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Polina Buhrova

Polina Buhrova
Buhrova in 2024
Personal information
CountryUkraine
Born (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 20)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
ResidenceItaly
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking53 (WS, 24 December 2024)
24 (WD with Yevheniia Kantemyr, 17 December 2024)
Current ranking53 (WS)
24 (WD with Yevheniia Kantemyr) (24 December 2024)
BWF profile

Polina Buhrova (Ukrainian: Поліна Бугрова; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).

Career

First major senior tournament for Buhrova was the 2021 European Badminton Championships in Kyiv. Together with Mariia Stoliarenko, she received a wild card for women's doubles. They won against Irish Kate Frost and Moya Ryan but lost to Danish Alexandra Bøje and Mette Poulsen in the second round.

Buhrova has won several medals at the European junior championships, including bronze in girls' doubles in 2022. Though she was seeded 4th for the 2022 World Junior Championships in the singles' tournament, she lost in the third round. The same happened during the 2022 European Junior Championships when she lost both in singles and doubles in the third round despite being top seeded.

Buhrova competed in the 2023 European Games. In Tarnów, she finished second in her group (after losing to Danish Line Kjærsfeldt and winning against Hristomira Popovska from Bulgaria), but lost to Neslihan Yiğit from Turkey in the round of 16. At the 2023 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Buhrova lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani from Indonesia in the first round. She also competed for Ukraine at the 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships where she played just one game which she won (against English Abigail Holden).

Through Olympic ratings, Buhrova qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Personal life

Buhrova studies at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.[2]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Pajulahti Sports Institute,
Lahti, Finland
Ukraine Mariia Stoliarenko Germany Leona Michalski
Germany Thuc Phuong Nguyen
20–22, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr Chinese Taipei Sung Shuo-yun
Chinese Taipei Yu Chien-hui
16–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2021 Latvia International Ukraine Mariia Stoliarenko 21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Kharkiv International Switzerland Dounia Pelupessy 21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Italian International Sweden Edith Urell 21–18, 18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Bangladesh International Thailand Lalinrat Chaiwan 21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Kazakhstan International Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr Japan Kaho Osawa
Japan Mai Tanabe
walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Mexican International Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr Mexico Romina Fregoso
Mexico Miriam Rodríguez
21–12, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Turkey International Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr Spain Paula López
Spain Lucía Rodríguez
walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Bangladesh International Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr Thailand Kodchaporn Chaichana
Thailand Pannawee Polyiam
23–25, 21–18, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Ukraine Junior International Ukraine Anastasiya Prozorova 17–21, 21–15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Polish Junior International Denmark Anna Siess Ryberg 12–21, 24–26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Ukraine Junior International Ukraine Mariia Stoliarenko 21–13, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Polish Junior International Ukraine Mariia Stoliarenko Denmark Simona Pilgaard
Denmark Anna Siess Ryberg
13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Ukraine Junior International Ukraine Mariia Stoliarenko Ukraine Polina Tkach
Ukraine Olga Tykhorskaya
21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

See also

References