The Strength Behind the Smash: HS Prannoy’s Love Story Unveiled
When it comes to sports people, lines on true love often take a cynical route, portraying it as a hard-to-find concept that players might not fully believe in, owing to their erratic schedules and career demands. In rightfully capturing the essence of a deep and meaningful connection, one requires complete faith in destiny and the belief that the right person does make life better.
For Indian badminton sensation HS Prannoy, a former Youth Olympic Games silver medallist, and a key member of the Indian squad which wrote a historic chapter at the 2022 Thomas Cup, the right partner came in the form of his now wife, Swetha Thomas.
In life’s journey adorned with adventures and discoveries, a stable partner by your side makes the job smooth and the lows seem to be in the stride too. A frustrated shuttler at one point owing to the uncertainties surrounding him on multiple fronts, found a reverse uno moment eventually and bounced back like a phoenix from the ashes. The entire credit for this transformation went goes to his partner Swetha Thomas, now Prannoy’s spouse.
He was born in 1992 in the Kerala city of Thiruvananthapuram and has been associated with the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy since his formative years, as his affinity for the sport grew from an early age of eight.
Thomas on the other hand is a fashion content creator professional who was born in Kuwait and has been working in Bangalore for the last few years. Besides this not much information is available about her, though her activeness on social media is quite evident with over 20K followers and a pretty impressive feed sharing updates on her personal life.
After being in a relationship for a long time, the duo tied the knot in a traditional and simple Christian ceremony. The September 2022 wedding amidst the beautiful locales of Trivandrum was a private affair and saw the attendance of limited pax as per media reports.
The swashbuckling smasher saw an emergence of success and applause ever since his marriage was solemnized. The Arjuna Award felicitation, bronze medals at the 2023 World Championships and the 2022 Asian Games, Thomas Cup 2022 victory were a series of laurels due to his partner Swetha’s unwavering motivation.
The birdie player’s World number one ranking in the men’s singles category in 2022 and the career best ranking of number six in August 2023 have been the most engrained milestones in his now inactive badminton trajectory, all courtesy his companion in life.
Well, ‘behind every successful man is a woman’ are the golden words uttered by a wise man eons ago. It definitely resonates till date, on or off the court.
