Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian male 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 .^[1]

Background

He attended Thakur College in Kandivali for his undergraduate education.^[2]

Career

In 2012 he won the second Karvy All India junior-ranking badminton tournament.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

In the 2016 Premier Badminton League, he represented Mumbai Masters.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dutch International	Mads Christophersen	15–21, 21–12, 21–13	Winner
2018	Polish International	Kai Schäfer	14–21, 22–20, 9–21	Runner-up
2018	Ghana International	Siddharath Thakur	14–21, 21–16, 23–21	Winner
2015	Turkey International	Marc Zwiebler	8–21, 21–15, 7–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament