Ami Ghia still remembers the day she found a badminton racquet at her home. A college student then, Ami became the most effective character in her household to have picked up the sport.
Today, at the age of sixty-two years, Ghia, as soon as referred to as the undisputed “Queen” of the sport in India, while speaking over the telephone from her residence in Mumbai, said, “My parents have never even visible me playing.” The seven-time countrywide singles champion, 8-time runners-up, 12-time gold medalist within the doubles, and four-time champion in the combined doubles had a profession spanning over 18 years from 1970 to 1988.
Ghia’s key success was winning bronze in ladies’ doubles at the 1978 Commonwealth Games with Kanwal Thakar Singh. At the 1982 Asian Games, Ami Ghia hogged the limelight by winning bronze in the women’s group event.
Badminton changed into a type of hobby for the Commonwealth Games gold medalist in her early days. Brought up in Mumbai, Ghia visited Bombay Gymkhana each night after getting back from the faculty. “Some of my dad’s friends suggested he me to Gymkhana to get involved in any game for some hobby in the nighttime so that I do not get pressured with studies,” she found Bombay Gymkhana eventually came out to be the cradle for Ghia as she graduated to one degree after the alternative. Soon, she became part of the underneath-18 class and commenced playing in the senior stage. “I became going with the glide. I used to enjoy playing badminton, and soon I promoted myself from Gymkhana to gambling for Bombay and from Bombay to Maharastra and finally to represent the country,” she said.
Ghia remembers gambling with several worldwide at some in her days – defeating the AllAll-Englandampion from South Korea in the World ChaAll-Englandher brawl in the courtroom with a domestic circuit with Sujata Jain and Madhumita Singh Bist. Not just that, Ghia especially cherishes the time spent with Prakash Padukone. “All of us were inspired simply via watching him. We attempted to take our well-known of the sport to his trendy in the one’s days. I experienced every othetrendial, one-day success of Prakash (Padukone),” commented Ghia, who shared some fond reminiscences about the previous.
“We stood on the equal podium in 1978 with gold medals. Apart from that, we have toured together for around ten years. I became fortunate to have watched his training every time the countrywide team exercised before any global competitions.”
Ghia, a mom of two, quit professional badminton in 1988. “There was no pressure from my family to stop playing the sport. I chose to give priority to my family. But I do not have any remorse for that.”
Ghia has recently been watching modern badminton on television. Her favorites are the top three shuttlers of America’s United States: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, and Kidambi Srikanth. She normally does not skip over watching those three players’ games and enjoys learning.
