Larisa Griga

Larisa Griga
Personal information
Birth name Larisa Valeriïvna Griga
Country  Ukraine
Born (1984-05-31) 31 May 1984
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Residence Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Semenuta V
PG Jonsson
Makhnovskiy Gennadiy
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 29 (WS) 11 Aug 2011
330 (WD) 14 mar 2013
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Ukraine
European Junior Championships
2003 Esbjerg Girls' singles
BWF profile

Larisa Griga (Ukrainian: Лариса Грига; born 31 May 1984 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a female badminton player from Ukraine.[1][2] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.[3]

She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round (lost to 2nd seed Xie Xingfang of China).[4]

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team Griga reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyama and Eric Pang the final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Since the autumn of 2008, Griga is playing for the club Fyrisfjädern in Uppsala, Sweden.

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Larisa Griga". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Larysa Hryha". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Larisa Griga". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Chinese top seeds Lin and Zhang advance". www.dawn.com. DAWN. Retrieved 23 October 2016.


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