Vũ Thị Anh Thư

Vũ Thị Anh Thư
Personal information
CountryVietnam
Born (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
Đồng Nai, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Years active2015-now
HandednessLeft
Women's singles
Highest ranking99 (20 June 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Vietnam
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Women's team
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
BWF profile

Vũ Thị Anh Thư (born 16 July 2001) is a Vietnamese badminton player.[1] She won a silver medal in badminton at the 2018 Youth Olympics mixed team relay event.[2] Vũ also helped the Vietnamese women's team to secure a bronze medal at the 2021 SEA Games when she delivered the last point for the team after defeating Ong Xin Yee of Malaysia.[3]

Career

Vũ started playing badminton at the age of 10. In 2011, she competed in the Vietnamese National Junior Badminton Championships and won a medal. [4]

In 2022, she won a bronze medal at the 2021 SEA Games in the women's team event.[5] In the following months, she won her first international title at the Croatia Open.[6] A few months later, she would win her second consecutive title at the Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine. In September, she reached the quarterfinals of the Vietnam Open.[7]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2022 Croatia Open Hong Kong Saloni Samirbhai Mehta 21–9, 16–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine Switzerland Milena Schnider 21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Cyprus Junior International India Purva Barve 13–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Thi Anh Thu VU | Profile". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ "SEA Sports News: Vietnam at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games 2018". SEA Sports News. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  3. ^ baotintuc.vn (2022-05-16). "Hai tay vợt nữ Việt Nam mở màn thắng áp đảo ở vòng tứ kết môn Cầu lông". baotintuc.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  4. ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (2018-03-31). "Từ sân trường đến giấc mơ Olympic". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  5. ^ "Cầu lông nữ Việt Nam chạm trán nhà vô địch Olympic ở bán kết đồng đội". Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ thao 247, Thể (2022-06-24). "Vũ Thị Anh Thư vô địch giải Cầu lông Croatia mở rộng 2022". Thể thao 247 (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ ONLINE, TUOI TRE (2022-10-02). "Chiều nay 2-10, Thùy Linh có mang về tin vui?". TUOI TRE ONLINE (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-10-03.