Katharina Fink

Katharina Fink
Personal information
Country	Italy
Born	(2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 22) Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy [1]
Residence	Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy [2]
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	124 (WS 20 December 2022) 63 (WD with Yasmine Hamza 15 November 2022)
BWF profile

Katharina Fink (born 14 November 2002) is an Italian badminton player affiliated with SSV Bozen. She won the National Championships title in 2018. ^[1] Fink clinched her first senior international title at the 2019 South Africa International in the women's doubles event partnered with Yasmine Hamza. ^[3] Together with Hamza , they won the silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. ^[4]

Early life

Fink was born into a German-speaking region in Italy called South Tyrol. She is half Czech on her mother's side and quarter Swiss, quarter Italian on her father's. ^[5] Fink began to playing badminton at the age of ten. ^[2] In her junior career, she trained at the Südtirol Badminton School, and entered top 200 BWF World ranking in the women's doubles event in 2021. ^[6]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria	Yasmine Hamza	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	15–21, 18–21	Silver	[4]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	South Africa International	Kate Foo Kune	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Cyprus International	Yasmine Hamza	Daniella Gonda Ágnes Kőrösi	12–21, 21–12, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	South Africa International	Yasmine Hamza	Megan de Beer Johanita Scholtz	16–21, 21–15, 21–16	Winner
2020	Latvia International	Yasmine Hamza	Kati-Kreet Marran Helina Rüütel	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	Hellas International	Yasmine Hamza	Low Yeen Yuan Valeree Siow	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2021	Cyprus International	Yasmine Hamza	Polina Tkach Tetyana Potapenko	21–10, 11–7 retired	Winner
2021	El Salvador International	Yasmine Hamza	Sania Lima Tamires Santos	12–21, 21–13, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Iceland International	Yasmine Hamza	Abbygael Harris Annie Lado	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Irish Junior Open	Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka	8–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2019	South Africa Junior International	Yasmine Hamza	8–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2020	Portuguese Junior International	Yasmine Hamza	13–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Girls' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Portuguese Junior International	Yasmine Hamza	Judith Mair Chiara Passeri	21–16, 11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	South Africa Junior International	Yasmine Hamza	Amy Ackerman Megan de Beer	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2020	Lithuanian Junior International	Yasmine Hamza	Lucía Rodríguez Ania Setién	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2020	Portuguese Junior International	Yasmine Hamza	Ana Fernandes Claudia Lourenço	21–6, 21–17	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

1. "Katharina Fink" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Badminton. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. "Katharina Fink" (in German). Südtiroler Sporthilfe Alto Adige. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
3. "Fink und Hamza schreiben Badmintongeschichte" (in German). RaiNews. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. Santangelo, Roberto (27 June 2022). "Badminton, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2022: argento per Katharina Fink e Yasmine Hamza, bronzo per Fabio Caponio e Giovanni Toti" (in Italian). OA Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
5. "Katharina Fink: I felt the desire burning inside me". Badminton Europe. 26 May 2020. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
6. "Katharina Fink zählt jetzt zu den besten 200 der Welt" (in German). SportNews.bz. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links

• Katharina Fink at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)