Nanna Vainio (born 29 May 1991) is a right handed Finnish

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 who lives in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

in Finland. Since 2009 she has been the Finnish singles champion several times.

Career

Vainio was born on Ekenäs in 1991. She first competed internationally in Latvia when she was 14 and she has been in the national team since 2008.Nanna Vainio
BWFBadminton, Retrieved 28 August 2016 She graduated from high school in Espoo Mattlidens gymnasium in 2010, after which she studied for a degree in information management and business administration at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

in England.Mainio Vainio oikealla tiellä, Isaksson, Janne
Issue s. 8–9, Sportpressen, Ajankohta = Talvi 2011–2012, Viitattu = 29.3.2014 In 2013, she moved to Copenhagen, where she studied for a master's degree and was trained by

Anu Nieminen Anu Kristiina Nieminen (born 16 December 1977; née Weckström) is a Finnish badminton player. Born in Helsinki, Nieminen has joined the national team in 1994. She is one of the best badminton players in Finland, having won twelve times National ...

at the Copenhagen Badminton Center. She graduated in 2015 and has since been training again in Finland.Nanna Vainio
, Rio Team: Pelaajat, Retrieved 28 August 2016 Vainio has been ranked as 56th in the world and she represented her country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. She lost in the first round of the tournament to the Spanish player Carolina Marín who has been ranked number one in the world.

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' :

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

1991 births Living people Finnish female badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Finland Alumni of Loughborough University People from Raseborg Sportspeople from Uusimaa {{Finland-sport-bio-stub