Palak Kohli
Personal information
Country	India
Born	(2002-08-12) 12 August 2002 (age 21) Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Height	5.2 ft (158 cm)
Coach	Gaurav Khanna
Women's singles SU5 Women's doubles SL3–SU5 Mixed doubles SL3–SU5
Highest ranking	8 (WS 21 November 2021) 2 (WD with Parul Parmar 4 July 2022) 6 (XD with Pramod Bhagat 25 April 2022)
Current ranking	39 (WS) 3 (WD with Parul Parmar) 11 (XD with Pramod Bhagat) (8 November 2022)
Medal record Representing  India Women's para-badminton World Championships 2024 Pattaya Women's singles Asian Youth Para Games 2021 Manama Doubles 2021 Manama Women's singles 2021 Manama Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Palak Kohli (born 12 August 2002) is an Indian professional para-badminton athlete player from Jalandhar.^[1][2]

Personal life

Palak Kohli comes from Jalandhar.^[3] She studied in St.Joseph's Convent school.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Kohli trains in the national training camp under Gaurav Khanna, who is the head coach of Indian para-badminton team.^[4]

In April 2021, she and Manasi Joshi both reached the finals of the Dubai Para-Badminton International at their respective singles category. She was beaten by Megan Hollander in the SU5 final.^[5]

Kohli is the only para badminton athlete from the country to qualify for both singles and women's doubles for Tokyo Paralympics 2021.^[6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Leani Ratri Oktila	21–19, 17–21, 16–21	Bronze

Asian Youth Para Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Alba Club, Riffa, Bahrain	Warining Rahayu	11–21, 12–21	Bronze

Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Alba Club, Riffa, Bahrain	Sanjana Kumari	Nehal Gupta Abhijeet Sakhuja	15–21, 16–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Alba Club, Riffa, Bahrain	Nehal Gupta	Hardik Makkar Sanjana Kumari	17–21, 16–21	Bronze

BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[7][8]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Parul Parmar	Mandeep Kaur Manisha Ramdass	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Bahrain Para Badminton International	Level 2	Parul Parmar	Mandeep Kaur Manisha Ramdass	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Pramod Bhagat	Ruthick Ragupathi Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	14–21, 21–11, 21–14	Winner

International Tournaments (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Zehra Bağlar	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2021	Dubai Para Badminton International	Megan Hollander	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Shanthiya Viswanathan	21–17, 21–17	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Uganda Para Badminton International	Parul Parmar	Zehra Bağlar Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	21–15, 16–21, 21–15	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Parul Parmar	Nipada Saensupa Chanida Srinavakul	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Mandeep Kaur	Parul Parmar Vaishali Nilesh Patel	21–15, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Uganda Para Badminton International	Pramod Bhagat	Ruthick Ragupathi Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up