Result
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Polish International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashwini Bhat (badmitnon)|Ashwini Bhat]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Freja Ravn]] <br /> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Amalie Magelund]]
| align="left" | 8-21, 12-21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{bronze3}} '''Semi Finals'''
|-
|- style="background:#D8CEF6"
| align="center" | 2019
| align="left" | [[Maldives International]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashwini Bhat (badmitnon)|Ashwini Bhat]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Sayaka Hobara]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Natsuki Sone]]
| align="left" | 16–21, 3-21
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{bronze3}} '''Semi Finals'''
|}
: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament
: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament
: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{BWF|248CDA43-CD15-4830-8159-9AD25AE14B8B}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gautam, Shikha}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Indian female badminton players]]

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