Nithya Sre Sivan

Nithya Sre Sivan
Nithya Sre Sivan
	Sivan in January 2025
Personal information
Birth name	Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
Born	7 January 2005 (age 21); Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
Women's singles and doubles SH6
Highest ranking	1 (WS, 22 November 2022) ; 2 (WD with Rachana Patel, 18 May 2024) ; 1 (XD with Krishna Nagar, 8 September 2025)
Current ranking	1 (WS) ; 4 (WD with Patel) ; 1 (XD with Nagar) (20 January 2026)
Medal record
Para badminton
Representing the India
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Asian Para Games
Asian Championships
Asian Youth Para Games

Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (born 7 January 2005) is an Indian para-badminton player from Tamil Nadu. She plays in the SH6 category (athletes having achondroplasia and short stature).^[1] She represented India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where she won the bronze medal in the women's singles SH6 event.^[2] Sivan has also won medals in the Para World Championships, the Asian Para Championships, and the Asian Para Games respectively.^[3]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Sivan is from Karur, Tamil Nadu. She was born on 7 January 2005. She started playing badminton with the able-bodied sportspersons in 2016 for fun and recreation.^[4] Later in 2019, she learnt about the para games and shifted her focus to competitive badminton and started training under coach Gaurav Khanna in Lucknow.^[5]

Career[edit | edit source]

In October 2023, she won two bronze medals at the Asian Para Games. In April 2023, she won two gold medals at the Brazil Para Badminton International meet.^[6] In May 2022, the Asian Youth Para Games winner also won a gold medal at the 1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama.^[7] In December 2022, she bagged a gold in the women's singles SH6 finals defeating Worlds silver medallist at the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima.^[8]

Achievements[edit | edit source]

Paralympic Games[edit | edit source]

Women's singles SH6
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Rina Marlina	21–14, 21–6	Bronze

World Championships[edit | edit source]

Women's singles SH6
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Rina Marlina	19–21, 21–12, 19–21	Bronze
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Li Fengmei	12–21, 20–22	Bronze

Women's doubles SH6
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Rachana Patel	Rubí Fernández Giuliana Póveda	7–21, 3^r–6	Bronze
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Rachana Patel	Li Fengmei Lin Shuangbao	5^r–13	Silver

Mixed doubles SH6
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Krishna Nagar	Nilton Quispe Giuliana Póveda	16–21, 18–21	Bronze
2026	Isa Sports City, Manama, Bahrain	Krishna Nagar	Lin Naili Li Fengmei	9–21, 21–18, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Para Games[edit | edit source]

Women's singles SH6
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Rina Marlina	15–21, 13–21	Bronze

Women's doubles SH6
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	W–L	Result
2023	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Rachana Patel	Various	1–2	Bronze

Mixed doubles SH6
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Sivarajan Solaimalai	Zeng Qingtao Lin Shuangbao	18–21, 10–21	Bronze

Asian Para-Badminton Championships[edit | edit source]

Women's singles SH6
Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Spadt Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Li Fengmei	21–17, 16–21, 18–21	Silver

Women's doubles SH6
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	W–L	Result
2025	Spadt Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Rachana Patel	Various	2–1	Silver

Mixed doubles SH6
Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2025	Spadt Convention Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Rachana Patel	Lin Naili Li Fengmei	13–21, 21–19, 14–21	Silver

Awards[edit | edit source]

Arjuna Award (Para badminton 2024)^[9]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Who is Nithya Sre Sivan? All you need to know about Indian para-badminton athlete competing Paris 2024 Paralympics". Sportskeeda. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
↑ "Paralympics: India's Nithya Sre Sivan bags bronze in badminton SH6 category". India Today. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
↑ "PM celebrates Bronze Medal by Nithya Sre Sivan in Badminton Women's Singles SH6 event in Asian Para Games 2022". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
↑ PTI (17 April 2023). "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton Intl". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
↑ Jain, Deepanshu (10 December 2023). "'Chinese legend Lin Dan is my idol,' says world no.3 Nithya Sre Sivan". thebridge.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
↑ "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton International". The Economic Times. 17 April 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
↑ "Indian contingent finish with 23 medals at Bahrain Para Badminton". The Economic Times. 22 May 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
↑ PTI (6 December 2022). "Peru Para Badminton: Mandeep shocks world champion; Nehal bags 2 gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
↑ Pathak, Himanshu (2 January 2025). "Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces National Sports Awards 2024". PIB Delhi. pp. Page 2. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]

Nithya Sre Sivan at BWFbadminton.com

[1] "Who is Nithya Sre Sivan? All you need to know about Indian para-badminton athlete competing Paris 2024 Paralympics". Sportskeeda. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.

[2] "Paralympics: India's Nithya Sre Sivan bags bronze in badminton SH6 category". India Today. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.

[3] "PM celebrates Bronze Medal by Nithya Sre Sivan in Badminton Women's Singles SH6 event in Asian Para Games 2022". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[4] PTI (17 April 2023). "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton Intl". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[5] Jain, Deepanshu (10 December 2023). "'Chinese legend Lin Dan is my idol,' says world no.3 Nithya Sre Sivan". thebridge.in. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[6] "Nithya, Nitesh win singles gold at Brazil Para-Badminton International". The Economic Times. 17 April 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

[7] "Indian contingent finish with 23 medals at Bahrain Para Badminton". The Economic Times. 22 May 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[8] PTI (6 December 2022). "Peru Para Badminton: Mandeep shocks world champion; Nehal bags 2 gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[9] Pathak, Himanshu (2 January 2025). "Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Announces National Sports Awards 2024". PIB Delhi. pp. Page 2. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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v t e Paralympic medalists for India
1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Gold	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo) : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris) : Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris) : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris) : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris) : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris) : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris) : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris) : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris) : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris) : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
Bronze	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo) : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris) : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris) : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris) : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris) : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris) : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris) : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris) : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris) : Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris) : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris) : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)