Maja Pohar

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Maja Pohar
Personal information
CountrySlovenia
Born (1976-04-08) 8 April 1976 (age 49)
Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Maja Pohar Perme (born 8 April 1976) is a Slovenian former badminton player affiliated with Olimpija club. [1] [2] She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. [3] Her brother Andrej Pohar also a professional badminton player, and the duo played in the mixed doubles event. [4] She won 33 times National Championships title, 10 in the women's singles, 9 in the women's doubles, and 14 in the mixed doubles event. [5]

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Pohar received her Master of Statistics and Ph.D. in University of Ljubljana. [6] She is an associate professor of Biostatistics at the Medical faculty of the University of Ljubljana and teaches both medical students as well as statistics students at masters and PhD level. As statistician, she is the co-editor of the Slovenian Medical Journal. [7]

Achievements

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1996 Slovenian International Flag of France.svg Sandra Dimbour 5–11, 9–12Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Czech International Flag of Scotland.svg Anne Gibson 9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 0–9Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997Slovenian International Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge 1–11, 2–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Spanish International Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Li 11–7, 11–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1998Slovenian International Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge7–11, 6–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Croatian International Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalja Esipenko 11–5, 11–0Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Romanian International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Neli Nedyalkova 11–8, 11–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999Slovenian International Flag of France.svg Sandra Dimbour11–8, 11–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000Strasbourg InternationalFlag placeholder.svgGold medal icon.svgWinner
2000 Victorian International Flag of Japan.svg Miyo Akao 11–7, 7–11, 11–6Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000La Chaux-de-Fonds International Flag of Russia.svg Ella Karachkova 4–11, 2–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2000 Hungarian International Flag of Spain.svg Yoana Martínez 11–5, 11–0Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2001La Chaux-de-Fonds International Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalja Esipenko5–7, 7–2, 7–2, 7–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2001Slovenian International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva 2–7, 7–0, 8–6, 7–2Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2001Hungarian International Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva1–7, 7–5, 5–7Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2003Strasbourg InternationalFlag placeholder.svgGold medal icon.svgWinner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998 Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Tvrdy Flag of England.svg Felicity Gallup
Flag of England.svg Joanne Muggeridge
9–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Croatian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Tvrdy Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalja Esipenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg Natalia Golovkina
4–15, 6–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996 Slovak International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Paaske
Flag of Denmark.svg Sarah Jonsson
8–15, 18–16, 15–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1996 Spanish International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of France.svg Manuel Dubrulle
Flag of France.svg Sandrine Lefèvre
9–15, 12–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997Slovak International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Lamp
Flag of Denmark.svg Rikke Broen
6–15, 2–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1997 Hungarian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of the Netherlands.svg Norbert van Barneveld
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lotte Jonathans
9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 5–9Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1998 Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Spain.svg José Antonio Crespo
Flag of Spain.svg Dolores Marco
15–2, 11–15, 15–8Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999 Austrian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Scotland.svg Kenny Middlemiss
Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsteen McEwan
12–15, 11–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1999 Romanian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Russia.svg Alexandr Russkikh
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Russkikh
15–7, 15–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner
1999Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Rynkiewicz
Flag of Poland.svg Angelika Węgrzyn
15–7, 15–3Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000Strasbourg International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej PoharFlag placeholder.svg
Flag placeholder.svg
Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2000 Peru International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Beres
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kara Solmundson
1–15, 10–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2000La Chaux-de-Fonds International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Uvarov
Flag of Russia.svg Ella Karachkova
8–15, 5–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2001Spanish International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of England.svg Peter Jeffrey
Flag of England.svg Suzanne Rayappan
13–15, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2001Hungarian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Glaser
Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Persson
7–5, 7–1, 7–1Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2005 Croatian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Andrej Pohar Flag of Singapore.svg Hendra Wijaya
Flag of Singapore.svg Frances Liu
11–15, 15–13, 7–15Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

References

  1. "Players: Maja Pohar". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Trenerski Kader BK Olimpija" (in Slovenian). Olimpija Badmintonski Klub. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. "Maja Pohar". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. "Maja Pohar in dvojica Pohar/Pohar mednarodna prvaka Slovenije". sport.si21.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. "Slovenia - Badmintonska zveza Slovenije". Badminton Europe . Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. "Pogovor z Majo Pohar Perme". udomacenastatistika.wordpress.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  7. "DR Maja Pohar Perme". Aix-Marseille University . Retrieved 31 March 2018.