Harsheel Dani


Harsheel Dani is an Indian badminton player. He represented India in the Asian and BWF World Junior Championships. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals. Currently training at the Uday Pawar Academy in Mumbai under Indian Coach Uday Pawar, he aims to compete at various international tournaments in order to transition smoothly to the senior circuit and is receiving support from the GoSports Foundation.

Background

He is an undergrad from Thakur college, Kandivali.

Career

In 2012 he won the second Karvy All India junior-ranking badminton tournament.
He was the runner-up of the 2015 Turkey International.
At the 2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold, he reached the quarterfinal.
He was the semi-finalist at the Austrian Open in February 2016.
Harsheel is part of the national training camp at the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, and has left with the team to compete at the Canada Open.
In the 2016 Premier Badminton League, he represented Mumbai Masters.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Dutch International Mads Christophersen15–21, 21–12, 21–13 Winner
2018Polish International Kai Schäfer14–21, 22–20, 9–21 Runner-up
2018Ghana International Siddharath Thakur14–21, 21–16, 23–21 Winner
2015Turkey International Marc Zwiebler8–21, 21–15, 7–21 Runner-up