Shruti Kurien

Shruti Kurien
Personal information
CountryIndia
Born (1983-03-28) 28 March 1983
Chennai, India
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD 1 July 2010)
62 (XD 14 January 2010)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
2006 MelbourneMixed team
South Asian Games
2004 IslamabadWomen's doubles
2004 IslamabadWomen's team
2006 ColomboWomen's doubles
2006 ColomboWomen's team
2010 DhakaWomen's doubles
2010 DhakaWomen's team
BWF profile

Shruti Kurien (born 28 March 1983) is an Indian badminton player. She along with partner Jwala Gutta won the National women's doubles championship in 2000 and 2002–2008. She was the gold medalists at the 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games in the women's doubles and team events, also won mixed team bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Kurien won the women's doubles Grand Prix title at 2008 Bulgaria Open. She was formerly married to Nikhil Kanetkar, another National badminton champion from Maharashtra, although the two are now divorced.