Since the inception 2006, India has won six gold medals from Asia (U15& U17) Badminton Championships.
U15:
2013 Siril Verma Boys Singles
2017 Samiya Imad Farooqui Girls Singles
2018 Tasnim Mir & Megna Reddy Girls Doubles
2019 Tasnim Mir Girls Singles
U17:
2013 Chirag Shetty & Arjun MR Boys Doubles
2015 Satwiksairaj & Krishna Prasad Boys Doubles
In the 2022 version, India represents three gold medal matches and hoping for the best to come out.
U-15 Boys Singles, Anish Thoppani
U-17 Boy's Doubles, Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat
U-17 Girls Singles, Unnati Hooda
Watch TOYOTA Gazoo Racing Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships 2022 Finals
Photo Courtesy Badminton Association of Thailand
"It's a great achievement for a youngster. Unnati has proved her top-seeding with dominating displays throughout the tournament. I congratulate her on becoming the first Indian to enter the U-17 singles final at this prestigious tournament. And I also congratulate Anish, Arsh and Sanskar for entering the finals and also other Indians who secured bronze medals," said Sanjay Mishra.
The 39-member Indian contingent is participating in TOYOTA Gazoo Racing Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships 2022, Thailand from 29th November 2022. Unnati Hooda, Anish, Arsh & Sanskar are playing finals.
History: In 2013, Men's doubles pairs of Arjun MR-Chirag Shetty and in 2015, Krishna Prasad Garaga-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have won gold medals for India in the U-17 category Men's Doubles.
U-15 singles player Anish Thoppani and U-17 men's doubles pair of Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat sailed into the Finals and keep the Gold medal dreams alive for India.
Country wise number players/pairs ensures medals in 2022 edition are,
Taipei 09
Indonesia 07
India 05
Thailand 05
South Korea 05
Malaysia 04
Japan 03
Watch TOYOTA Gazoo Racing Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships 2022 Finals
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