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Tanisha Crasto (born 5 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She won the gold at the Asia Team Championships in 2024 and the bronze at the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships. She formerly represented Bahrain and United Arab Emirates before switching to India in 2017.
Early life
Crasto was born in Dubai to Indian parents Tulip and Clifford Crasto from Goa and attended The Indian High School, Dubai.
Career
= UAE and Bahrain
=In 2013, Crasto made her international debut for Bahrain in junior tournaments and won her first major BWF international title representing Bahrain at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge tournament partnered with Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella. She is ranked among the top UAE based badminton players. She also became the youngest winner of the UAE Open tournament.
In 2017, when she was 14 years old while representing UAE, she created history by winning the Indian Club UAE Open tournament in the women's singles event after beating Negin Amiripour of Iran. She was also part of the Prime Star Sports Academy club that won the Shuttle Time Dubai Club Badminton Championship.
= India
=In 2017, after participating in Gulf-based tournaments, she shifted to India and represented Goa in Indian tournaments. She then represented India at the 2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships and the 2018 and 2019 BWF World Junior Championships.
In 2021, Crasto joined the India national badminton team and participated in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup tournaments. She was the runners-up in the mixed doubles event while partnering with Ishaan Bhatnagar at the 2021 Scottish Open.
In 2022, Crasto played her first ever BWF World Tour Super 500 event at the India Open, participating in both the women's doubles (with Rutaparna Panda) and the mixed doubles (with Ishaan Bhatnagar) events. However, she and her respective partners lost in the first rounds of both disciplines, going down to fourth seeds Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard in the women's doubles and compatriots Gayathri Gopichand and Sai Pratheek K in the mixed doubles. In her next tournament, the 2022 Syed Modi International, she participated in the mixed doubles, where she and Ishaan Bhatnagar clinched their maiden Super 300 title, beating compatriots Srivedya Gurazada and T. Hema Nagendra Babu in the final.
Achievements
= BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
=The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
= BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up)
=Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
= BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
=Girls' doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
BWF Junior International Series tournament
BWF Junior Future Series tournament
See also
Badminton in India
India national badminton team
List of Indian sportswomen
References
External links
Tanisha Crasto at BWFBadminton.com
Tanisha Crasto at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
Tanisha Crasto at Olympics.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Odisha Masters 2023
- Guwahati Masters 2023
- Abu Dhabi Masters 2023
- Guwahati Masters 2024
- Odisha Masters 2024
- Syed Modi International 2024
- Syed Modi International 2022
- Taipei Terbuka 2022
- Thailand Masters 2023 (bulu tangkis)
- Syed Modi International 2023
- Tanisha Crasto
- 2024 Syed Modi International
- Badminton in India
- Ashwini Ponnappa
- India at the 2022 Asian Games
- BWF World Ranking
- India at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Syed Modi International Badminton Championships
- Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
- List of Indian Christians
