Nithya Sre Sivan is a para-athlete from Tamil Nadu who recently won a bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024, find out more about her bio, age and height
Nithya’s bronze medal win marked India’s eighth medal of the day and fifth medal in badminton, all won on the same day.
Who is para-badminton player Nithya Sre Sivan, biography, age, height, family, disability, state and Instagram
The teenage shuttler, started out in the tournament as a top seed, before beating Indonesia’s Rina Marlina in just 23 minutes.
Indian para-shuttler Nithya Sre Sivan is competing at the ongoing Paris 2024 Paralympics in the SH6 category and was born in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.
The SH6 category is for athletes who possess a shot stature and can compete while standing and the ‘SH’ stands for “standing/short stature”.
Age. 19 yr ; Gender. Female ; Height. 3′ 0″ ; Weight. 38 kg ; BMI. 45.44 kg/m
Nithya Sre Sivan bio
Nithya Sre Sivan is an Indian para-athlete who was born on January 7, 2005, in Tamil Nadu, India. She is currently just 19 years old, and recently won a bronze at the Paralympics 2024 after beating Indonesia’s Rina Marlina 21-14 21-6. Nithya was a cricket fan growing up and started following badminton only after Rio Paralympics in 2016. She initially started out playing badminton with able-bodied sportspersons for fun and later shifted her focus to competitive badminton.
Nithya’s favourite sport initially was cricket, a game where her brother was a district level player and her father was a fan.
Career and achievements
Nithya Sre Sivan started out her training under coach Gaurav Khanna in Lucknow after her father’s colleague, who was a state-level para-badminton player introduced to her to sport. In May 2022, Nithya won a gold at the 1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships in Manama. The same year in December, Nithya won a gold in the women’s singles SH6 finals defeating Worlds silver medallist at the Peru Para Badminton International in Lima.
In April 2023, Nithya won two gold medals at the Brazil Para Badminton International. That same year in October 2023, she eventually won two bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China. She later won a bronze in both the mixed doubles and women’s doubles badminton events in the SH6 category. Given below are Nithya Sre Sivan’s career achievements:
| Event | Medal | Category |
| Asian Para Games (2022) | Bronze Medal | WS |
| Asian Para Games (2022) | Bronze Medal | XD |
| Asian Para Games (2022) | Bronze Medal | WD |
| World Championship (2024) | Bronze Medal | WS |
| World Championship (2022) | Bronze Medal | WS |
| World Championship (2022) | Bronze Medal | WD |
| World Championship (2022) | Bronze Medal | XD |
| Nations Para Badminton International (2024) | Gold Medal and Silver Medal | WS & XD |
| Spanish Para Badminton International 2024- I (2024) | Gold Medal and Bronze Medal | WS & XD |