Carolina Marín

Carolina Marín
Carolina Marín in 2014
Personal information
Birth name	Carolina María Marín Martín
Born	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 Huelva, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Years active	Since 2009
Handedness	Left
Coach	Fernando Rivas
Women's singles
Career record	326 Wins, 98 Losses
Career title(s)	28
Highest ranking	1 (24 November 2016)
Current ranking	5 (27 September 2018)
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles World Championships 2014 Copenhagen Singles 2015 Jakarta Singles 2018 Nanjing Singles European Championships 2014 Kazan Singles 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Singles 2017 Kolding Singles 2018 Huelva Singles European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team 2018 Kazan Women's team World Junior Championships 2011 Taipei Singles European Junior Championships 2011 Vantaa Singles 2009 Milan Singles European U17 Championships 2009 Medvode Singles
BWF profile

Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish professional badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, four-time European Champion and a former World’s No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's singles.^[1][2] She has become the World Champion in women's singles three times, winning in 2014, 2015 and 2018.^[3] She won her first Olympics gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics.^[4][5]

In June 2017, she was appointed as the Brand ambassador of Meliá Hotels International.^[6] She was also appointed the brand ambassador of football major LaLiga for its promotion in other countries.

In 2018, she won the BWF World Championships for the third time, becoming the first ever female badminton athlete to have achieved this feat.

Badminton career

Carolina started playing badminton at the IES La Orden badminton club in Huelva. In 2009, she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a silver medal first, at the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships,^[7] and a gold medal later, at the 2009 European U17 Badminton Championships.^[8]

Carolina played for the Bangalore-based team Banga Beats in the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) in 2013.^[9]

She was the first Spanish badminton player to win a Grand Prix Gold title after winning the 2013 London Grand Prix Gold.

On 31 August 2014 she defeated Li Xuerui from China in the BWF World Championships singles final and became the first Spaniard to win a World Championship title and the third European female player to achieve the gold medal, after Lene Køppen (1977) and Camilla Martin (1999).^[10] Aged only 21, she became the youngest European world champion ever.^[11]

On 8 March 2015, she won the All England, her first Superseries Premier title in her first Superseries Premier final After defeating Saina Nehwal in the Final with score 16–21, 21–14, 21–7. The title propelled her to rank number 4 in the world ranking and, for the first time, no. 1 in the Superseries standing.

At 2015 India Open, she had the chance to unseat Li Xuerui as the new world no. 1. However, she narrowly lost to Thai prodigy Ratchanok Intanon in a close three game match at the semi-final stage. Carolina rose to a career high of no.2 in the world ranking on 2 April 2015.

On 5 April 2015, Carolina Marín won her second straight Super Series Premier title, beating Olympic champion Li Xuerui for the second consecutive time at the 2015 Malaysia Open with score 19–21, 21–19, 21–17.

On 16 August 2015, she defended her title at the World Championship by beating Saina Nehwal of India in 21–16, 21–19.

2015 is the golden year for Carolina Marín where in addition to defending the World Championship title, she also won other Super Series titles such as the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, and 2015 Hong Kong Open.

On 19 August 2016, she won a gold medal by beating India's P.V Sindhu in the singles final at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio, Brazil with a score of 19–21, 21–12, 21–15. An indoor arena in Huelva is named after her honour, with Marín herself attending the inauguration.^[12]

In 2017, Carolina Marín won the Japan Open Superseries title after beating He Bingjiao of China in the final, winning a superseries title after almost two years.

In the Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open, which took place late November 2017, Carolina Marín retired to Michelle Li, losing 21–19, 13–21, 8–11, due to a hip injury that she sustained during the match. Marín later announced on Twitter and Instagram that, due to her hip injury, she would not be participating in the season ending Dubai World Superseries Finals.^[13]

On 29 April 2018 She won her fourth consecutive European Championships title in a row at the Huelva 2018 European Championships hosted at Huelva, Spain. By beating Evgeniya Kosetskaya with Score 21-15, 21-7

On 5 August 2018, she won the title in the Badminton World Championships by defeating P. V. Sindhu of India in two sets with 21-19, 21-10 making her the first female badminton player in history to win three World Championship titles.

Achievements

Carolina Marín at 2013 Axiata Cup in Surabaya

Carolina Marín at 2014 Spanish National Championships in Jaén

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Riocentro – Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	P. V. Sindhu	19–21, 21–12, 21–15	Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China	P. V. Sindhu	21–19, 21–10	Gold
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Saina Nehwal	21–16, 21–19	Gold
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Li Xuerui	17–21, 21–17, 21–18	Gold

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–15, 21–7	Gold
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 21–12	Gold
2016	Vendespace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Kirsty Gilmour	21–12, 21–18	Gold
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Anna Thea Madsen	21–9, 14–21, 21–8	Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[14] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[15]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Chen Yufei	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Nozomi Okuhara	21–19, 17–21, 21–11	Winner

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Japan Open	He Bingjiao	23–21, 21–12	Winner
2017	Singapore Open	Tai Tzu-ying	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Malaysia Open	Tai Tzu-ying	25–23, 20–22, 13–21	Runner-up
2017	India Open	P. V. Sindhu	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Hong Kong Open	Nozomi Okuhara	21–17, 18–21, 22–20	Winner
2015	French Open	Wang Shixian	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2015	Australian Open	Wang Shixian	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2015	Malaysia Open	Li Xuerui	19–21, 21–19, 21–17	Winner
2015	All England Open	Saina Nehwal	16–21, 21–14, 21–7	Winner
2014	Australian Open	Saina Nehwal	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

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
2017	German Open	Akane Yamaguchi	Walkover	Runner-up
2015	German Open	Sung Ji-hyun	15–21, 21–14, 6–21	Runner-up
2015	Syed Modi International	Saina Nehwal	21–19, 23–25, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Scottish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 11–21, 21–13	Winner
2013	London Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–19, 21–9	Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Spanish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Italian International	Sabrina Jaquet	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2013	Spanish Open	Beatriz Corrales	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Finnish Open	Beatriz Corrales	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2013	Swedish Masters	Nicole Schaller	21–6, 21–10	Winner
2011	Irish International	Pai Hsiao-ma	21–12, 19–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2011	Spanish Open	Olga Konon	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2011	Morocco International	Juliane Schenk	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2010	Italian International	Olga Konon	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Cyprus International	Olga Golovanova	21–12, 25–27, 21–14	Winner
2010	Uganda International	Anne Hald Jensen	21–18, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2009	Irish International	Rachel van Cutsen	22–24, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Cyprus International	Špela Silvester	21–23, 21–23	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Individual junior titles (2)

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	European U17 Championships	Neslihan Yiğit	21–9, 21–3
2011	European Junior Championships	Beatriz Corrales	21–14, 23–21

Runners-up (1)

Date	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2009	European Junior Championships	Anne Hald	21–18, 10–21, 10–21

Record against selected opponents

Women's Singles results against World Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.^[16]

Last revised: 26 September 2017

References

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