Telma Santos

Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012[2] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[4]

Telma Santos
Personal information
CountryPortugal
Born (1983-08-01) August 1, 1983
Peniche, Portugal[1]
ResidencePeniche, Portugal
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight[1]
CoachLuís Carvalho
Highest ranking62 (22 September 2011)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Portugal
Helvetia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Agros Mixed team
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Huelva Women's singles 35+
BWF profile

In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.

Achievements

World Senior Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Bulgaria Maya Dobreva 21–12, 21–7 Gold Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007Syria InternationalPortugal Filipa Lamy21–16, 21–15Winner
2007Jordan SatelliteSlovenia Maja Tvrdy15–21, 18–21Runner-up
2008Iran Fajr InternationalItaly Agnese Allegrini10–21, 21–16, 19–21Runner-up
2009Portugal InternationalEngland Jill Pittard16–21, 14–21Runner-up
2010Portugal InternationalEngland Helen Davies21–17, 19–21, 21–12Winner
2010Santo Domingo OpenItaly Agnese Allegrini21–11, 23–21Winner
2011Uganda InternationalTurkey Özge Bayrak21–19, 19–21, 21–19Winner
2011Syria InternationalSyria Sanaa Mahmoud21–14, 21–10Winner
2011South Africa InternationalTurkey Özge Bayrak19–21, 10–21Runner-up
2013Hatzor InternationalRussia Olga Golovanova21–16, 21–19Winner
2013Morocco InternationalNetherlands Gayle Mahulette21–12, 21–10Winner
2013Botswana InternationalSouth Africa Elme de Villiers21–4, 21–11Winner
2013South Africa InternationalEgypt Hadia Hosny21–6, 21–10Winner
2014Colombia InternationalPeru Daniela Macías11–5, 11–6, 11–3Winner
2014Hatzor InternationalCroatia Dorotea Sutara11–6, 11–6, 11–5Winner
2015Guatemala InternationalUnited States Rong Schafer21–12, 11–21, 10–21Runner-up
2015Mexico InternationalFinland Airi Mikkelä21–15, 21–14Winner
2015Suriname InternationalBrazil Lohaynny VicenteWalkoverWinner
2015South Africa InternationalHungary Laura Sárosi22–20, 21–17Winner
2016Uganda InternationalMauritius Kate Foo Kune21–10, 21–12Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Italian International Portugal Vânia Leça Austria Verena Fastenbauer
Austria Simone Prutsch		 7–11, 3–11 Runner-up
2002 Spanish International Portugal Filipa Lamy Sweden Elin Bergblom
Sweden Johanna Persson		 6–8, 0–7, 4–7 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Cyprus International Portugal Nuno Santos Cyprus Nicolas Panayiotou
Poland Katarzyna Krasowska		 12–15, 15–9, 15–4 Winner
  BWF International Series tournaments
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Telma Santos Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. "London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  3. Group, Global Media (2016-08-15). "Badminton - Telma Santos despede-se com terceira derrota". DN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  4. "Fernando Silva e Telma Santos eleitos jogadores do ano". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2016.


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