Stefani Stoeva

Stefani Stoeva
Personal information
Birth name	Stefani Stoeva
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995[1] Galabovo, Bulgaria[1]
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2009
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	9 (15 June 2017)
Current ranking	12 (11 October 2018[1])
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Bulgaria European Games 2015 Baku Women's doubles European Championships 2018 Huelva Women's doubles 2017 Kolding Women's doubles European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team European Junior Championships 2013 Ankara Women's singles 2013 Ankara Women's doubles European U17 Championships 2009 Medvode Women's doubles
BWF profile

Stefani Stoeva (Bulgarian: Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. The sisters have won some titles, including a gold medal in the 2015 European Games.^[2] Stefani Stoeva has also won some individual titles in women's singles competition.

Career

Stoeva started playing badminton at aged 9 at the Haskovo School Club in 2007. She won gold medals at the U17 European Championships in the girls' singles and doubles.^[3] At the 2014 Scottish Open Grand Prix, she won in the women's doubles event, partnered with Gabriela Stoeva. They beat Heather Olver and Lauren Smith of England in the finals round with the score 21-7, 21-15.^[4]

In 2015, she won the Dutch Open in women's doubles against the top seeds, World No.7 Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of Nederlands with the score 24–22, 21–15 in the final.^[5] She won the Russian Open against Johanna Goliszewski and Carla Nelte of German 21–15, 21–17.^[6] She competed in the European Games, and won gold in the women's doubles alongside her sister.^[7]

In 2016, Stoeva competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, but did not advance to the knocked-out stage after placing third in the group D stage.^[8]

In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold. They lost to China pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan with the score 16–21, 15–21.^[9] The sisters also won the silver medal at the European Chmpionships.^[10]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Gabriela Stoeva	Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–12, 23–21	Gold

European Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de Deportes de Huelva, Huelva, Spain	Gabriela Stoeva	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–12, 21–10	Gold
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Gabriela Stoeva	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	11–21, 21–15, 11–21	Silver

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Line Kjærsfeldt	21–13, 23–25, 21–19	Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Gabriela Stoeva	Julie Finne-Ipsen Rikke Soby Hansen	21–11, 21–18	Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] 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.^[12]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2018	Orleans Masters	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Gabriela Stoeva	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–19, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

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

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Swiss Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16-21, 15-21	Runner-up
2016	Dutch Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21-17, 17-21, 16-21	Runner-up
2015	Dutch Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	24–22, 21–15	Winner
2015	Russian Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2014	Scottish Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	21–7, 21–15	Winner
2014	Brasil Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	5-11, 7-11, 11-4, 10-11	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	White Nights	Petya Nedelcheva	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Slovenian International	Soraya de Visch Eijbergen	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Neslihan Yigit	14–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2013	Bulgaria Eurasia Open	Linda Zetchiri	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2013	Indonesia International	Dinar Dyah Ayustine	21–13, 15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	9–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgaria Hebar Open	Alesia Zaitsava	17–21, 21–18, 10–21	Runner-up
2011	Hungarian International	Camilla Sorensen	23–21 21–14	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Eurasia Bulgarian Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2017	Eurasia Bulgarian Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Bengisu Ercetin Nazlıcan Inci	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2015	Turkey International	Gabriela Stoeva	Ozge Bayrak Neslihan Yigit	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2015	Italian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21–19, 18–21, 13–6 Retired	Winner
2015	Irish Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Julie Finne-Ipsen Rikke S. Hansen	21–10, 22–24, 21–9	Winner
2015	Welsh International	Gabriela Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	21–10, 22–20	Winner
2015	Bulgarian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2015	Spanish International	Gabriela Stoeva	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2015	Orleans International	Gabriela Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	22–20, 16–21, 21–9	Winner
2014	Turkey International	Gabriela Stoeva	Ozge Bayrak Neslihan Yigit	21–11, 21–9	Winner
2014	Swiss International	Gabriela Stoeva	Meiliana Jauhari Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	11–6, 11–5, 11–9	Winner
2014	Spanish Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Imogen Bankier Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2014	Slovenian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Victoria Dergunova Olga Morozova	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2014	Finnish Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Line Damkjaer Kruse Marie Roepke	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2014	Orleans International	Gabriela Stoeva	Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva	14–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2014	Austrian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Olga Golovanova Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–17, 20–22, 21–15	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Gabriela Stoeva	Ozge Bayrak Neslihan Yigit	21–15, 21–8	Winner
2013	Bulgarian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2013	Belgian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva	21–13, 11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Bulgaria Eurasia Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2012	Turkey International	Gabriela Stoeva	Ozge Bayrak Neslihan Yigit	19–21, 21–14, 23–21	Winner
2012	Bulgarian International	Gabriela Stoeva	Ozge Bayrak Neslihan Yigit	21–9, 21–17	Winner
2012	Bulgaria Hebar Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Rumiana Ivanova Dimitria Popstoikova	15–21, 21–14, 21–11	Winner
2012	Banuinvest International	Gabriela Stoeva	Sandra-Maria Jensen Line Kjaersfeldt	19–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

• Stefani Stoeva at BWFbadminton.com
• Stefani Stoeva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com