Polina Buhrova (Ukrainian: Поліна Бугрова; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).
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 Polina Buhrova in 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 2004 Kharkiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 64 (WS 5 September 2023) 44 (WD with Yevheniia Kantemyr 2 July 2024) 1021 (XD with Oleh Amosov 6 December 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFirst major senior tournament for Buhrova was the 2021 European Badminton Championships in Kyiv. Together with Mariia Stoliarenko, she received a wild card for women's doubles. They won against Irish Kate Frost and Moya Ryan but lost to Danish Alexandra Bøje and Mette Poulsen in the second round.
Buhrova has won several medals at the European junior championships, including bronze in girls' doubles in 2022. Though she was seeded 4th for the 2022 World Junior Championships in the singles' tournament, she lost in the third round. The same happened during the 2022 European Junior Championships when she lost both in singles and doubles in the third round despite being top seeded.
Buhrova competed in the 2023 European Games. In Tarnów, she finished second in her group (after losing to Danish Line Kjærsfeldt and winning against Hristomira Popovska from Bulgaria), but lost to Neslihan Yiğit from Turkey in the round of 16. At the 2023 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Buhrova lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani from Indonesia in the first round. She also competed for Ukraine at the 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships where she played just one game which she won (against English Abigail Holden).
Through Olympic ratings, Buhrova qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]
Achievements
editEuropean Junior Championships
editGirls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2020 | Pajulahti Sports Institute, Lahti, Finland |
 Mariia Stoliarenko
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 Leona Michalski Thuc Phuong Nguyen
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20–22, 10–21 |  Bronze
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BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
editWomen's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2021 | Latvia International | Mariia Stoliarenko
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21–13, 21–16 |  Winner
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| 2021 | Kharkiv International |  Dounia Pelupessy
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21–17, 21–12 | Winner
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| 2021 | Italian International |  Edith Urell
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18–21, 21–18, 21–18 |  Runner-up
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Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2024 | Kazakhstan International | Yevheniia Kantemyr
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 Kaho Osawa Mai Tanabe
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walkover | Runner-up
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| 2024 | Mexican International | Yevheniia Kantemyr
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 Romina Fregoso Miriam Rodríguez
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21–12, 21–16 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
BWF Junior International (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
editGirls' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2020 | Polish Junior International |  Anna Siess Ryberg
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12–21, 24–26 | Runner-up
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| 2021 | Ukraine Junior International | Mariia Stoliarenko
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21–13, 21–12 | Winner
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Girls' doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2020 | Polish Junior International | Mariia Stoliarenko
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Simona Pilgaard Anna Siess Ryberg
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13–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2021 | Ukraine Junior International | Mariia Stoliarenko
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Polina Tkach Olga Tykhorskaya
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21–12, 21–13 | Winner
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- BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
- BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
- BWF Junior International Series tournament
- BWF Junior Future Series tournament
Personal life
editBuhrova studies at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ОФІЦІЙНО: Поліна Бугрова представить Україну у жіночій одиночній категорії з бадмінтону на Олімпійських Іграх у Парижі!, Badminton Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
- ^ Студентка ХПІ Поліна Бугрова стала дворазовою чемпіонкою України з бадмінтону, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, 27 November 2023 (in Ukrainian).
External links
edit- Polina Buhrova at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com