Mariia Viktorivna Ulitina ( ua, Марія Вікторівна Улітіна; also
transliterated
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as Mariya or Marija, born 5 November 1991) is a
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 p ...
player from Ukraine and the National Champion of Ukraine. She represented
Ukraine
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in the
2016 Summer Olympics and proceeded to the knockout round after defeating the former world number one
Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...
of
India
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and
Lohaynny Vicente
Lohaynny Caroline de Oliveira Vicente (born 2 May 1996) is a Brazilian badminton player who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in her home city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Personal life
Vicente was born on 2 May 1996 in Rio d ...
of
Brazil
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in the group stage.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 11 runners-up)
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
:
BWF Future Series tournament
See also
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Ukrainian National Badminton Championships
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Dnipro
Ukrainian female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Ukraine
Badminton players at the 2015 European Games
Badminton players at the 2019 European Games
European Games competitors for Ukraine
Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics