Ksenia Olegovna Polikarpova (russian: Ксения Олеговна Поликарпова, he, קסניה פוליקרפובה; born 11 March 1990) is

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player. In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in

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, Italy. She also won bronze medals at the

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with Russian national badminton team. Polikarpova became an

i citizen in May 2017, and won a gold medal in 2017 Maccabiah Games. She competed at the Tokyo

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, competing in women's singles, coming in 15th. At the 2022 Maccabiah Games, she won a gold medal in women's doubles and a silver medal in women's singles.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF Grand Prix (3 runners-up)

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'' ''Women's doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 8 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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* * * at the 2015 European Games (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Polikarpova, Ksenia 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian female badminton players Israeli female badminton players P P Badminton players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Russia Badminton players at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Israel Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 2022 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Israel