Sameer Verma

Sameer Verma
Personal information
Birth name Sameer Verma
Country  India
Born (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994
Dhar, Madhya Pradesh
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Coach Pulela Gopichand

Sameer Verma, was born on 22 October 1994. He is an Indian badminton player and trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy, Hyderabad. He is currently (as of August 27, 2014) the 3rd ranked men’s badminton player in the national circuit.[2] Sameer is the brother of Indian badminton player Sourabh Verma and like his brother is supported by the GoSports Foundation,[3] Bangalore and has been part of their scholarship programme since 2012.

Career

2011

Verma won a silver medal in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships, 2011, held in Lucknow, India. He also won silver at the men's singles at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, Isle of Man losing in the final to Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia.[4]

2012

At the 36th Junior National Badminton Championships in Jaipur, Verma won the boy's singles U-19 category.[5] The same year Verma also reached the final of the Iran Open.[6]

2013

In 2013, Verma won his first international titles when he won the men's singles event at the Bahrain International Series and Bahrain International Challenge.[7][8]

2014

Battling injuries in 2012 and 2013, Verma came back strongly in 2014 by winning the All India Senior Ranking Badminton Championships, 2014 in Bareilly.[9]


2016


Sameer Verma stunned world No 3 Jan O Jorgensen in straight games to storm into the final of the Hong Kong Open Super Series badminton tournament on Saturday 26 November, 2016. Verma upstated the Danish stalwart 21–19, 24–22 in an exciting match.

Achievements

BWF Superseries

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Ng Ka Long 14–21, 21–10, 11–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     Superseries Finals Tournament
     Superseries Premier Tournament
     Superseries Tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Tata India International India Sourabh Varma 21–11, 21–18 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Bangladesh International India B. Sai Praneeth 14–21, 21–8, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bahrain International Challenge Singapore Derek Wong Zi Liang 21–14, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Bahrain International India Pratul Joshi 21–13, 18–21, 21–8 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Sri Lanka International India B. Sai Praneeth 18–21, 8–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Bahrain International Challenge India Subhankar Dey 19–21, 21–14, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bahrain International Sri Lanka Dinuka Karunaratna 21–11, 18–21, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Iran Fajr International Sri Lanka Niluka Karunaratne 18–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

Personal

Verma hails from a lower-middle-class family. His parents live in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh. His father Sudhir Verma is a Grade II Assistant working with the Narmada Valley Development Authority, and his mother Sangita is a house-wife. Sameer followed in the footsteps of his brother Sourabh Varma, who is also an internationally ranked badminton player,[10] and took up badminton as a sport at a young age. He soon moved to the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad to train under coach and former Indian player Pullela Gopichand.

References

  1. "Badminton Asia Youth Under 19 Team Championships 2011". http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/. Retrieved 24 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. BAI Rankings
  3. http://www.gosportsfoundation.in/ GoSports Foundation
  4. CWYG 2011
  5. Sameer, Junior National Champion
  6. Iran Open
  7. Bahrain International Series
  8. Bahrain International Challenge
  9. Sameer Verma & PC Thulasi upset top seeds to clinch National Ranking titles in Bareilly
  10. BWF World Rankings
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