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Konika Rani Adhikary
Personal information
Birth name	রানী অধিকারী
Country	Bangladesh
Born	2 December 1979 (1979-12-02) (age 45) Bangladesh
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Bangladesh South Asian Games 2010 Dhaka Women's team
BWF profile

Konika Rani Adhikary (Bengali: রানী অধিকারী; born 2 December 1979) is a Bangladeshi badminton player and national champion. She is part of the Bangladesh National Badminton team and has represented Bangladesh in internationals tournaments.

Biography

Konika Rani Adhikary won her first national title in 1996 against Sharmin Akthar Momo. She has won 15 titles in her career including seven times in mixed, six times in women's doubles and twice in singles. In 2005 she represented Bangladesh in Asian Badminton Confederation Championship. She participated in the Bajaj Discover Nepal International Series 2008 Badminton Championship in the mixed doubles event with fellow Bangladeshi Abdul Hannan. They lost to Balram Thapa and Pooja Shrestha of Nepal in the opening day of the tournament. She participated in the 11th South Asian Games but lost her match against Pakistani Tennis player Alina in January 2010. She beat Palwasha Basheer, from the Pakistan team in the 2010 South Asian Games, securing Bangladesh badminton team victory over the Pakistan national team, three to one in Bangladesh's favor. She was part of the 2010 badminton national squad of Bangladesh.

Sporting achievements

References

1. "Bangladesh women shutters beat Pakistan". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
2. "BWF content". bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
3. "Bangladesh participate in Asian Badminton championship in Hyderabad". bdnews24.com. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
4. "Balram, Pankaj, Sajan win on first day". The Himalayan Times. The Himalayan Times. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
5. "Medals confirmed". The Daily Star. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
6. "Aamir, Farhan on their way to SAG gold and silver". dawn.com. Dawn. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
7. "TT, badminton eye silver". The Daily Star. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

External links

• Konika Rani Adhikary at BWFBadminton.com
• Konika Rani Adhikary at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)

• 1979 births
• Living people
• Bangladeshi female badminton players
• South Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh
• South Asian Games medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games