Larisa Griga

Larisa Griga
Larysa Hryha
Personal information
Birth nameLarisa Valeriïvna Griga
CountryUkraine
Born (1984-05-31) 31 May 1984 (age 40)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceUppsala, Sweden
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachSemenuta V
PG Jonsson
Makhnovskiy Gennadiy
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking29 (WS 11 August 2011)
330 (WD 14 March 2013)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Ukraine
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Esbjerg Girls' singles
BWF profile

Larisa Valeriïvna Griga (Ukrainian: Лариса Валеріївна Грига, Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine.[1][2] She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event.[3] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.[4]

Career

She played at the 2005 IBF World Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round (lost to 2nd seed Xie Xingfang of China).[5]

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Griga reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyama and Eric Pang the final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Since the autumn of 2008, Griga is playing for the club Fyrisfjädern in Uppsala, Sweden.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2003 Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark Denmark Nanna Brosolat Jensen 11–9, 11–9 Gold

BWF Grand Prix

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 singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2008 Russian Open Russia Ella Diehl 10–21, 21–17, 12–21 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
2007 Dutch International Estonia Kati Tolmoff 21–12, 15–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Victorian International Iceland Ragna Ingólfsdóttir 21–11, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 North Shore City International Vietnam Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung 21–19, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Belgian International England Elizabeth Cann 21–15, 16–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Norwegian International Germany Juliane Schenk 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Dutch International Japan Yu Wakita 21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Norwegian International China Zhang Xi 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Italian International Germany Juliane Schenk 21–15, 13–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Kharkiv International Ukraine Marija Ulitina 21–14, 17–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Norwegian International Germany Olga Konon 17–21, 7–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Polish Open Japan Yuka Kusunose 21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Belgian International Germany Olga Konon 12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ukraine Elena Nozdran Poland Kamila Augustyn
Poland Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 		10–15, 2–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Larisa Griga". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larysa Hryha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Larisa Griga". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Chinese top seeds Lin and Zhang advance". dawn.com. DAWN. 19 August 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2016.


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