Sara Persson

Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a Swedish badminton player.[1] Persson won the women's singles title at the Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it consecutively from 2005-2008.[2] She competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but defeated in the first round to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria with the score 10–21, 10–21.[3] Her sister, Johanna Persson, is also an Olympian who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[4]

Sara Persson
Personal information
Birth nameSara Lisa Sofia Persson
CountrySweden
Born (1980-09-23) 23 September 1980
Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2008 Finnish International England Elizabeth Cann 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Italian International Germany Juliane Schenk 16–21, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Italian International Russia Ella Karachkova 21–12, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Irish International Scotland Susan Hughes 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Norwegian International Denmark Anne Marie Pedersen 19–21, 21–18, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Austrian International Germany Juliane Schenk 19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Iceland International England Julia Mann 13–11, 7–0 Retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Swedish International England Elizabeth Cann 9–11, 2–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Russia Ella Karachkova 11–7, 10–13, 3–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Dutch International Germany Petra Overzier 8–11, 6–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2002 Czech International England Jill Pittard 11–2, 11–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Spanish International Spain Dolores Marco 7–3, 7–2, 7–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Austrian International Russia Elena Sukhareva 7–5, 8–6, 7–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 Welsh International Netherlands Brenda Beenhakker 5–7, 5–7, 0–7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Sara Persson". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Svenska Mästerskap senior" (in Swedish). Badminton Sweden. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. "Kort OS för Sara Persson" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. "Om 2 månader startar OS kvalet till London 2012" (in Swedish). Täby Badminton. Retrieved 31 January 2018.


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