Ashwini Ponnappa Biography: Profession, Early life, Physical, Net Worth & More

Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda is an Indian badminton player who was born on September 18, 1989. She competes for India on the international badminton circuit in mixed doubles and women’s doubles. She and Jwala Gutta had a successful partnership because they won numerous international medals together, including gold at the Commonwealth Games and bronze at the Uber Cup and Asian Badminton Championships. As only the second Indian pair and woman to win a medal at the World Championships, they became the first Indian pair and women to do so.

Ashwini Ponnappa Biography

Ashwini Ponnappa hails from a group of rich sporting lineage. Her uncle was a state-level cricketer for Karnataka, while her father played hockey for India. Ashwini Ponnappa began a unique journey into professional badminton when she was eight years old by enrolling in an academy. It wasn’t well before the Bangalore-conceived shuttler started becoming famous at the public level and following a speedy rising, Ashwini Ponnappa stepped her presence on the global stage with golds in blended pairs at the 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka.

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Profession

Real Name	Ashwini Ponnappa
Profession	Indian Badminton Player

Early life

Ashwini Ponnappa was born in Bangalore on September 18, 1989. She attended the St. Francis Xavier Young ladies Secondary School, Bangalore and at St. College of Mary, Hyderabad. Her father represented India in hockey. Anyway Ashwini favored badminton over hockey and began preparing in badminton.

Personal Life

Date of Birth	18 September 1989 (Monday)
Age (as of 2023)	34 Years
Birthplace	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
School	St. Francis Xavier’s Girl’s High School, Bangalore
College	Mount Carmel College, Bangalore & St Mary’s College, Hyderabad
Family	Father- M.A.Ponnappa Mother- Kaveri Ponnappa Brother- Not Known Sister- N/A
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Listening to Music, reading Books & watching movies

Physical

Height (approx.)	5′ 5″ (165 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black

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Net Worth

Ashwini was purchased by Awadhe Warriors, a Premier Badminton League team owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, a group company of Sahara India. She was sold to the Delhi Acers for Rs. 20 lakhs in the previous season, and to the Bengaluru Raptors for Rs. 15 lakhs in the previous season. She earned a total of $46,054 from doubles events and $15,888 from mixed events, as stated on the BWF’s official website. Starting around 2023, Aswini Ponnappa’s net worth is $5 million.

Salary

As of 2024, Ashwini Ponnappa’s worth is estimated to be approximately $650,000 (INR 5 crore). She makes a lot of money through sponsorships and endorsements. She currently receives $39,000 (INR 30 lakh) annually as she is in Grade B of the BCCI’s annual contracts for women cricketers.

Family

Ashwini Ponnappa was born on December 18, 1989, in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, to CA Ponnappa and Cauvery Ponnappa. Mr. Ponnappa was a hockey player. Ashwini Ponnappa, then again, chose to pick badminton over hockey.

Husband

Ponnappa wed businessman and model Karan Medappa in a private ceremony in December 2017 in Coorg, Karnataka. The Kodava custom was followed during the ceremony. In addition to Rohan Bopanna, Jyotsna Chinappa, and Jwala Gutta, a long-time partner in women’s duplicates, some of badminton’s most famous faces competed.

Career

Ashwini Ponnappa won her first national title in 2001 in sub-junior girls’ doubles. In 2004, she did so. She also won the national title in junior girls’ doubles in 2006 and 2007 and the national title in sub-junior girls’ doubles in 2005. At the 2010 South Asian Games, she won both the team and mixed doubles gold medals. She and Jwala Gutta made history by winning the Women’s Doubles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and becoming India’s first gold medalist in the event. When Gutta and Ponnappa won the medal in front of the home crowd, they became household names.

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Badminton

International Debut	South Asian Games, 2006
Coach/Mentor	Tom John
Handedness	Right
Achievements (main ones)	• Attained a Gold medal at the 2006 South Asian Games. • Brought home the Public Junior Badminton title titles in the young lady’s copies occasions in 2006 and 2007. • Silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. • Ponnappa won the women’s doubles gold medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2012 in a team with Jwala Gutta. • Won a Silver medal at the 2012 Commonwealth Games in the mixed team competition. • Additionally, Ponnappa won a Silver Medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Career Turning Point	Ponnappa never looked back after winning a Gold Medal at the South Asian Games in 2006.
Highest Ranking	10 (in XD) (August 2015)

Favorites

Brands	Promod, Pull & Bear, Zara
Car	Renault Duster

Ashwini Ponnappa Some Lesser Facts

• Ashwini’s dad was a national hockey player. But she started training for badminton because she preferred it to hockey.
• In 2010, she broke a record at the World Championship in Paris with a smash that was measured at 260 kmph—the highest ever for a woman’s badminton player—compared to her partner Jwala’s record of 219 kmph.
• Ponnappa loves animals and listens to music in her spare time.
• The pair’s sole title of the year was this one.
• She made the announcement that the 2024 Paris Olympics would be her last competition.