Mariya Mitsova

Mariya Mitsova (Bulgarian: Мария Мицова; born 21 November 1996) is a Bulgarian badminton player.^[1] Mitsova represented her country at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.^[2] In 2016, she became the runner-up at the Croatian International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Alex Vlaar.^[3] She won two titles at the Hellas International tournament in the women's singles and doubles event.^[4] She was part of the national team that won the silver medal at the 2016 European Women's Team Championships in Kazan, Russia.^[5]

Mariya Mitsova
Personal information
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 27) Ruse, Bulgaria
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	63 (WS 2 November 2017) 29 (WD 13 April 2017) 60 (XD 13 August 2019)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Bulgaria European Women's Team Championships 2016 Kazan Women's team 2014 Basel Women's team
BWF profile

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Hellas International	Olivia Meunier	21–7, 21–9	Winner
2017	Hellas Open	Neslihan Yiğit	14–21, 21–17, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Bulgarian International	Maja Pavlinić	21–10, 21–3	Winner
2018	Croatian International	Iben Bergstein	22–20, 22–20	Winner
2018	Hungarian International	Neslihan Yiğit	14–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2019	Hellas International	Katrin Neudolt	21–16, 21–8	Winner
2019	Bulgarian Open	Neslihan Yiğit	9–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Hellas International	Petya Nedelcheva	Annabella Jäger   Vanessa Seele	21–11, 21–9	Winner
2016	Bulgaria International	Petya Nedelcheva	Cemre Fere   Neslihan Kılıç	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Slovak Open	Petya Nedelcheva	Vladyslava Lesnaya   Darya Samarchants	11–5, 11–4, 11–3	Winner
2016	Czech International	Petya Nedelcheva	Lauren Smith   Sarah Walker	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Hungarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	Gabriella Bøje   Cecilie Sentow	11–6, 11–6, 11–5	Winner
2016	Italian International	Petya Nedelcheva	Anastasia Chervyakova   Olga Morozova	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2017	Estonian International	Petya Nedelcheva	Delphine Delrue   Léa Palermo	21–12, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Croatian International	Alex Vlaar	Zvonimir Đurkinjak   Matea Čiča	18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Hellas International	Dimitar Yanakiev	Michael Roe   Jessica Hopton	24–22, 21–14	Winner
2018	Bulgarian Open	Alex Vlaar	Anton Kaisti   Inalotta Suutarinen	21–17, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2018	Bulgarian International	Alex Vlaar	Ashith Surya   Pranjal Prabhu Chimulkar	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2019	Portugal International	Alex Vlaar	Chang Ko-chi   Lee Chih-chen	12–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Hellas International	Alex Vlaar	Miłosz Bochat   Magdalena Świerczyńska	10–21, 23–21, 21–17	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Mariya Mitsova". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
2. "БАДМИНТОН: МАРИЯ МИЦОВА" (in Bulgarian). Bulgarian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. "Мария Мицова и Алекс Флаар със сребро в Загреб". viasport.bg (in Bulgarian). S Media. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
4. "Мария Мицова с две титли в Гърция". viasport.bg (in Bulgarian). S Media. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
5. "Мария Мицова пред Nbox: Целя се все по-високо" (in Bulgarian). NBox.bg. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

External links

• Mariya Mitsova at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com