Larisa Griga
Larisa Griga Larysa Hryha | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Larisa Valeriïvna Griga | ||||||||||||||
Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
Born | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 31 May 1984||||||||||||||
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 August 2011) 330 (WD 14 March 2013) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Larisa Valeriïvna Griga (Ukrainian: Лариса Валеріївна Грига, Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine.[1][2] She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event.[3] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.[4]
Career
[edit]She played at the 2005 IBF World Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round (lost to 2nd seed Xie Xingfang of China).[5]
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.
Achievements
[edit]European Junior Championships
[edit]Girls' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark | Nanna Brosolat Jensen | 11–9, 11–9 | Gold |
BWF Grand Prix
[edit]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 |
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2008 | Russian Open | Ella Diehl | 10–21, 21–17, 12–21 | Runner-up |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
[edit]Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2007 | Dutch International | Kati Tolmoff | 21–12, 15–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
2007 | Victorian International | Ragna Ingólfsdóttir | 21–11, 21–10 | Winner |
2007 | North Shore City International | Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung | 21–19, 21–14 | Winner |
2007 | Belgian International | Elizabeth Cann | 21–15, 16–21, 21–18 | Winner |
2007 | Norwegian International | Juliane Schenk | 12–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2008 | Dutch International | Yu Wakita | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner |
2008 | Norwegian International | Zhang Xi | 18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
2008 | Italian International | Juliane Schenk | 21–15, 13–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Kharkiv International | Marija Ulitina | 21–14, 17–21, 21–13 | Winner |
2010 | Norwegian International | Olga Konon | 17–21, 7–21 | Runner-up |
2011 | Polish Open | Yuka Kusunose | 21–15, 21–16 | Winner |
2011 | Belgian International | Olga Konon | 12–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse | Elena Nozdran | Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk |
10–15, 2–15 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Larisa Griga". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larysa Hryha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Larisa Griga". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Chinese top seeds Lin and Zhang advance". dawn.com. DAWN. 19 August 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Larisa Griga at BWFBadminton.com
- Larisa Griga at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Larisa Griga at Olympics.com
- Larysa Hryha at Olympedia (archive)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dnipro
- Ukrainian female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Ukraine
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
- Ukrainian sportspeople stubs
- European badminton biography stubs