Kiran George

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Kiran George
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 22)
Kochi, Kerala, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Men's singles
Highest ranking72 (23 February 2022)
Current ranking72 (23 February 2022)
BWF profile

Kiran George (born 11 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player who trains at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.[1] He won the Polish International title.[2] He also competed in the 2020 Thomas Cup and 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships.[3]

Career[]

2021–22[]

In 2021, Kiran George's first tournament played was the 2021 Orléans Masters where lost to Brice Leverdez In the 3rd round.[4] In September, Kiran played in the Polish International where he won the tournament beating in the finals winning his first ever tournament since the Ghana International in 2019.[5] He also reached the semis of the Welsh International but lost to Siril Verma. In 2022, Kiran started the year by playing in 3 BWF world tour tournaments including the India Open Which he lost the first round and the Syed Modi International which he also lost the first round and The Odisha Open which he won the title beating to win his first ever BWF World Tour title.[6]

He competed at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships but was eliminated at the group stage. First he lost to Korean by the score of 18-21 and 14-21 then he lost to Hong Kong's in the score of 13-21,21-17 and 9-21 and finally Ikhsan Rumbay in the score of 13-21, 21-17 and 10-21.

Achievements[]

BWF World Tour (1 title)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Odisha Open Super 100 India 21–15, 14–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International (3 titles)[]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Ghana International Azerbaijan Ade Resky Dwicahyo 25–23, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Polish International Singapore 13–21, 21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Polish Open Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hao 21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline[]

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team[]

  • Junior level
Team events 2018
World Junior Championships 6th
  • Senior level
Team events 2020
Thomas Cup QF

Individual competitions[]

  • Junior level
Event 2018
Asian Junior Championships 4R
World Junior Championships 3R
  • Senior level
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
India Open A NH 1R 1R ('22)
Syed Modi International 1R A Q2 NH 1R 1R ('17, '22)
Odisha Open NH W W ('22)
Orléans Masters NA A NH 3R 3R ('21)
SaarLorLux Open A SF A SF ('19)
Dutch Open A 2R NH NA 2R ('19)
Hyderabad Open NH A Q2 NH NA Q2 ('19)
Year-end ranking 287 289 124 108 77 77

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile: Kiran George". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ Parker, Ubaid (27 September 2021). "Polish International 2021: India's Kiran George wins singles title, Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sai Pratheek clinch doubles". Olympics. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ Nayse, Suhas. "I'm really excited to play in Thomas Cup for first time and I hope to do well for India". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ^ Badminton, Go. "Kiran George Orléans Masters". Facebook.
  5. ^ Parker, Ubaid (27 September 2021). "Polish International 2021: India's Kiran George wins singles title, Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sai Pratheek clinch doubles". Olympics. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ^ The, Bridge. "Kiran George wins gold".
  7. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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