Elizaberth Chipeleme (born 4 August 1992) is a

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badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player.

Career

In 2013, she represented

University of Zambia The University of Zambia (UNZA) is a public university located in Lusaka, Zambia. It is Zambia's largest and oldest learning institution. The university was established in 1965 and officially opened to the public on 12 July 1966. The language of ...

compete at the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

, Russia. She was the runner-up at the 2015

Botswana International The Botswana International is an open badminton tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana. The tournament has been an International Series level, except in 2012 and since 2018 categorized as Future Series level from Badminton World Federation. Pre ...

tournament in the women's doubles event teamed-up with Ngandwe Miyambo. They were defeated by

Ogar Siamupangila Ogar Siamupangila (born 1 September 1988) is a Zambian badminton player. She was the bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games in the mixed doubles event partnered with Eli Mambwe. Siamupangila represented her country at the 2006, 2010 and ...

and

Grace Gabriel Grace Gabriel Ofodile (born 25 June 1988) is a Nigerian badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2012 and 2013 African Championships. Gabriel also won the women's singles silver medal at the 2011 and 2015 African Games. Career ...

in the straight sets. The pair were runners-up at the 2016 Zambia International tournament, and semifinalists at the 2016

. In the mixed doubles event, she was partnered with Topsy Phiri, and they were finalists at the 2016

Ethiopia International The Ethiopia International is an international badminton tournament established in 2011, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and rated as BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF t ...

tournament. She was also the women's singles finalist at the Top 16 Badminton Championship in

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. In the final, she was defeated by Ngandwe Miyambo in straight sets. Chipeleme was a part of the Zambian team to win bronze at the

2017 African Badminton Championships The 2017 African Badminton Championships or ''All Africa Championships'' were held in Benoni, South Africa between 16–23 April, organised by the Badminton Confederation of Africa. At the team event, Egypt won the gold medal after beat South Afr ...

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up)

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people Zambian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia {{Badminton-bio-stub