Palak Kohli

Palak Kohli (born 12 August 2002) is an Indian professional para-badminton athlete player from Jalandhar.[1][2]

Personal life

Palak Kohli comes from Jalandhar.[3]

Career

Kohli trains in the national training camp under Gaurav Khanna, who is the head coach of Indian para-badminton team.[4]

In April 2021, she and Manasi Joshi both reached the finals of the Dubai Para-Badminton International at their respective singles category. She was beaten by Megan Hollander in the SU5 final.[5]

Kohli is the only para badminton athlete from the country to qualify for both singles and women's doubles for Tokyo Paralympics 2021.[6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila 21–19, 17–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Youth Para Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Alba Club, Riffa, Bahrain Indonesia Warining Rahayu 11–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Alba Club,
Riffa, Bahrain
India Sanjana Kumari India Nehal Gupta
India Abhijeet Sakhuja
15–21, 16–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Alba Club,
Riffa, Bahrain
India Nehal Gupta India Hardik Makkar
India Sanjana Kumari
17–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (1 title, 2 runners-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.[7][8]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 India Parul Parmar India Mandeep Kaur
India Manisha Ramdass
11–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 India Parul Parmar India Mandeep Kaur
India Manisha Ramdass
15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 India Pramod Bhagat India Ruthick Ragupathi
India Manasi Girishchandra Joshi
14–21, 21–11, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

International Tournaments (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Uganda Para Badminton International Turkey Zehra Bağlar 12–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Dubai Para Badminton International Netherlands Megan Hollander 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Uganda Para Badminton International India Shanthiya Viswanathan 21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Uganda Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar Turkey Zehra Bağlar
India Manasi Girishchandra Joshi
21–15, 16–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Peru Para Badminton International India Parul Parmar Thailand Nipada Saensupa
Thailand Chanida Srinavakul
15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Uganda Para Badminton International India Mandeep Kaur India Parul Parmar
India Vaishali Nilesh Patel
21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Uganda Para Badminton International India Pramod Bhagat India Ruthick Ragupathi
India Manasi Girishchandra Joshi
19–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

References