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During her Badminton career, Jwala Gutta began dating fellow badminton player [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]], who was the 1999 Junior National Badminton Champion and 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010 Senior National Badminton Champion and has been honored with an Arjuna Award. The couple married on 17 July 2005 and got divorced on 29th June 2011. |
During her Badminton career, Jwala Gutta began dating fellow badminton player [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]], who was the 1999 Junior National Badminton Champion and 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010 Senior National Badminton Champion and has been honored with an Arjuna Award. The couple married on 17 July 2005 and got divorced on 29th June 2011. |
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| Jwala Gutta గుత్తా జ్వాలా | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country |  India |
| Born | September 7, 1983 Wardha, Maharastra, India |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Spouse | Chetan Anand(2005-2011 divorced) |
| Handedness | Left |
| Coach | S. M. Arif |
| Mixed Doubles / Women's Doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 6 |
| Current ranking | 21 (June 23, 2011) |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Representing India
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| Women's Badminton | ||
| World Championships | ||
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2011 London | Women's doubles |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2010 Delhi | Mixed Team |
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2010 Delhi | Women's Doubles |
Jwala Gutta (Template:Lang-te) is a left-handed Indian badminton player of mixed Indian and Chinese descent who has won the National Badminton Championships thirteen times until 2010. She is a doubles badminton player who has partnered with Shruti Kurien and later Ashwini Ponnappa. She was the wife of Chetan Anand, an Arjuna Awardee; however, the two divorced in 2011.[2] According to a survey Jwala Gutta has surpassed the badminton sensation Saina Nehwal on the popularity charts.[3]
Early life
Jwala was born on 7 September 1983 in Wardha, Maharashtra and brought up in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, to a Telugu Indian father and a Chinese mother. Jwala's father, Kranti Gutta, hailed from a family of freedom fighters and Leftists.[4] Her mother, Yelan Gutta, was born in Tianjin, and is a granddaughter of a Gandhian named Tseng. Yelan first came to India in 1977 with her grandfather to visit the Sevagram ashram, where she translated Gandhi's autobiography and other works into Chinese language.[5]
Performance in Women’s Doubles
In the doubles event though, her performance has been better as entered the Semi Final round of her second International Doubles tournament, the India Asia Satellite tournament 2002. She also reached the Semi Final round of the Indian Asian Satellite tournament 2004, and finished Runner Up at the LE VOLANT D’OR Tournament, known as TOULOUSE Open in the year 2004. Further, she reached the Final Rounds of the Scottish International tournament 2004 and 40th Portuguese Badminton Championship 2004. In the year 2006 she won the Sri Lanka International Satellite tournament while in the year 2007 she won the Cyprus Badminton International tournament. The same year, she also won at the Pakistan International Challenge tournament and the Indian International Challenge tournament. Apart from these achievements, Jwala won the Nepal International Series tournament 2008 and Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix 2008 in the Women’s Doubles category. She won a Gold medal in Women Doubles in Commonwealth Games 2010 making history of winning the 1st gold medal in women doubles. Later on this year she again made a history by being the 1st women doubles pair to win a bronze medal in world championships 2011. She will be playing in women's doubles as well as in mixed doubles in London Olympics.[6] Jwala pairing Ashwini Ponappa lost their opening women's double match against the Japanese duo of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa at the London Olympics badminton tournament on 28 July 2012. [7]
Performance in Mixed Doubles
In the Mixed Doubles category too, Jwala has shown her excellence as she has grabbed the titles in the Jakarta Satellite tournament and Welsh International tournament in the year 2005, Sri Lanka International Satellite tournament, Cyprus Badminton International tournament and Indian International Challenge tournament in the year 2007, and Nepal International Series tournament, Bitburger Open Grand Prix tournament and KLRC Bulgaria Open Grand Prix tournament in the year 2008. But the latest achievement in December 2009 where she and her mixed doubles partner Valiyaveetil Diju reached the World Super Series masters final in Malaysia, where they went down to world championship bronze medalists Christinna Pedersen and Joaquim Nielsen 21-14, 21-18.Jwala also won a gold medal in the prestigious Commonwealth Games 2010 which was held in India. Pairing V. Diju, Jwala lost her opening match 16-21, 12-21 in just 25 minutes at the Wembley Arena in London Olympics. [8]
Personal life
During her Badminton career, Jwala Gutta began dating fellow badminton player Chetan Anand, who was the 1999 Junior National Badminton Champion and 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010 Senior National Badminton Champion and has been honored with an Arjuna Award. The couple married on 17 July 2005 and got divorced on 29th June 2011.
Jwala Gutta Latest Stills==References==
- ^ "BWF content". Bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "Father evasive on Jwala Gutta divorce", Indian Express, 2010-08-06, retrieved 2010-09-03
- ^ "Jwala Gutta pips Saina Nehwal in popularity charts". 19 July 2012.
- ^ Naik, Shivani (6 September 2009). "Orient Express". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Indian Express Group. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
Jwala Gutta has squared off against many players from China on the badminton court. As she celebrates the mixed doubles Grand Prix gold she won last week, she tells us about her Chinese connection
- ^ Sharma, Sanjay (10 August 2009). "Jwala Gutta's got the spark – Gandhiji impressed". MiD DAY. Hydrabad. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Jwala Gutta focusing on fitness to be battle-ready for Olympics". 28 June 2012.
- ^ . 29 July 2012 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Jwala-Gutta-Ashwini-Ponappa-lose-Olympic-opener/articleshow/15239300.cms.
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External links
- Indian badminton players
- Indian Badminton Champions
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- Sportspeople from Andhra Pradesh
- People from Hyderabad, India
- Indian people of Chinese descent
- Indian Hindus
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of India