Stefani Stoeva

Stefani Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Personal information
Country	Bulgaria
Born	23 September 1995 (age 26); Galabovo, Bulgaria
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2009–present
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	8 with Gabriela Stoeva (8 November 2018)
Current ranking	10 (with Gabriela 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

Stefani Stoeva (Bulgarian: Стефани Стоева; born 23 September 1995) is a Bulgarian badminton player specializing in doubles. Her current partner is her older sister, Gabriela Stoeva. They competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2] The duo together have won gold medals in the 2015 European Games and two successive European Championships in 2018 and 2021 editions.^[3]^[4] Stefani Stoeva has also won some individual titles in women's singles competition.

Career[]

Stefani playing with her sister, Gabriela

Stoeva started playing badminton at age 9 at the Haskovo School Club in 2007. She won gold medals at the U17 European Championships in the girls' singles and doubles.^[5] At the 2014 Scottish Open Grand Prix, she won in the women's doubles event, partnered with Gabriela Stoeva. They beat Heather Olver and Lauren Smith of England in the finals round with the score 21-7, 21-15.^[6]

In 2015, she won the Dutch Open in women's doubles against the top seeds, World No.7 Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek of Nederlands with the score 24–22, 21–15 in the final.^[7] She won the Russian Open against Johanna Goliszewski and Carla Nelte of German 21–15, 21–17.^[8] She competed in the European Games, and won gold in the women's doubles alongside her sister.^[9]

In 2016, Stoeva competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, but did not advance to the knocked-out stage after placing third in the group D stage.^[10]

In 2017, she became the women's doubles runner-up at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold. They lost to China pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan with the score 16–21, 15–21.^[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	Gabriela 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	Gabriela Stoeva	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	11–21, 21–15, 11–21	Silver
2018	Palacio de Deportes, Huelva, Spain	Gabriela Stoeva	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–12, 21–10	Gold
2021	Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine	Gabriela Stoeva	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	21–14, 21–19	Gold

European Junior Championships[]

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Line Kjærsfeldt	21–13, 23–25, 21–19	Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey	Gabriela 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	Partner	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Swiss Open	Super 300	Gabriela Stoeva	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	21–19, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2018	French Open	Super 750	Gabriela Stoeva	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2018	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istirani Rizki Amelia Pradipta	22–20, 15–21, 21–19	Winner
2018	Scottish Open	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Émilie Lefel Anne Tran	21–16, 21–9	Winner
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–10, 22–20	Winner
2020	Spain Masters	Super 300	Gabriela Stoeva	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	21–18, 20–22, 17–21	Runner-up
2020	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Gabriela Stoeva	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	21–8, 21–11	Winner
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Gabriela Stoeva	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2021	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Gabriela 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	Gabriela Stoeva	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	5–11, 7–11, 11–4, 10–11	Runner-up
2014	Scottish Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Heather Olver Lauren Smith	21–7, 21–15	Winner
2015	Russian Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2015	Dutch Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	24–22, 21–15	Winner
2016	Dutch Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21–17, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	Swiss Open	Gabriela Stoeva	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (27 titles, 9 runners-up)[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Hungarian International		23–21 21–14	Winner
2012	Bulgarian Hebar Open	Alesia Zaitsava	17–21, 21–18, 10–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	9–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Indonesia International	Dinar Dyah Ayustine	21–13, 15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Linda Zetchiri	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2013	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	14–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2014	Slovenian International	Soraya de Visch Eijbergen	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2014	White Nights	Petya Nedelcheva	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

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

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Stefani Stoeva Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ "Badminton Stoeva Stefani - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ 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.
^ "Стефани Стоева еврошампионка по бадминтон" (in Bulgarian). Viasport.bg. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Scottish Grand Prix: Robert Blair & Imogen Bankier retain title". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong, Stoeva sisters win Dutch Open". Badminton Planet. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Russian Open 2015 – 3 take first Grand Prix in 3 years". Badzine. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Stoeva sisters secure first Bulgarian gold". Baku 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Olympics-Badminton-Women's doubles Group D results". Reuters. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Yonex Swiss Open 2017: Big Wins in Basel". Yonex. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "England's golden day in Denmark". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ 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[]

Stefani Stoeva at BWFbadminton.com
Stefani Stoeva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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

[2] "Badminton Stoeva Stefani - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[3] 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.

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

[5] "Стефани Стоева еврошампионка по бадминтон" (in Bulgarian). Viasport.bg. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[6] "Scottish Grand Prix: Robert Blair & Imogen Bankier retain title". BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[7] "Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong, Stoeva sisters win Dutch Open". Badminton Planet. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[8] "Russian Open 2015 – 3 take first Grand Prix in 3 years". Badzine. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[9] "Stoeva sisters secure first Bulgarian gold". Baku 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[10] "Olympics-Badminton-Women's doubles Group D results". Reuters. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[11] "Yonex Swiss Open 2017: Big Wins in Basel". Yonex. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[12] "England's golden day in Denmark". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[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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