Anastasia Vladimirovna Russkikh (Russian: Анастасия Владимировна Русских; born 20 May 1983) is an international badminton player from Gatchina, Russia.[1] She entered her first tournament at age 9 in Sweden and finished in third place. She began playing professionally with her local Gatchina Badminton Club as well as a larger Danish club in Skaelskor, Denmark. In 2010, she played for the Vendsyssel Elite Badminton club.[2] Russkikh is one of Russia's top badminton players, and is a high-ranking competitor in women's and mixed-doubles competitions. Together with her partner in women's doubles, Petya Nedelcheva from Bulgaria, she won the silver medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships.[3]

Anastasia Russkikh
Russkikh at the Yonex Open Japan 2009
Personal information
Birth nameAnastasia Vladimirovna Russkikh
Country Russia
Born (1983-05-20) 20 May 1983 (age 41)
Gatchina, USSR
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking3 (WD) 2 December 2010
29 (XD) 21 January 2010
Medal record
Badminton
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Manchester Women's doubles
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Glasgow Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Spała Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Spała Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

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European Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena,
Manchester, England
  Petya Nedelcheva   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
18–21, 14–21   Silver

European Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Sports Hall,
Spała, Poland
  Elena Shimko   Kamila Augustyn
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
8–15, 1–15   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kelvin Hall,
Glasgow, Scotland
  Alexey Vasiliev   Mathias Boe
  Karina Sørensen
4–15, 9–15   Bronze

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 French Open   Petya Nedelcheva   Duanganong Aroonkesorn
  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
16–21, 2–11 Retired   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Indonesia Open   Hendra Setiawan   Robert Mateusiak
  Nadieżda Zięba
18–21, 20–22   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Dutch Open   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
20–22, 21–15, 21–13   Winner
2001 Dutch Open   Xu Huaiwen   Pernille Harder
  Majken Vange
3–7, 7–2, 7–0, 4–7, 7–5   Winner
  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
2001 Estonian International   Elina Väisänen 11–4, 11–7   Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 White Nights   Irina Khlebko   Tatyana Bibik
  Olga Golovanova
21–17, 21–19   Winner
2010 Bulgarian International   Petya Nedelcheva   Tatyana Bibik
  Olga Golovanova
Walkover   Winner
2010 White Nights   Petya Nedelcheva   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2009 Bulgarian International   Petya Nedelcheva   Nicole Grether
  Charmaine Reid
21–11, 21–18   Winner
2009 White Nights   Anastasia Prokopenko   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
19–21, 21–13, 17–21   Runner-up
2008 Norwegian International   Irina Khlebko   Emelie Lennartsson
  Emma Wengberg
21–18, 21–23, 21–16   Winner
2008 White Nights   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
21–12, 21–18   Winner
2008 European Circuit Finals   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
19–21, 21–13, 21–15   Winner
2008 Dutch International   Ekaterina Ananina   Kamila Augustyn
  Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
16–21, 21–11, 13–21   Runner-up
2008 Finnish International   Ekaterina Ananina   Lena Frier Kristiansen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2007 Italian International   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
21–15, 26–24   Winner
2007 Norwegian International   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
21–14, 20–22, 21–13   Winner
2007 White Nights   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
21–15, 21–14   Winner
2006 Hungarian International   Ekaterina Ananina   Imogen Bankier
  Emma Mason
21–18, 21–8   Winner
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Ekaterina Ananina   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
10–21, 21–18, 14–21   Runner-up
2006 Finnish International   Ekaterina Ananina   Emelie Lennartsson
  Sophia Hansson
21–12 Retired   Winner
2005 Hungarian International   Ekaterina Ananina   Imogen Bankier
  Emma Mason
15–4, 10–15, 15–5   Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Petya Nedelcheva   Jwala Gutta
  Shruti Kurien
15–11, 15–6   Winner
2004 Russian International   Irina Ruslyakova   Valeria Sorokina
  Nina Vislova
15–2, 15–3   Winner
2003 Welsh International   Ella Karachkova   Laura Choinet
  Perrine Lebuhanic
15–1, 15–4   Winner
2002 Slovenian International   Ekaterina Ananina   Lena Frier Kristiansen
  Karina Sørensen
11–7, 11–5   Winner
2001 Estonian International   Kai-Riin Saluste   Kati Kraaving
  Kairi Saks
17–16, 15–3   Winner
2001 Austrian International   Ella Karachkova   Britta Andersen
  Lene Mørk
12–15, 15–7, 17–16   Winner
2000 Russian International   Ella Karachkova   Irina Ruslyakova
  Marina Yakusheva
8–15, 10–15   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Norwegian International   Evgenij Dremin   Michael Fuchs
  Birgit Overzier
20–22, 10–21   Runner-up
2010 Bulgarian International   Evgenij Dremin   Gert Kunka
  Amanda Hogstrom
21–14, 26–24   Winner
2010 White Nights   Evgenij Dremin   Valeriy Atraschenkov
  Elena Prus
21–17, 21–14   Winner
2009 White Nights   Flandy Limpele   Vitalij Durkin
  Nina Vislova
21–14, 25–23   Winner
2007 Finnish International   Rasmus Andersen   Tim Dettmann
  Annekatrin Lillie
21–16, 23–25, 17–21   Runner-up
2006 Hungarian International   Vladimir Malkov   Watson Briggs
  Imogen Bankier
21–12, 21–17   Winner
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Alexandr Russkikh   Vitalij Durkin
  Marina Yakusheva
21–19, 21–18   Winner
2006 Spanish International   Rasmus Andersen   Alexandre Paixão
  Filipa Lamy
21–19, 21–11   Winner
2005 Scottish International   Rasmus Andersen   Kristian Roebuck
  Jenny Wallwork
8–15, 14–17, 5–15   Runner-up
2005 Hungarian International   Vladimir Malkov   Jacob Chemnitz
  Julie Houmann
15–12, 15–12   Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse   Svetoslav Stoyanov   Jean-Michel Lefort
  Weny Rahmawati
15–3, 15–10   Winner
2003 Welsh International   Alexandr Russkikh   Chris Langridge
  Jenny Day
15–8, 15–5   Winner
2003 Slovak International   Alexandr Russkikh   Svetoslav Stoyanov
  Victoria Wright
15–7, 15–9   Winner
2002 Slovenian International   Alexandr Russkikh   William Milroy
  Karina Sørensen
11–5, 11–8   Winner
2001 Estonian International   Alexandr Russkikh   Mikhail Kelj
  Katja Ruohonen
15–9, 15–6   Winner
1999 Romanian International   Alexandr Russkikh   Andrej Pohar
  Maja Pohar
7–15, 3–15   Runner-up
1997 Baltic International   Victor Maljutin   Einar Veede
  Mare Pedanik
15–10, 15–10   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Почему Анастасия Русских играет с иностранцами?" (in Russian). Ленинградское областное информационное агентство. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Anastasia Russkikh til Vendsyssel" (in Danish). ClubPeople. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Русских Анастасия Владимировна" (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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