Mia Blichfeldt (born 19 August 1997) is a Danish

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player. She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event.

Career summary

Blichfeldt started to play badminton in Solrød Strand badmintonclub at the age of nine, and began playing competitively at the age of eleven. She made her international debut in 2013, representing her country at the

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, 2015 World Junior Championships, and

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. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, also helping her team take the bronze. At the age of sixteen, she claimed her first international title at the 2013

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, beating top seed Olga Golovanova of Russia in the final. In 2014, she won the Danish National Championships. In 2017, she reached the final of the Scottish Open, but lost in the final to host player

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with a score of 21–23, 12–21. In 2018, Blichfeldt reached the semi-finals of the European Championships, but was stopped by the host player and 2016 Olympic gold medallist

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, thus having to settle for a bronze medal. At the same year, she won her first Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, when she defeated Qi Xuefei with a score of 21–16, 21–18. In 2019, Blichfeldt won the

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, a Super 300 tournament, by beating compatriot Line Kjærsfeldt with a score of 21–14, 21–14 in the final. She clinched the gold at the 2019 Minsk European Games, defeating Scotland's

with a score of 21–16, 21–17. At the

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, she made her first-ever World Championship quarterfinal by beating eighth seed

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in the Round of 16. However, she lost in the quarterfinals to the Chinese fourth seed and eventual bronze medallist Chen Yufei. In 2020, Blichfeldt along with the Denmark team won the 2020 European Women's Team Championships. In 2021, Blichfeldt competed in the

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, where she was seeded thirteenth. She topped her group in the Group Stage, beating Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri and Australia's

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, to make the Round of 16. However, she lost in the Round of 16 to the then reigning World Champion and eventual bronze medallist P. V. Sindhu of India.

Achievements

European Games

''Women's singles''

European Championships

''Women's singles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played from 2007 to 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Career overview

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 November 2022.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blichfeldt, Mia 1997 births Living people People from Solrød Municipality Danish female badminton players Badminton players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton players at the 2019 European Games Badminton players at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Denmark European Games silver medalists for Denmark European Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Denmark Sportspeople from Region Zealand