| Thinaah Muralitharan தீனா முரளிதரன் | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thinaah at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony.
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| Country | Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 26) Klang, Selangor, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Lee Meng Yean Hoon Thien How Rexy Mainaky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 5 (WD with Pearly Tan 31 January 2023) 282 (XD with Tee Kai Wun 3 March 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 13 (WD with Pearly Tan 16 July 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thinaah Muralitharan BKS (born 3 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player who entered the national team in 2013.[1] She was the gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]
In 2021, Thinaah with her partner Pearly Tan, clinched their first BWF World Tour title in the Swiss Open.[4]
In 2022, Thinaah and Tan claimed the French Open title, becomes the first ever Malaysian women's doubles to achieve this feat.[5]
Thinaah is the second child of S. Muralitharan, an engineer and Parimala Devi Kalalingam, a medical doctor.[6][7] She has an older brother and a younger sister, Selinaah Muralitharan, who is a former Selangor state shuttler.[6] She is fluent in four languages, namely Tamil (mother tongue), Bahasa Malaysia (national language), English and Mandarin, in which she picked up from her ethnic Chinese friends whilst she was studying at the Bukit Jalil Sports School.[8][9] Since May 2020, Thinaah is pursuing a Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)atOpen University Malaysia.[10]
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2022 | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England |
 Pearly Tan
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 Chloe Birch Lauren Smith
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21–5, 21–8 |  Gold
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[2] |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[12]
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2021 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Pearly Tan
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 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
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21–19, 21–12 |  Winner
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[4] |
| 2022 | French Open | Super 750 | Pearly Tan
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 Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara
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21–19, 18–21, 21–15 | Winner
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[5] |
| 2023 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | Pearly Tan
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 Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee
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20–22, 21–8, 17–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2023 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500 | Pearly Tan
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 Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
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21–14, 22–24, 9–21 | Runner-up
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[13] |
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Iran Fajr International | Lee Ying Ying
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11–8, 11–6, 9–11, 11–9 | Winner
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| 2018 | Dutch International |  Julie Dawall Jakobsen
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21–17, 15–21, 11–21 | Runner-up
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Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Malaysia International | Payee Lim Peiy Yee
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 Cheng Yu-chieh Chung Kan-yu
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21–17, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2019 | Malaysia International | Pearly Tan
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Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Ribka Sugiarto
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21–16, 11–21, 21–18 | Winner
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| 2019 | Sydney International | Pearly Tan
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Cheng Yu-chieh Tseng Yu-chi
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17–21, 21–17, 13–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | India International | Pearly Tan
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Teoh Mei Xing Yap Ling
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21–18, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2019 | Bangladesh International | Pearly Tan
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 K. Maneesha Rutaparna Panda
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22–20, 21–19 | Winner
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| Year | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2022 | Selangor Sports Awards | 2021-2022 Selangor Sportswoman | Won[14] |
| National Sports Awards | National women's team (with Pearly Tan) | Won[15] | |
| 2023 | Nambikkai Star Icon Awards | Best Sports Personality | Won[16] |
| 2024 | Dr. Ambedkar International Award | Won[17] |
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