Gabriela Stoeva

Gabriela Stoeva
Gabriela Stoeva
Personal information
Country	Bulgaria
Born	15 July 1994 (age 27); Haskovo, Bulgaria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Years active	2009–present
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	8 (with Stefani Stoeva 8 November 2018)
Current ranking	10 (with Stefani Stoeva 7 December 2021)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Bulgaria
European Games
European Championships
European Women's Team Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Gabriela Stoeva (Bulgarian: Габриела Стоева; born 15 July 1994) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her younger sister, Stefani Stoeva. The pair is two-time European Champion and European Games gold medalist as well.^[2]^[3] They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Career[]

Gabriela playing with her sister, Stefani

Gabriela Stoeva started playing badminton at age 10 in the Haskovo School Club. She joined the national team in 2008, and made a debut in the international event in 2009.^[5] In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the European U-17 Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with her sister, Stefani Stoeva.^[6] And at the 2013 European U-19 Championships, the sister won the gold medal.^[7]

Stoeva won her first BWF Grand Prix title at the 2014 Scottish Open in the women's doubles event with her sister. They beat Heather Olver and Lauren Smith of England in the finals round with the score 21-7 21-15.^[8] In 2015, she also won the Grand Prix tournament at the Russian and Dutch Open.^[9] Stoeva competed in the 2015 European Games, winning gold in women's doubles alongside her younger sister^[10]

In 2017, Stoevas finished as the runner-up at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold tournament, they lost to Chinese pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in the straight games.^[11] The sisters also won the silver medal at the European Championships.^[12]

In 2021, she won her second European Championships title.^[13]

Achievements[]

European Games[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Stefani Stoeva	Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–12, 23–21	Gold

European Championships[]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark	Stefani Stoeva	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	11–21, 21–15, 11–21	Silver
2018	Palacio de Deportes, Huelva, Spain	Stefani Stoeva	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–12, 21–10	Gold
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Stefani Stoeva	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	21–14, 21–19	Gold

European Junior Championships[]

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Stefani Stoeva	Julie Finne-Ipsen Rikke Søby Hansen	21–11, 21–18	Gold

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 5 runners-up)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[14] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[15]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Stefani Stoeva	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–19, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2018	French Open	Super 750	Stefani Stoeva	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istirani Rizki Amelia Pradipta	22–20, 15–21, 21–19	Winner
2018	Scottish Open	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–16, 21–9	Winner
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–10, 22–20	Winner
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Stefani Stoeva	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–18, 20–22, 17–21	Runner-up
2020	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	21–8, 21–11	Winner
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Stefani Stoeva	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Stefani Stoeva	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 3 runners-up)[]

