Manisha Ramadass

Manisha Ramadass
	Ramadass in September 2024
Personal information
Born	27 January 2005; Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
Years active	2021–present
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Badminton
Handedness	Left
Women's singles SU5; Women's doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	1 (WS, 22 August 2022); 1 (WD with Mandeep Kaur, 6 July 2022); 2 (XD with Pramod Bhagat, 2 July 2026)
Current ranking	1 (WS, 25 August 2026); 12 (WD with Mandeep Kaur, 25 August 2026); 2 (XD with Pramod Bhagat, 25 August 2026)
Medal record
Women's para-badminton
Representing India
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Asian Para Games

Manisha Ramadass (born 27 January 2005) is an Indian para-badminton player.^[1] She is the current World number 1 in the Women's singles SU5 category. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[2]^[3] She has won the gold, silver, and bronze medals at the World Championships, as well as three bronze medals at the Asian Para Games.

Early life

Manisha is from Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu.^[4]^[5] She is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a sports NGO.

Career

Manisha made her international debut in 2022 and became world number 1 in the SU5 category on 22 August 2022.^[6] She won her first title at the Spanish (level 2) Para-Badminton International in 2022. She went on to win 11 gold and five bronze medals in 2022.

Awards

For her dominant performance, Ramadass won the BWF Female Para Badminton Player of the Year for the year 2022.^[7] She also won the Sportstar Aces Awards for the Sportswoman of the Year (parasports).^[8]


Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2022	Para-player of the Year	Won	^[9]
Arjuna Award	2025	Outstanding Performance in Sports	Won	^[10]

Achievements

Paralympic Games

Women's singles SU5

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Cathrine Rosengren	21–12, 21–8	Bronze

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Mamiko Toyoda	21–15, 21–15	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Yang Qiuxia	16–21, 16–21	Silver
2026	Isa Sports City, Manama, Bahrain	Yang Qiuxia	18–21, 17–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Mandeep Kaur	Lénaïg Morin Faustine Noël	17–21, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Mandeep Kaur	Leani Ratri Oktila Khalimatus Sadiyah	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Pramod Bhagat	Fredy Setiawan Khalimatus Sadiyah	15–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (22 titles, 9 runner-ups)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[11]^[12]

Women's singles SU5

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Beatriz Monteiro	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Kaede Kameyama	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Akiko Sugino	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Akiko Sugino	27–25, 21–9	Winner
2022	Thailand Para Badminton International	Level 1	Kaede Kameyama	20–22, 21–12, 21–19	Winner
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Maud Lefort	21–18, 15–10 RET	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Cathrine Rosengren	8–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Thulasimathi Murugesan	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2024	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Rosa De Marco	21–9, 21–14	Winner
2024	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Thulasimathi Murugesan	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2024	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Mamiko Toyoda	21–12, 21–18	Winner
2025	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Maud Lefort	8–21, 21–17, 21–12	Winner
2025	British & Irish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Thulasimathi Murugesan	21–18, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2025	Indonesia Para Badminton International	Level 1	Thulasimathi Murugesan	12–21, 22–20, 21–14	Winner
2025	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Thulasimathi Murugesan	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2026	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Thulasimathi Murugesan	17–21, 21–16, 21–15	Winner
2026	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Thulasimathi Murugesan	14–21, 21–15, 14–21	Runner-up
2026	British & Irish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Thulasimathi Murugesan	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles SL3-SU5

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Mandeep Kaur	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Shanthiya Viswanathan	14–21, 23–21, 21–12	Winner
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Mandeep Kaur	Palak Kohli Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Mandeep Kaur	Palak Kohli Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2022	Dubai Para Badminton International	Level 2	Mandeep Kaur	Nipada Saensupa Chanida Srinavakul	21–9, 21–13	Winner
2023	Brazil Para-Badminton International	Level 2	Mandeep Kaur	Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Thulasimathi Murugesan	11–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles SL3-SU5

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Siripong Teamarrom Nipada Saensupa	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2023	4 Nations Para Badminton International	Level 1	Pramod Bhagat	Hikmat Ramdani Leani Ratri Oktila	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2025	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Kumar Nitesh	Rickard Nilsson Helle Sofie Sagøy	21–9, 21–15	Winner
2025	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 1	Kumar Nitesh	Naveen Sivakumar Palak Kohli	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2025	Japan Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Thulasimathi Murugesan	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2026	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Rogério de Oliveira Edwarda Dias	13–21, 21–12, 21–19	Winner
2026	Spanish Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Kumar Nitesh Thulasimathi Murugesan	21–15, 24–22	Winner
2026	French Para Badminton International	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Hikmat Ramdani Leani Ratri Oktila	W/O	Runner-up

References

↑ "Player Profile".
↑ Sportstar, Team (14 August 2024). "India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
↑ "Paris Paralympics: Manisha Ramdass Sets Up Semifinal Duel With Thulasimathi Murugesan To Assure India Another Medal". NDTV.
↑ "Manisha Ramadass named best BWF Female Para-Badminton player, HS prannoy best dressed shuttler". SportsCafe.in. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
↑ "मनीषा रामदास ने देश को नाम किया रोशन, BWF ने चुना साल की सर्वश्रेष्ठ पैरा बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी". Times Now Navbharat (in Hindi). 6 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
↑ "BWF Para-Badminton - BWF Para Badminton World Rankings".
↑ https://olympics.com/en/news/bwf-player-of-the-year-2022-female-para-badminton-manisha-ramadass
↑ Sportstar, Team (27 February 2023). "Sportstar Aces Awards 2023: Manisha Ramadass wins Sportswoman of the Year (Parasports)". Sportstar. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
↑ "India's Manisha Ramadass wins female para-badminton player award". The Times of India. 5 December 2022.
↑ "Complete list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award: Bhaker, Gukesh and more". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
↑ "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.
↑ "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

External links

Manisha Ramadass at BWFBadminton.com
Manisha Ramadass at BWFPara.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)

[1] "Player Profile".

[2] Sportstar, Team (14 August 2024). "India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[3] "Paris Paralympics: Manisha Ramdass Sets Up Semifinal Duel With Thulasimathi Murugesan To Assure India Another Medal". NDTV.

[4] "Manisha Ramadass named best BWF Female Para-Badminton player, HS prannoy best dressed shuttler". SportsCafe.in. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[5] "मनीषा रामदास ने देश को नाम किया रोशन, BWF ने चुना साल की सर्वश्रेष्ठ पैरा बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी". Times Now Navbharat (in Hindi). 6 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[6] "BWF Para-Badminton - BWF Para Badminton World Rankings".

[7] ttps://olympics.com/en/news/bwf-player-of-the-year-2022-female-para-badminton-manisha-ramadass

[8] Sportstar, Team (27 February 2023). "Sportstar Aces Awards 2023: Manisha Ramadass wins Sportswoman of the Year (Parasports)". Sportstar. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[9] "India's Manisha Ramadass wins female para-badminton player award". The Times of India. 5 December 2022.

[10] "Complete list of winners of Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award: Bhaker, Gukesh and more". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[11] "Para Badminton Tournament Structure Bids for Tournaments 2022 Onwards". Badminton World Federation. 29 May 2022.

[12] "BWF Para Tournamentsoftware". Badminton World Federation. 11 July 2022.

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Paralympic medalists for India
1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Gold	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo) : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris) : Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris) : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris) : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris) : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris) : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris) : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris) : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris) : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris) : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
Bronze	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo) : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris) : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris) : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris) : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris) : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris) : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris) : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris) : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris) : Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris) : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris) : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)