Saina Nehwal is an Indian Badminton player who achieved a career best ranking of 2 in 2010 and 2012, at the London Olympics, she became the first Indian to win a medal in badminton for India. Saina burst onto the badminton scene as the under-19 champion in India and then created history by becoming the only player to win the Indian Chapter of the prestigious Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament twice. She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Bhushan.