Petra Polanc

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Petra Polanc
Personal information
CountrySlovenia
Born (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 23)
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb) [1]
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking129 (WS 28 February 2023)
136 (WD with Nika Arih 13 April 2017)
99 (XD with Miha Ivančič 28 February 2023)
Current ranking129 (WS)
99 (XD with Miha Ivančič) (28 February 2023)
BWF profile

Petra Polanc (born 17 August 2000) is a Slovenian badminton player. [2] She participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [3]

Contents

Achievements

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

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2022 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Italy.svg Yasmine Hamza 11–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Slovak Open Flag of Slovenia.svg Nika Arih Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gayle Mahulette
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
13–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018 Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivančič Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Louis Ducrot
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Candice Lesne
21–15, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019Slovenian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivančič Flag of Denmark.svg Kristoffer Knudsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Elisa Melgaard
21–12, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2020 Bulgarian International Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivančič Flag of Bulgaria.svg Iliyan Stoynov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Hristomira Popovska
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Slovenia Future Series Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivančič Flag of Serbia.svg Mihajlo Tomić
Flag of Serbia.svg Andjela Vitman
12–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Cameroon International Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivančič Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Tanina Mammeri
17–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Lagos International Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Ivančič Flag of Peru.svg José Guevara
Flag of Peru.svg Inés Castillo
17–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. 1 2 "Participants: Polanc Petra". Buenos Aires 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. "Players: Petra Polanc". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. "MOI Buenos Aires: Petra Polanc se vrača iz Argentine s pozitivno izkušnjo" (in Slovenian). Badmintonska zveza Slovenije. Retrieved 25 November 2018.