Maja Tvrdy

Maja Tvrdy
Personal information
Country	Slovenia
Born	(1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 (age 41) Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height	5.6" (170cm)
Handedness	Right
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	43 (WS) 17 December 2009 72 (WD with Spela Silvester) 29 October 2009 67 (XD with Iztok Utrosa) 22 October 2009
Current ranking	retired
Medal record Representing   Slovenia Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Singles 2013 Mersin Doubles
BWF profile

Maja Tvrdy (born 20 November 1983) is a Slovenian badminton player. She competed for Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Maja Tvrdy is the most successful badminton player of Slovenia, who participated and represented Slovenia at two Olympic Games: 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where she achieved 17th place in the individual event and the Summer Olympic Games 2012 in London, where she lost in the qualifying round. She is only the second Slovenian female player to participate at any Olympic Games in this sport (after Maja Pohar – Sydney Olympics in 2000).

She won two bronze medals at Mediterranean Games in Mersin 2013 – 3rd place in the individual event and 3rd place in women's doubles event, partnered by Nika Koncut.

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	Agnese Allegrini	21–16, 21–16	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Match	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	1	Nika Končut	Émilie Lefel Audrey Fontaine	23–25, 12–21	Bronze
		2		Neslihan Yiğit Özge Bayrak	13–21, 16–21
3	Karin Maran Xandra Stelling	21–12, 21–10

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mercosul International	Lohaynny Vicente	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2010	Slovenian International	Lianne Tan	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Puerto Rico International	Anna Rice	21–13, 12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Santo Domingo Open	Anna Rice	21–19, 21–23, 21–18	winner
2009	Slovenian International	Lianne Tan	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2008	Hungarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2007	Pakistan International	Maja Kersnik	11–21, 22–20, 21–15	Winner
2007	Jordan Satellite	Telma Santos	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2007	Mauritius International	Agnese Allegrini	21–18, 9–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2006	Lithuanian International	Kati Tolmoff	19–21, 21–15, 21–15	Winner
2006	Slovak International	Maria Martynenko	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2006	Israel International	no record	no record	Winner
2004	Italian International	Line Isberg	11–2, 11–8	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Mauritius International	Ana Moura	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	21–16, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Slovenian National Badminton Championships

She is 14-times Slovenian National Badminton Championships winner:

• 8-times national champion in the individual event (in the years 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013).
• 5-times national champion in women's doubles event (in 2002 – partnered by Maja Pohar, 2003 – partnered by Maja Kersnik, 2004 – partnered by Maja Kersnik, 2009 – partnered by Špela Silvester, 2013 – partnered by Živa Repše)
• 1-time national champion in mixed doubles (in 2006 – partnered by Luka Petrič)

References

1. London 2012 Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Maja Tvrdy at BWF Badminton.com