Rutaparna Panda

Rutaparna Panda
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999
Nayabazar, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking31 (WD with Swetaparna Panda, 1 April 2025)
101 (XD, 12 November 2019)
Current ranking38 (WD with Swetaparna Panda, 3 June 2025)
BWF profile

Rutaparna Panda (born 7 May 1999) is an Indian badminton player.[1] She was selected to be part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games.[2][3][4] Here, she and her partner Arathi Sara Sunil were defeated in the round of 32 by the Thai doubles team. In July 2018, she won the women's doubles title at the All-India senior ranking badminton tournament in Bengaluru.[5] She earlier trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy at Hyderabad and currently trains with her sister and current doubles partner Swetaparna Panda at Cuttack.[6][7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hellas Open Arathi Sara Sunil Vimala Hériau
Margot Lambert
21–19, 21–12 Winner
2019 Ghana International K. Maneesha Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh
21–11, 21–11 Winner
2019 Nepal International K. Maneesha Setyana Mapasa
Gronya Somerville
10–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up
2019 Bangladesh International K. Maneesha Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2021 India International Challenge Tanisha Crasto Treesa Jolly
Gayathri Gopichand
21–23, 14–21 Runner-up
2022 Réunion Open Swetaparna Panda Annabella Jäger
Leona Michalski
21–13, 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2023 Kazakhstan Future Series Swetaparna Panda Nethania Irawan
Fuyu Iwasaki
13–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2023 Tajikistan International Swetaparna Panda Era Maftuha
Hajar Nuriyeva
21–3, 21–7 Winner
2023 Cameroon International Swetaparna Panda Husina Kobugabe
Gladys Mbabazi
21–16, 21–8 Winner
2023 Kampala International Swetaparna Panda Aleena Qathun
Nayonika Rajesh
21–9, 21–14 Winner
2023 Uganda International Swetaparna Panda Fadilah Mohamed Rafi
Tracy Naluwooza
21–13, 21–8 Winner
2024 Sri Lanka International Swetaparna Panda Pichamon Phatcharaphisutsin
Nannapas Sukklad
12–21, 14–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Ghana International Ramchandran Shlok Arjun M.R.
K. Maneesha
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2019 Lagos International Ramchandran Shlok Arjun M.R.
K. Maneesha
16–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Rutaparna Panda". Orisports. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Badminton: Srikanth, Sindhu lead 20-member squad for Asian Games". The Times of India. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Asian Games 2018: Here's the list of Indian squads". Mumbai Mirror. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Odisha's budding shuttler Rutuparna eyes for Olympics". Odisha Sun Times. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Shuttler Rutuparna Panda speaks about her expectation from Asian Games". www.eenaduindia.com. Ushodaya Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ^ Qureshy, Tazeen (14 March 2022). "Panda sisters 2.0: How Rutaparna and Swetaparna are fulfilling their father's 'Dangal' dreams". The Bridge. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Rutuparna Panda, Swetaparna Panda first sister duo from India to win int'l title". The Bridge. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.