Airi Mikkelä

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Airi Mikkelä
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Personal information
Birth nameAiri Mikkelä
Country Finland
Born (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 28)
Vantaa, Finland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking48 (22 June 2017)
Current ranking91 (20 August 2019)
BWF profile

Airi Mikkelä (born 5 April 1993) is a Finnish badminton player. She started playing badminton at 8 years old, then in 2009, she joined Finnish national badminton team.[1][2] In 2010, she participated at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2014, she won Iceland International tournament in women's singles event. In 2015, she became the runner-up of Mauritius and Mexico international tournament. In 2016, she won Peru International Series and became the runner-up of Iceland International tournament.[3]

Achievements[]

BWF Grand Prix[]

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Brasil Open Spain Beatriz Corrales 13–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Carebaco International Wales Jordan Hart 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Mauritius International Myanmar Thet Htar Thuzar 10–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Peru International Series Finland Nanna Vainio 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Iceland International Denmark Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21–19, 15–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Internacional Mexicano Portugal Telma Santos 15–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Mauritius International Finland Nanna Vainio 16–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Iceland International Lithuania Akvile Stapusaityte 21–14, 18–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

  1. ^ "Players: Airi MIKKELA". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Airi MIKKELA Full Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Airi Mikkelä". rio.sulkapallo.fi (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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