Tanvi Sharma (born 22 December 2008) is an Indian badminton player. She is the first Indian to win more than one medal in an edition of the World Junior Championships, with a silver in the girls' singles and bronze in the mixed team event at the 2025 edition. She was a part of the team that won gold at the 2024 Asian Team Championships.
Early life Sharma was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. She was introduced to badminton at an early age by her mother Meena Sharma who played volleyball at the DC Complex. Tanvi joined the Gopichand Academy in 2016, where she trained as a non-scholarship trainee for five years until 2021.
Achievements World Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 National Centre of Excellence, Guwahati, India Anyapat Phichitpreechasak 7–15, 12–15 Silver
Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2025 Manahan Indoor Sports Hall, Surakarta, Indonesia Yin Yiqing 13–21, 14–21 Bronze
BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up) The World Tour was announced in 2017 and implemented in 2018. It is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The tour is divided into levels of Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and Super 100.
Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2024 Odisha Masters Super 100 Cai Yanyan 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2025 U.S. Open Super 300 Beiwen Zhang 11–21, 21–16, 10–21 Runner-up 2025 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Tung Ciou-tong 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2026 Taipei Open Super 300 Nguyễn Thùy Linh 21–16, 21–16 Winner
International Challenge / Series (2 titles) Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2024 Bonn International Wang Pei-yu 21–19, 22–20 Winner 2025 Denmark Challenge Ni Kadek Dhinda Amartya Pratiwi 21–13, 21–10 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
Junior International (1 title, 1 runner-up) Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2023 India Junior International Navya Kanderi 20–22, 21–18, 21–13 Winner
Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 India Junior International Radhika Sharma Ong Xin Yee Carmen Ting 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Performance timeline
Tournaments Senior events Event 2024 2025 2026 RefIndividual Olympic Games A NH World Championships NH A Asian Championships A 1R TeamUber Cup QF NH RR Sudirman CupNHANH Asian Games NH QF Asian ChampionshipsG NH 7th Asian Mixed ChampionshipsNHANH
Junior events Event 2024 2025 RefIndividualWorld ChampionshipsQF S Asian Championships3RBTeamWorld Championships6thB Asian Championships6th6th
BWF World Tour TournamentWorld TourBestRef 2024 2025 2026 India Open A 1R 1R ('26) Indonesia Masters A 1R 1R ('26) German Open A 1R 1R ('26) Swiss Open A 1R 1R ('26) Orléans Masters A SF SF ('26) Thailand Open A 1R 1R ('26) Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R ('26) Australian Open A QF QF ('26) U.S. Open A F QF F ('25) Taipei Open A W W ('26) Korea Masters A QF QF ('26) China Masters A 2R 2R ('26) Indonesia Masters Super 100 2R A 2R ('24) Vietnam Open A QF SF SF ('26) Syed Modi International 1R SF SF ('25) Guwahati Masters QF F F ('25) Odisha Masters F QF F ('24) Year-end ranking 100 42 26
Record against opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 December 2025.
Player Matches Win Lost Wang Zhiyi 1 0 1 –1 Nozomi Okuhara 1 1 0 1
See also Badminton in India India national badminton team List of Indian sportswomen
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