Getter Saar (badminton)

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Getter Saar
Personal information
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Born (1992-06-06) 6 June 1992 (age 30)
Kuressaare, Estonia
Residence Finland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking109 (30 October 2017)
Current ranking191 (1 October 2019)
Medal record
BWF profile

Getter Saar (born 6 June 1992) is an Estonian badminton player, currently residing in Finland. She started playing badminton at the age of ten, and made a debut in the international tournament in 2007. [1] As a single player she was the third on the pedestal at the Estonian Championships in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015. Besides that, in 2010 and 2011 she was the Estonian junior champion in the women's singles, and in 2011 in the mixed doubles. [2] Saar was a semi finalist in 2015 Riga International and the runner-up in 2019 Bulgarian International. [3]

Contents

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019 Bulgarian International Flag of Sweden.svg Rebecca Kuhl 16–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Getter Saar". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. "Sporditulemused" [Sport results] (in Estonian). Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Getter Latvian semifinaalissa". www.espoonsulkapallo.net (in Finnish). Espoon Sulkapallo-Badminton. Retrieved 8 October 2019.