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
Medal record Representing  India Men's Badminton Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Men's Singles 2011 Lucknow Mixed Team[1] 2012 Gimcheon Men's Singles

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	Ng Ka Long	14–21, 21–10, 11–21	02 ! 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	Sourabh Varma	21–11, 21–18	01 ! Winner
2015	Bangladesh International	B. Sai Praneeth	14–21, 21–8, 17–21	02 ! Runner-up
2015	Bahrain International Challenge	Derek Wong Zi Liang	21–14, 21–10	01 ! Winner
2015	Bahrain International	Pratul Joshi	21–13, 18–21, 21–8	01 ! Winner
2015	Sri Lanka International	B. Sai Praneeth	18–21, 8–21	02 ! Runner-up
2013	Bahrain International Challenge	Subhankar Dey	19–21, 21–14, 21–12	01 ! Winner
2013	Bahrain International	Dinuka Karunaratna	21–11, 18–21, 21–13	01 ! Winner
2012	Iran Fajr International	Niluka Karunaratne	18–21, 15–21	02 ! 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