Airi Mikkelä

Airi Mikkelä (born 5 April 1993) is a Finnish badminton player. She started playing badminton at 8 years old, then in 2009, she joined Finnish national badminton team.[1] In 2010, she participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. In 2014, she won Iceland International tournament in women's singles event. In 2015, she became the runner-up of Mauritius and Mexico international tournament. In 2016, she won Peru International Series and became the runner-up of Iceland International tournament.[2]

Airi Mikkelä
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993
Vantaa, Finland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking48 (22 June 2017)
BWF profile

She is married to YouTuber Roni Bäck. Their first child was born in January 2023.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Brasil Open Spain Beatriz Corrales 13–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Iceland International Lithuania Akvilė Stapušaitytė 21–14, 18–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Mauritius International Finland Nanna Vainio 16–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Internacional Mexicano Portugal Telma Santos 15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Iceland International Denmark Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21–19, 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Peru International Series Finland Nanna Vainio 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Mauritius International Myanmar Thet Htar Thuzar 10–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Carebaco International Wales Jordan Hart 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Slovenian International Finland Jenny Nyström Germany Johanna Goliszewski
Germany Carla Nelte		 14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Airi Mikkela". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Airi Mikkelä" (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 22 August 2016.


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