Linda Zetchiri

Linda Zetchiri
Personal information
Birth name Linda Zetchiri
Country  Bulgaria
Born (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987[1]
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking 26[2] (11 July 2012)
Current ranking 39 (2 February 2018)
Medal record
Representing  Bulgaria
Badminton
European Championships
2012 KarlskronaWomen's singles
European Women's Team Championships
2016 KazanWomen's team
2014 BaselWomen's team
European Junior Championships
2005 Den BoschGirls' singles
BWF profile

Linda Zetchiri (Bulgarian: Линда Зечири) (born July 27, 1987) is a badminton player from Bulgaria. She competed at the 2015 Baku European Games and 2016 Rio Olympics.[3][4] She was the bronze medallists at the 2005 European Junior and 2012 European Championships.[5][6] She is one of the leading Bulgarian players in the sport.[7]

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden Denmark Tine Baun 13–21, 14–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2005 De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands Switzerland Jeanine Cicognini 5–11, 5–11 Bronze

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
2013 Bitburger Open Thailand Nichaon Jindapon 13–21, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Dutch Open Netherlands Yao Jie 14–21, 13–21 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
2015 Czech Open Scotland Kirsty Gilmour 16–21, 14–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Hellas International England Fontaine Mica Chapman 9–21, 6–14 Retired 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Austrian International Hong Kong Cheung Ngan Yi 16–21, 8–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Iran Fajr International Turkey Neslihan Yiğit 21–19, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Welsh International Spain Beatriz Corrales 21–10, 13–21, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Kharkiv International Turkey Ozge Bayrak 10–11, 11–5, 3–11, 11–8, 11–5 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Hellas International Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee 21–13, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Bulgaria Eurasia Open Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva 16–21, 18–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Hellas International Switzerland Nicole Schaller 21–14, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Cyprus International Wales Carissa Turner 21–15, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Norwegian International France Sashina Vignes Waran 21–18, 11–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Portugal International Spain Beatriz Corrales 15–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Norwegian International Republic of Ireland Chloe Magee 21–19, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Bulgarian International Turkey Neslihan Yigit 21–18, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Turkey International Netherlands Judith Meulendijks 21–19, 18–21, 15–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Bulgarian International Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva 14–21, 8–19 Retired 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009 Banuinvest International Bulgaria Petya Nedelcheva 9–21, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Slovenian International Belgium Lianne Tan 21–15, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

See also

References

  1. ↑ BWA Profile
  2. ↑ BFA Ranking
  3. ↑ "Athletes: Linda Zetchiri". Baku 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016: Bulgaria's Olympic hopefuls". Bulgarian National Radio. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Зечири остана с бронз от Европейското по бадминтон" (in Bulgarian). bTV Новините. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ↑ 7sport editors (16 April 2014). "Вести". 7sport.net. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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