Indian shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy managed to feature in the Guinness World Record by striking the fastest smash in the ongoing Korea Open 2023.
Satwiksairaj broke a decade-long record which was set in May 2013 by Malaysian Tan Boon Heong, who had produced a speed of 493 km/h with his smash.
India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy broke a decade-old Guinness world record for the fastest shot ever in badminton with an astonishing 565 km/hour smash.
- To put Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s astonishing hit into context, the fastest speed recorded by a Formula 1 car is 397.48 km/hour while the fastest tennis serve maxes out at 263 km/hour.
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s hit is the fastest badminton smash recorded irrespective of gender. The women’s record stands of 438 km/hour belongs to Malaysia’s Pearly Tan.
- Both Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Pearly Tan’s world record attempts were conducted under controlled conditions at the Yonex Tokyo Factory in Soka, Saitama, Japan, on April 14, 2023.
- The marks were later verified by official judges from the Guinness world records based on the speed measurement results from that day.
Other famous Badminton players -
- Prakash Padukon
- Pullela Gopichand
- Lakshya Sen
- Kidambi Srikanth
- B Sai Praneeth
- HS Prannoy
- Sameer Verma
- PV Sindhu
- Saina Nehwal
- Chirag Shetty
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
- Ashwini Ponnappa
- N Sikki Reddy
