31-07-2025
Trupti Murgunde's Biggest Learning From Sport: 'Hang On & Don't Give Up'
Ex-shuttler Trupti Murgunde has highlighted perseverance through adversities as her key learning from sports, aiding her professional life after retirement.
Former Indian shuttler and two-time South Asian Games gold medallist Trupti Murgunde has said that her biggest learning from playing sports was to keep going no matter the adversities, adding that this mantra has helped her in daily professional life even after retirement from badminton.
Known for her deceptive strokes, Murgunde bagged six international titles in singles as well as in BWF events from 1999 to 2014.
'While I was actively playing, we would win and lose on the same day and still come back the next day and repeat the process. Still to hang on and not give up is something I learnt," Murgunde said while speaking at the SheShakti 2025 Mumbai Edition.
'Now, when I have been working for Indian Oil for 22 years in an administrative role, it helps me so much. Whenever I am facing any issues or match up with my colleagues because I come from a sports background, I just think about those learnings and come back afresh," Murgunde added.
Trupti trained in Pune under Vasant Gore from the age of nine during her initial years before moving out to Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru and getting coached under the former shuttler and Vimal Kumar in Bengaluru where she has been residing since 1999.
Trupti went on to become the National Champion in junior category. She was conferred the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement by the President of India on August in 2020.
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