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Indian badminton player

Badminton player

Aparna Popat (born 18 January ) is a former Indian badminton player. She was India's national champion for a record equaling nine times when she won all the senior national championships between and ^[2]

Early life

Aparna Popat was born on 18 January in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Gujarati family of Lalji Popat and Heena Popat.

She studied at J. B. Petit High School in Mumbai and attended a pre-university course at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore.

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Aparna also holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the Mumbai University.

Training background

Aparna started playing badminton in in Mumbai. As an 8-year-old, when she approached Anil Pradhan for coaching, he saw a spark in the girl and told her parents "Give me this girl and I will put her on the map of Indian badminton".

Being a national champion himself, he helped her develop skills required to face the many challenges of the game.^[3]

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