Shaama Sandooyea

Shaama Sandooyea
Personal information
Country	Mauritius
Born	(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	369 (WS 13 February 2014) 325 (WD 16 January 2014) 613 (XD 13 September 2012)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Mauritius Africa Team Championships 2020 Cairo Women's team African Youth Games 2014 Gaborone Girls' doubles 2014 Gaborone Girls' singles 2014 Gaborone Mixed team
BWF profile

Shaama Sandooyea (born 7 January 1997) is a Mauritian badminton player, a climate activist and a marine biologist.^[1][2][3][4] Sandooyea competed at the 2014 African Youth Games, and won a silver and a bronze medal in the girls' doubles and singles respectively.^[5] She also helped the team claim the bronze medal.^[6]

In March 2021, while in a research mission with Greenpeace, she was part of the first underwater protest of the global climate strike.^[7]

Achievements

African Youth Games

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Otse Police College, Gaborone, Botswana	Janke van der Vyver	21–23, 16–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Otse Police College, Gaborone, Botswana	Aurélie Allet	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Deborah Ukeh	15–21, 15–21	Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Mauritius International	Shama Aboobakar	Allisen Camille Cynthia Course	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Shaama Sandooyea". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
2. "Shaama Sandooyea Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
3. Isabelle Gerretsen, Sarah Lazarus, Yoonjung Seo (14 March 2019). "'We don't have time to wait:' Teenagers fight for a greener planet". CNN. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
4. ""Grève pour le climat" : Shaama Sandooyea, 24 ans, a organisé la première manifestation sous-marine au large des Seychelles". Franceinfo (in French). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
5. "BADMINTON : Le sans-faute de Julien Paul" (in French). Le Mauricien. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
6. "BADMINTON : Tournoi par équipes, Le Nigeria domine l'Afrique du Sud, Maurice en bronze" (in French). Le Mauricien. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
7. Greenpeace, Source (19 March 2021). "Activist dives for global climate strike in first underwater protest for the planet – video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• Shaama Sandooyea at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com