Trupti Murgunde

Trupti Murgunde (born 3 June 1982) is an Indian Badminton player who plays singles & doubles. She is a Dhyan Chand Awardee.^[1] The shuttler, who was born in Pune, has won the 2009 National Championship for women after remaining runners up for 3 times. She was also senior nationals doubles runner-up and junior national doubles champion. Trupti is also a five times South Asian Games gold medalist, including twice in singles in 2004 and 2006.^[2] Known for her deceptive strokes, she has also bagged 6 international titles in singles (and a total of 10 including runner-up and doubles) in BWF events from 1999 to 2014. Trupti is also a Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist in Team Event at Melbourne in 2006. She, along with Saina Nehwal, reached the semi-finals of the women's doubles event in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games but lost in the Bronze Medal Playoff.

Trupti Murgunde
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(1982-06-03) 3 June 1982 (age 42) Pune, India
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	49
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Mixed team South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Women's singles 2004 Islamabad Women's team 2006 Colombo Women's singles 2006 Colombo Women's team 2010 Dhaka Women's team 2010 Dhaka Women's singles
BWF profile

Career

After her retirement in the year 2014, Trupti is also a Badminton Association of India selector for the Indian National Badminton Team from 2017 till date as well as a coach for the Indian Badminton Team since 2017. Besides being a Talent Scout in Khelo India, she is also working as a mentor in Mentor at JITO Foundation supporting leading sportspersons in 5 sports to excel at Olympics. Trupti has been also an expert commentator/commentator on Badminton during Rio Olympics 2016, Commonwealth Games 2018, Asian Games 2018, Thomas & Uber Cup 2014, Premier Badminton League 2013 & 2019 & various other International tournaments on leading channels like Star Sports, Sony TV, DD Sports, NDTV, India Today, Mirror Now, Wion and All India Radio.

Trupti has a long career spanning 22 years. She trained in Pune under Vasant Gore from the age of 9 during her initial years before moving out to Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru and getting coached under the legendary Prakash Padukone and Vimal Kumar in Bengaluru where she has been residing since 1999. Trupti became State Champion in U-10 category in Maharashtra. Then, she went on to become the National Champion in Junior (U-18) category. She represented India for the first time at the age of 17 in Asian Junior Badminton Championships 1999 and then continued to don India colours till 2014.

She has recently been selected for being given 'Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games.^[3] The Award was conferred by the President of India on August 29, 2020.^[4] Trupti is also a member of the Governing Body of the Sports Authority of India.

Trupti is working in Indian Oil Corporation.^[5] She was a part of the expert panel of the Sony Network team that covered the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was the lone representative for Indian badminton, featuring as an expert on the show.

Achievements

South Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sayali Gokhale	16–21, 3–8 Retired	Silver
2006	Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka	B. R. Meenakshi	21–5, 21–14	Gold
2004	Rodham Hall, Islamabad, Pakistan	B. R. Meenakshi	9–11, 11–7, 13–10	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Uganda International	Lekha Handunkuttihettige	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2010	Maldives International	Malvinne Ann Venice Alcala	21–10, 11–3 Retired	Winner
2009	Czech International	Jeanine Cicognini	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2008	Bahrain International	Ashwini Ponnappa	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2007	Bahrain Satellite	Agnese Allegrini	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	South Africa International			Winner
2005	Kenya International	Amrita Sawaram	11–0, 11–1	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Sri Lanka Satellite	B. R. Meenakshi	Soratja Chansrisukot Molthila Meemeak	15–9, 9–15, 15–6	Winner
1999	India International	Ketaki Thakkar	Archana Deodhar P. V. V. Lakshmi	15–9, 3–15, 3–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Bahrain International	Valiyaveetil Diju	Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan	21–17, 18–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Trupti Murgunde". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
2. "Trupti Murgunde Biography". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. Achal, Ashwin. "Dhyan Chand award a huge honour - Trupti Murgunde". Sportstar. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
4. Awards, National Sports (20 August 2020). "National Sports Awards".
5. Achal, Ashwin. "Dhyan Chand award a huge honour - Trupti Murgunde". Sportstar. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

External links

• Trupti Murgunde at BWFBadminton.com
• Trupti Murgunde at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Trupti Murgunde at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Trupti Murgunde at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)