Özge Bayrak

Özge Bayrak (born 14 February 1992) is a Turkish badminton player.^[1] She is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolis Municipality.^[2] Currently, she is studying at Aksaray University.^[3]

Özge Bayrak
Personal information
Country	Turkey
Born	(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32) Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey
Residence	Bursa, Turkey
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Coach	Çağatay Taşdemir
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	46 (WS 2 June 2016) 28 (WD with Neslihan Yiğit 20 August 2015) 91 (XD with Emre Vural 21 April 2011)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Turkey European Games 2015 Baku Women's doubles European Championships 2014 Kazan Women's singles Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Women's doubles 2013 Mersin Women's singles 2022 Oran Women's singles European Junior Championships 2011 Vantaa Girls' singles
BWF profile

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Neslihan Yiğit. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, she won the silver medal in the women's singles event, and the gold medal in the women's doubles event along with Neslihan Yiğit.^[4]

In August 2014, the National Olympic Committee of Turkey named her one of the sixteen "golden" sportspeople of Turkey, who have a great chance to win a medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The committee decided to back up those sportspeople.^[5] She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 2014 European Championships in Kazan, Russia.^[6][7][8]

Achievements

European Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Neslihan Yiğit	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 9–21	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2014	Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Anna Thea Madsen	10–21, 14–21	Bronze	^[6]

Mediterranean Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	Neslihan Yiğit	16–21, 13–21	Silver	^[4]
2022	Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria	Beatriz Corrales	14–21, 22–24	Bronze	^[9]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Match	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey	1	Neslihan Yiğit	Karin Maran   Xandra Stelling	21–9, 21–11	Gold
		2		Maja Tvrdy   Nika Končut	21–13, 21–16
		3		Émilie Lefel   Audrey Fontaine	21–13, 21–11

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2011	Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland	Carolina Marín	8–21, 15–21	Bronze	^[10]

BWF International Challenge/Series (19 titles, 34 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Syria International	Malvinne Alcala	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Agnese Allegrini	21–14, 11–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2010	Bahrain International	Anne Hald Jensen	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2011	Uganda International	Telma Santos	19–21, 21–19, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Kenya International	Öznur Çalışkan	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2011	Turkiye Open	Anne Hald Jensen	21–14, 9–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2011	Suriname International	Neslihan Yiğit	16–21, 21–23^[11]	Runner-up
2011	South Africa International	Telma Santos	21–19, 21–10	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Jeanine Cicognini	14–21, 10–14 retired^[2]	Runner-up
2014	Croatian International	Mette Poulsen	25–23, 19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Petya Nedelcheva	8–11, 6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2014	Kharkiv International	Linda Zetchiri	11–10, 5–11, 11–3, 8–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2014	Polish International	Panuga Riou	9–11, 11–8, 6–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2014	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	21–13, 14–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Lagos International	Kristína Gavnholt	22–24, 21–18, 5–21	Runner-up
2016	Sydney International	Pornpawee Chochuwong	11–21, 21–14, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Chile International Challenge	Kristína Gavnholt	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2016	Chile International	Neslihan Yiğit	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2017	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2018	Bulgarian Open	Neslihan Yiğit	19–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2018	Kharkiv International	Aliye Demirbağ	20–22, 21–18, 21–14	Winner
2018	Turkey International	Li Yun	21–19, 12–21, 21–17	Winner
2019	Lagos International	Neslihan Yiğit	16–21, 26–24, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	Bulgarian International	Samiya Imad Farooqui	21–16, 20–22, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Portugal International	Neslihan Yiğit	14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2023	Czech Open	Frederikke Østergaard	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Turkey International	Li Shuang	Emelie Lennartsson   Emma Wengberg	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2010	Slovenian International	Ebru Tunalı	Natalia Pocztowiak   Staša Poznanović	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2010	Syria International	Cemre Fere	Neslihan Kılıç   Neslihan Yiğit	21–18, 13–21, 22–20	Winner
2010	South Africa International	Öznur Çalışkan	Michelle Edwards   Annari Viljoen	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2011	Kenya International	Neslihan Yiğit	Michelle Edwards   Annari Viljoen	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2011	Slovak Open	Neslihan Yiğit	Selena Piek   Iris Tabeling	7–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	Suriname International	Neslihan Yiğit	Crystal Leefmans   Rugshaar Ishaak	21–3, 21–7	Winner
2011	South Africa International	Neslihan Yiğit	Michelle Edwards   Annari Viljoen	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2012	Uganda International	Neslihan Yiğit	Michelle Edwards   Annari Viljoen	Walkover	Runner-up
2012	Kharkiv International	Neslihan Yiğit	Audrey Fontaine   Émilie Lefel	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	Bulgarian Open	Neslihan Yiğit	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	21–19, 14–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2013	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	15–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2014	Iran Fajr International	Neslihan Yiğit	Amelia Alicia Anscelly   Soong Fie Cho	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Hellas International	Neslihan Yiğit	Elena Komendrovskaja   Viktoriia Vorobeva	21–7, 21–14^[12]	Winner
2014	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Neslihan Yiğit	Petya Nedelcheva   Dimitria Popstoikova	11–5, 11–5, 8–11, 10–11, 11–7	Winner
2014	Bangladesh International	Neslihan Yiğit	Pradnya Gadre   N. Sikki Reddy	10–21, 24–22, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	Iran Fajr International	Neslihan Yiğit	Joyce Choong   Yap Cheng Wen	21–19, 21–18	Winner
2015	Mercosul International	Neslihan Yiğit	Laura Choinet   Teshana Vignes Waran	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2015	Peru International	Neslihan Yiğit	Delphine Lansac   Émilie Lefel	21–14, 14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	White Nights	Neslihan Yiğit	Ekaterina Bolotova   Evgeniya Kosetskaya	22–20, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Lagos International	Neslihan Yiğit	Pradnya Gadre   N. Sikki Reddy	19–21, 23–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Mersin Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	Gabriela Stoeva   Stefani Stoeva	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Turkey International	Neslihan Yiğit	Kader İnal   Fatma Nur Yavuz	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2017	Hellas Open	Cemre Fere	Bengisu Erçetin   Nazlıcan İnci	24–26, 24–22, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Syria International	Emre Vural	Lasitha Menaka   Renu Hettiarachchige	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

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2. "Badmintoncular Londra yolunda ilerliyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
3. "Koç Fest Üniversite Spor Oyunları'nın Tekirdağ finalleri sona erdi". Haberler (in Turkish). 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
4. "Akdeniz Oyunlarında 2 ALTIN, 2 GÜMÜŞ Madalya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
5. Çetinbaş, İlknur (2014-08-19). "TMOK 16 'altın' çocuğunu belirledi". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
6. "Özge Bayrak Badmintonda Avrupa üçüncüsü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
7. "Bayrak creates Turkish Badminton History". Badminton Europe. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
8. "European Championships 2014 – Day 3: Bayrak Upsets Gavnholt". BWF. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
9. "Özge Bayrak Bağcı ve Emre Lale'den bronz madalya" (in Turkish). Turkish Badminton Federation. 30 June 2022. from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
10. "Avrupa Gençler Badminton Şampiyonası -Tek Bayanlarda Özge Bayrak, Tek Erkeklerde İse Emre Lale Avrupa Üçüncüsü Oldu". Spor Haber3 (in Turkish). 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
11. "Badmintoncular Surinam'ı fethetti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
12. "Özge Bayrak-Neslihan Yiğit şampiyon oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

External links

• Özge Bayrak at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com  
• Özge Bayrak at BWFbadminton.com  
• Özge Bayrak at Olympics.com
• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)