Sonja Pekkola

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Sonja Pekkola
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Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 27)
Espoo, Finland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking178 (WS 29 October 2015)
65 (WD with Jenny Nyström 4 May 2017)
178 (XD with Oskari Larkimo 14 January 2020)
BWF profile

Sonja Pekkola (born 23 May 1993) is a Finnish badminton player. She started playing badminton since 10 years old at her hometown, then in 2012 she joined Finnish national badminton team. [1] She won Finnish National Championships women's singles title in 2013, and six consecutive women's doubles title from 2014–2019. [2] She won the international title at the 2016 Hellas Open in the women's doubles with Jenny Nyström.

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BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Hellas Open Flag of Finland.svg Jenny Nyström Flag of Germany.svg Barbara Bellenberg
Flag of Germany.svg Eva Janssens
21–17, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

  1. "Players: Sonja PEKKOLA". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Sonja Pekkola". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 23 August 2016.