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Brasil Open	Stefani Stoeva	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	5–11, 7–11, 11–4, 10–11	Runner-up
2014	Scottish Open	Stefani Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	21–7, 21–15	Winner
2015	Russian Open	Stefani Stoeva	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2015	Dutch Open	Stefani Stoeva	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	24–22, 21–15	Winner
2016	Dutch Open	Stefani Stoeva	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21–17, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Swiss Open	Stefani Stoeva	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (25 titles, 6 runners-up)[]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Banuinvest International	Stefani Stoeva	Sandra-Maria Jensen Line Kjærsfeldt	19–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgarian Hebar Open	Stefani Stoeva	Rumiana Ivanova Dimitria Popstoikova	15–21, 21–14, 21–11	Winner
2012	Bulgarian International	Stefani Stoeva	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit	21–9, 21–17	Winner
2012	Turkey International	Stefani Stoeva	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit	19–21, 21–14, 23–21	Winner
2013	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Stefani Stoeva	Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoikova	11–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2013	Belgian International	Stefani Stoeva	Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva	21–13, 11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Bulgarian International	Stefani Stoeva	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Stefani Stoeva	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit	21–15, 21–8	Winner
2014	Austrian International	Stefani Stoeva	Olga Golovanova Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–17, 20–22, 21–15	Winner
2014	Orléans International	Stefani Stoeva	Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva	14–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2014	Finnish Open	Stefani Stoeva	Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2014	Slovenian International	Stefani Stoeva	Victoria Dergunova Olga Morozova	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2014	Spanish Open	Stefani Stoeva	Imogen Bankier Kirsty Gilmour	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2014	Swiss International	Stefani Stoeva	Meiliana Jauhari Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	11–6, 11–5, 11–9	Winner
2014	Turkey International	Stefani Stoeva	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit	21–11, 21–9	Winner
2015	Orléans International	Stefani Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	22–20, 16–21, 21–9	Winner
2015	Spanish International	Stefani Stoeva	Anastasia Chervyakova Olga Morozova	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2015	Bulgarian International	Stefani Stoeva	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2015	Welsh International	Stefani Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	21–10, 22–20	Winner
2015	Irish Open	Stefani Stoeva	Julie Finne-Ipsen Rikke Søby Hansen	21–10, 22–24, 21–9	Winner
2015	Italian International	Stefani Stoeva	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21–19, 18–21, 13–6 retired	Winner
2015	Turkey International	Stefani Stoeva	Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2017	Bulgarian Open	Stefani Stoeva	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2018	Bulgarian Open	Stefani Stoeva	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2019	Spanish International	Stefani Stoeva	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–8, 21–10	Winner
2019	Belgian International	Stefani Stoeva	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2019	Italian International	Stefani Stoeva	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2020	Bulgarian International	Stefani Stoeva		21–8, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Bulgaria Eurasia Open	Anton Kaisti	Marvin Emil Seidel Yvonne Li	19–21, 21–9, 21–18	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Anton Kaisti	Vasily Kuznetsov Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–9, 21–15	Winner
2014	Turkey International	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Jones Ralfy Jansen Cisita Joity Jansen	21–17, 17–21, 12–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Gabriela Stoeva Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ Pavitt, Michael. "Badminton doubles delight for Bulgaria and Denmark as they secure first Baku 2015 European Games golds". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ Poghosyan, Lilit (3 May 2018). "Stoeva sisters: We will aim for top 5". Badminton People. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
^ "Badminton Stoeva Gabriela - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Players: Gabriela Stoeva". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "European U17 Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Стефани Стоева с два златни медала на Евро 2013" (in Bulgarian). bTV. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Scottish Open 2014 Finals – The Lång-est match". Badzine. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Bulgarian Badminton Players Achieve Record Standing in Women's Doubles Ranking". Novinite. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "Bulgaria's Stoevi Sisters Claim Gold at Women's Doubles Badminton in Baku". Novinite. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "The Stoeva sisters back in Basel". Swiss Open. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ "England's golden day in Denmark". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ Raftery, Alan (2 May 2021). "Stoevas secure second title". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links[]

Gabriela Stoeva at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Gabriela Stoeva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[bwf-1] "Gabriela Stoeva Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[2] Pavitt, Michael. "Badminton doubles delight for Bulgaria and Denmark as they secure first Baku 2015 European Games golds". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[3] Poghosyan, Lilit (3 May 2018). "Stoeva sisters: We will aim for top 5". Badminton People. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

[4] "Badminton Stoeva Gabriela - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[5] "Players: Gabriela Stoeva". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[6] "European U17 Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[7] "Стефани Стоева с два златни медала на Евро 2013" (in Bulgarian). bTV. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[8] "Scottish Open 2014 Finals – The Lång-est match". Badzine. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[9] "Bulgarian Badminton Players Achieve Record Standing in Women's Doubles Ranking". Novinite. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[10] "Bulgaria's Stoevi Sisters Claim Gold at Women's Doubles Badminton in Baku". Novinite. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[11] "The Stoeva sisters back in Basel". Swiss Open. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[12] "England's golden day in Denmark". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[13] Raftery, Alan (2 May 2021). "Stoevas secure second title". Badminton Europe. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

[14] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[15] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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