Telma Santos

Telma Santos
Personal information
Country	Portugal
Born	(1983-08-01) August 1, 1983 (age 41) Peniche, Portugal [1]
Residence	Peniche, Portugal
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Handedness	Right [1]
Coach	Luís Carvalho
Highest ranking	62 (22 September 2011)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Portugal Helvetia Cup 2005 Agros Mixed team World Senior Championships 2021 Huelva Women's singles 35+
BWF profile

Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012 ^[2] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^[3] Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics. ^[4]

In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.

Achievements

World Senior Championships

Women's singles

Year	Age	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	35+	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Maya Dobreva	21–12, 21–7	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Syria International	Filipa Lamy	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2007	Jordan Satellite	Maja Tvrdy	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Iran Fajr International	Agnese Allegrini	10–21, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2009	Portugal International	Jill Pittard	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2010	Portugal International	Helen Davies	21–17, 19–21, 21–12	Winner
2010	Santo Domingo Open	Agnese Allegrini	21–11, 23–21	Winner
2011	Uganda International	Özge Bayrak	21–19, 19–21, 21–19	Winner
2011	Syria International	Sanaa Mahmoud	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2011	South Africa International	Özge Bayrak	19–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2013	Hatzor International	Olga Golovanova	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2013	Morocco International	Gayle Mahulette	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2013	Botswana International	Elme de Villiers	21–4, 21–11	Winner
2013	South Africa International	Hadia Hosny	21–6, 21–10	Winner
2014	Colombia International	Daniela Macías	11–5, 11–6, 11–3	Winner
2014	Hatzor International	Dorotea Sutara	11–6, 11–6, 11–5	Winner
2015	Guatemala International	Rong Schafer	21–12, 11–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2015	Mexico International	Airi Mikkelä	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2015	Suriname International	Lohaynny Vicente	Walkover	Winner
2015	South Africa International	Laura Sárosi	22–20, 21–17	Winner
2016	Uganda International	Kate Foo Kune	21–10, 21–12	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Italian International	Vânia Leça	Verena Fastenbauer Simone Prutsch	7–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2002	Spanish International	Filipa Lamy	Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson	6–8, 0–7, 4–7	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Cyprus International	Nuno Santos	Nicolas Panayiotou Katarzyna Krasowska	12–15, 15–9, 15–4	Winner

  BWF International Series tournaments

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Telma Santos Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. "London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
3. Group, Global Media (2016-08-15). "Badminton - Telma Santos despede-se com terceira derrota". DN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-02.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. "Fernando Silva e Telma Santos eleitos jogadores do ano". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2016.