(1983-09-07) 7 September 1983 (age 40) Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Residence
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight
75 kg (165 lb)
Years active
1999–2017[2]
Handedness
Left
Mixed Doubles/ Women's Doubles
Highest ranking
6 (XD August 2010) 10 (WD August 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing India
World Championships
2011 London
Women's doubles
Uber Cup
2014 New Delhi
Women's team
2016 Kunshan
Women's team
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
Women's doubles
2010 Delhi
Mixed team
2014 Glasgow
Women's doubles
2006 Melbourne
Mixed team
Asian Championships
2014 Gimcheon
Women's doubles
South Asian Games
2004 Islamabad
Women's doubles
2004 Islamabad
Mixed doubles
2004 Islamabad
Women's team
2006 Colombo
Women's doubles
2006 Colombo
Mixed doubles
2006 Colombo
Women's team
2016 Guwahati-Shillong
Women's doubles
2016 Guwahati-Shillong
Women's team
BWF profile
Jwala Gutta[a] (born 7 September 1983) is an Indian badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she represented India at international events in both mixed and women's doubles. She has a total of 316 match wins in both the disciplines—the most by any Indian—and peaked at no. 6 in the world rankings. Gutta has won medals at numerous tournaments on the BWF circuit including a silver at the 2009 Superseries Masters Finals and a bronze at the 2011 World Championships.
Born in Wardha to a Chinese mother and a Telugu father, she began playing badminton at a young age. A fourteen-time National Champion, Gutta played with Shruti Kurien earlier in her career, but found greater international success with Ashwini Ponnappa. The pair consistently figured among the top-twenty in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no. 10 in 2015. Gutta is the first badminton player of Indian to qualify for two events in the Olympics–women's doubles with Ponnappa and mixed doubles with V. Diju at London. Gutta is known for her skilled left-handed stroke-play and is one of the very few doubles players to use a forehand service.
Gutta has won numerous medals for Indian badminton including the bronze medal 2011 BWF World Championships in London and a gold and silver at 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games respectively in the women's doubles event which were the first for the country in the discipline. Other achievements include the historic bronze medal at the 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup held at New Delhi, a bronze medal at Badminton Asia Championships in the same year and final and semi-final appearances in many big international events most notably the finals appearance at the 2009 BWF Super Series Masters Finals, alongside Diju which was the first for the country in any discipline.
Gutta has been credited to have brought recognition for doubles badminton in India, first with her mixed doubles partner Diju with whom she peaked at no. 6 in 2010 becoming the first doubles partnership from the country to be ranked amongst the top-10 and later with her partnership with Ponnappa in women's doubles. She paired with Ponappa at the Rio 2016 Olympics where the pair crashed out in the group stage with two consecutive losses at the hands of opponents from Japan and Netherlands.[5] Gutta has won medals at all major international badminton tournaments and multi-sport events, except for the Olympics.[6]
In addition to her badminton career, Gutta has been vociferous for the issues she advocates for, ranging from fair treatment in sports, health and education, women's empowerment and gender equality.
She has been listed several times among the top most inspiring sportswomen of India. She was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award for her achievements. Gutta was married to badminton player Chetan Anand from 2005 to 2011. She told ESPN that she was contemplating retirement, after entering negotiations for a coaching role for BAI in May 2017.[7]
^"Jwala Gutta". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^Sikdar, Sandip (7 May 2017). "Jwala Gutta to take a break from badminton, contemplating retirement". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^"వివాహబంధంలోకి గుత్తా జ్వాల- విశాల్". EENADU. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^"Jwala Gutta: వైరల్గా గుత్తా జ్వాల వెడ్డింగ్ కార్డ్.. ఇద్దరిది రెండో పెళ్ళే!". News18 Telugu. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^"Rio Olympics 2016: Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa out of Rio Olympics". News18. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^Narayan, Shankar (22 July 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016:Can Jwala Gutta complete the last piece of the puzzle?". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^Ninan, Susan (26 May 2017). "Ready to retire and take up new role: Jwala". ESPN. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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