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Country | Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Solrød Strand, Denmark | 19 August 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Solrød Strand, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 256 wins, 137 losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 11 (3 September 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 34 (16 July 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Mia Blichfeldt (born 19 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player. [1] [2] She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, [3] and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event. [4]
Blichfeldt started to play badminton at the Solrød Strand badminton club at the age of nine, and began playing competitively at the age of eleven. She made her international debut in 2013, representing her country at the 2013, 2014, 2015 World Junior Championships, and 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, also helping her team take the bronze. [5]
At the age of sixteen, she claimed her first international title at the 2013 Norwegian International, beating top seed Olga Golovanova of Russia in the final. [6] In 2014, she won the Danish National Championships.
In 2017, she reached the final of the Scottish Open, but lost in the final to host player Kirsty Gilmour with a score of 21–23, 12–21.
In 2018, Blichfeldt reached the semi-finals of the European Championships, but was stopped by the host player and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marín, thus having to settle for a bronze medal. At the same year, she won her first Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, when she defeated Qi Xuefei with a score of 21–16, 21–18.
In 2019, Blichfeldt won the Spain Masters, a Super 300 tournament, by beating compatriot Line Kjærsfeldt with a score of 21–14, 21–14 in the final. She clinched the gold at the 2019 Minsk European Games, defeating Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour with a score of 21–16, 21–17. At the 2019 BWF World Championships, she made her first-ever World Championship quarterfinal by beating eighth seed Saina Nehwal in the Round of 16. [7] However, she lost in the quarterfinals to the Chinese fourth seed and eventual bronze medallist Chen Yufei. [8]
In 2020, Blichfeldt along with the Denmark team won the 2020 European Women's Team Championships. [9]
In 2021, Blichfeldt competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was seeded thirteenth. She topped her group in the Group Stage, beating Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri and Australia's Chen Hsuan-yu, to make the Round of 16. However, she lost in the Round of 16 to the then reigning World Champion and eventual bronze medallist P. V. Sindhu of India. [10]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus | Kirsty Gilmour | 21–16, 21–17 | Gold |
2023 | Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland | Carolina Marín | 15–21, 14–21 | Silver |
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain | Carolina Marín | 17–21, 16–21 | Bronze |
2022 | Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain | Kirsty Gilmour | 19–21, 21–19, 10–21 | Bronze |
Girls' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland | Julie Dawall Jakobsen | 21–14, 21–10 | Gold |
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [12]
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Orléans Masters | Super 100 | Shiori Sato | 18–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Minatsu Mitani | 21–9, 21–23, 8–21 | Runner-up |
2018 | Dutch Open | Super 100 | Qi Xuefei | 21–16, 21–18 | Winner |
2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Line Kjærsfeldt | 21–14, 21–14 | Winner |
2023 | Swiss Open | Super 300 | Pornpawee Chochuwong | 16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2024 | German Open | Super 300 | Nguyễn Thùy Linh | 21–11, 21–9 | Winner |
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played from 2007 to 2017.
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Scottish Open | Kirsty Gilmour | 21–23, 12–21 | Runner-up |
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2013 | Norwegian International | Olga Golovanova | 19–21, 21–16, 21–16 | Winner |
2014 | Norwegian International | Akvile Stapusaityte | 21–18, 21–17 | Winner |
2015 | Slovenia International | Marija Ulitina | 21–17, 17–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Portugal International | Chloe Birch | 21–12, 21–14 | Winner |
2017 | Swedish International | Sofie Holmboe Dahl | 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
2017 | Spanish International | Evgeniya Kosetskaya | 21–12, 21–12 | Winner |
2019 | Denmark International | Natsuki Oie | 21–18, 21–18 | Winner |
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Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 November 2022. [13]
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