Top 10 athletes from Maharashtra

#4 Aparna Popat (Badminton)

Aparna Popat won nine straight National Championships

India’s National Games winner for a record nine times, Popat won all the National Championships from 1997 to 2006. She kicked started her career with a silver medal and won back to back bronze medals at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.

She also reached a highest ranking of 16th, after 17 years of professional badmintion, Popat retired in 2006, after a series of wrist injuries. She also participated in two Olympic Games and one Asian Games as well.