Airi Mikkelä

Airi Mikkelä
Personal information
Birth name Airi Mikkelä
Country  Finland
Born (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993
Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness Right
Women's
Highest ranking 70 (WS) 28 Apr 2016
162 (WD) 26 Apr 2012
Current ranking 72 (WS) (18 Aug 2016)
BWF profile

Airi Mikkelä (born 5 April 1993) is a Finnish female badminton player. She started playing badminton at 8 years old, then in 2009, she joined Finnish national badminton team.[1][2] In 2010, she participated at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games 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.[3]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result|-
2016 Brasil Open Spain Beatriz Corrales 13-21, 11-21 2nd, 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
2016 Peru International Series Finland Nanna Vainio 21-13, 21-17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Iceland International Denmark Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21-19, 15-21, 16-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Internacional Mexicano Portugal Telma Santos 15-21, 19-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Mauritius International Finland Nanna Vainio 16-21, 11-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Iceland International Lithuania Akvile Stapusaityte 21-14, 18-21, 21-11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Airi MIKKELA". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Airi MIKKELA Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Airi Mikkelä". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 22 August 2016.


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