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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