Airi Bäck (née Mikkelä, born 5 April 1993) is a Finnish retired badminton player. She started playing badminton at 8 years old, then in 2009, she joined Finnish national badminton team.[1] In 2010, she participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 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.[2]

Airi Bäck
Personal information
Birth nameAiri Mikkelä
CountryFinland
Born (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31)
Vantaa, Finland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking48 (22 June 2017)
BWF profile

She is married to YouTuber Roni Bäck. Their first child was born in January 2023.

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Brasil Open   Beatriz Corrales 13–21, 11–21   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Iceland International   Akvilė Stapušaitytė 21–14, 18–21, 21–11   Winner
2015 Mauritius International   Nanna Vainio 16–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2015 Internacional Mexicano   Telma Santos 15–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2016 Iceland International   Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21–19, 15–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2016 Peru International Series   Nanna Vainio 21–13, 21–17   Winner
2019 Mauritius International   Thet Htar Thuzar 10–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2019 Carebaco International   Jordan Hart 15–21, 16–21   Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Slovenian International   Jenny Nyström   Johanna Goliszewski
  Carla Nelte
14–21, 18–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Airi Mikkela". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Airi Mikkelä" (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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