Telma Santos

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Telma Santos
Personal information
CountryPortugal
Born (1983-08-01) August 1, 1983 (age 40)
Peniche, Portugal [1]
ResidencePeniche, Portugal
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight [1]
CoachLuís Carvalho
Highest ranking62 (22 September 2011)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Helvetia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Agros Mixed team
World Senior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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]

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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

YearAgeVenueOpponentScoreResult
2021 35+ Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Flag of Bulgaria.svg Maya Dobreva 21–12, 21–7 Med 1.png Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007 Syria International Flag of Portugal.svg Filipa Lamy 21–16, 21–15Winner
2007 Jordan Satellite Flag of Slovenia.svg Maja Tvrdy 15–21, 18–21Runner-up
2008 Iran Fajr International Flag of Italy.svg Agnese Allegrini 10–21, 21–16, 19–21Runner-up
2009 Portugal International Flag of England.svg Jill Pittard 16–21, 14–21Runner-up
2010Portugal International Flag of England.svg Helen Davies 21–17, 19–21, 21–12Winner
2010 Santo Domingo Open Flag of Italy.svg Agnese Allegrini21–11, 23–21Winner
2011 Uganda International Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak 21–19, 19–21, 21–19Winner
2011Syria International Flag of Syria.svg Sanaa Mahmoud 21–14, 21–10Winner
2011 South Africa International Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak19–21, 10–21Runner-up
2013 Hatzor International Flag of Russia.svg Olga Golovanova 21–16, 21–19Winner
2013 Morocco International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gayle Mahulette 21–12, 21–10Winner
2013 Botswana International Flag of South Africa.svg Elme de Villiers 21–4, 21–11Winner
2013South Africa International Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny 21–6, 21–10Winner
2014 Colombia International Flag of Peru.svg Daniela Macías 11–5, 11–6, 11–3Winner
2014Hatzor International Flag of Croatia.svg Dorotea Sutara 11–6, 11–6, 11–5Winner
2015 Guatemala International Flag of the United States.svg Rong Schafer 21–12, 11–21, 10–21Runner-up
2015 Mexico International Flag of Finland.svg Airi Mikkelä 21–15, 21–14Winner
2015 Suriname International Flag of Brazil.svg Lohaynny Vicente WalkoverWinner
2015South Africa International Flag of Hungary.svg Laura Sárosi 22–20, 21–17Winner
2016Uganda International Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune 21–10, 21–12Winner

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002 Italian International Flag of Portugal.svg Vânia Leça Flag of Austria.svg Verena Fastenbauer
Flag of Austria.svg Simone Prutsch
7–11, 3–11Runner-up
2002 Spanish International Flag of Portugal.svg Filipa Lamy Flag of Sweden.svg Elin Bergblom
Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Persson
6–8, 0–7, 4–7Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004 Cyprus International Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Santos Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicolas Panayiotou
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Krasowska
12–15, 15–9, 15–4Winner
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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  4. "Fernando Silva e Telma Santos eleitos jogadores do ano". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2016.