FULL NAME: Swetaparna Panda
NICK NAME: Sneha
GENDER: Female
BORN: 29th June 2005 (Source: Badminton World Federation)
FAMILY: Father (Ramachandra Panda), Mother (Dharitri Sevika Panda), Elder sister (Rutaparna Panda)
HOME ADDRESS: Nuabazar, Cuttack, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Tenth Standard student of Nayabazar High School, Cuttack
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Father Ramachandra Panda
TOTAL NATIONAL MEDAL: 2 (Gold 2)
TOTAL INTERNATIONAL MEDAL: 7 (Gold 3, Silver 2, Bronze 2)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won both the women doubles and mixed doubles titles in the State Badminton Championship, held at Saheed Nagar Indoor Hall, Bhubaneswar from 28 Aug-2 Sept, 2019.
*     Won the under-13 girls singles title in the State Age-Group Badminton Championship, held at NTPC, Kaniha (Angul) from July 31 to August 3, 2014.

ZONAL:
*     Won the U-19 girls doubles title with eleder sister Rutaparna at the East Zone Badminton Championship in Darbhanga, Bihar in 2016.

NATIONAL:
*     With elder sister Rutaparna, represented Odisha in womens doubles event of the 84th Senior National Badminton Championships, held at Balewadi Stadium in Pune, Maharashtra from 22-28 February 2023.
*     Won the U-15 mixed doubles Gold medal in the 33rd National Sub-Junior Championship at ECoR Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar on 22 Dec, 2019.
*     Won the under-15 mixed doubles title with Telangana partner Sathwik Reddy K at the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-junior Ranking Tournament, held at in Imphal, Manipur from 21-27 July, 2019.
*     Reached 3rd round in mixed doubles and 2nd round in women’s doubles events of the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship, held at Nagpur from Nov 4 to 8, 2017.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Partnering sister Rutaparna, won two qualifying matches and made it to the womens doubles main draw before bowing out in the opening round at the Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China on 10 April 2024.
*     Created history, becoming the first woman from Odisha to make debut at the All England Open Badminton Championship in Birmingham, England on 13 March 2024. However, she and her elder sister Rutaparna suffered defeat in their first-round match in womens doubles 9-21, 9-21 against Japanese opponents Kie Nakanishi and Rin Iwanaga.
*     Won the womens doubles Silver medal with sister Rutaparna in the Li Ling Sri Lanka International Challenge in Galle, Sri Lanka on 11 February 2024.
*     Won the women doubles Gold medal with elder sister Rutaparna as partner at the Uganda International Series in Kampala, Uganda on 8 October 2023.
*     Won the womens doubles Gold medal with elder sister Rutaparna as partner at the Kampala International Future Series in Kampala, Uganda on 1 October 2023.
*     Won the womens doubles Bronze medal with elder sister Rutaparna as partner in the 6th Lagos International Badminton Classics at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria on 2 September 2023.
*     Won the womens doubles Gold medal with elder sister Rutaparna Panda at the Cameroon International in Yaounde, Cameroon on 27 August 2023.
*     Won the womens doubles Gold medal with elder sister Rutaparna at the BWF Tajikistan International Series in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 11 August 2023.
*     Won the womens doubles Silver medal with elder sister Rutaparna as partner at the APACS Kazakhstan International Future Series Tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan on 3 June 2023.
*     Won the womens doubles Bronze medal with elder sister Rutaparna Panda as partner in the Infosys Foundation India International Challenge at Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru on 15 October 2022.
*     Won the womens doubles Silver medal with elder sister Rutaparna Panda as partner at the Saint-Denis Reunion Open 2022 BWF International Challenge in Saint-Denis, Reunion on 17 July 2022.
*     Reached mixed-doubles semifinals with partner Balkeshari Yadav at the Odisha Open BWF Tour Super 100 Tournament at JN Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on 29th January 2022.
*     Reached mixed-doubles quarterfinals and womens doubles second round in the Syed Modi India International Badminton Championship, held at Banu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 18-23 January 2022.
*     Made her international debu and reached U-15 mixed doubles quarterfinals at the Badminton Asia Junior Championship, held in Surabaya, Indonesia from 11-15 Dec, 2019

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Became the first Odia woman badminton player to reach the quarter-finals of a BWF World Tour Super 300, achieving the feat in the Syed Modi India International 2022 in mixed doubles event partnering Balkeshari Yadav of India in January 2022.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 4 August 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 12 April 2024