Olga Anatolyevna Konon ( be, Вольга Анатольеўна Конан; rus, Ольга Анатольевна Конон; born 11 November 1989) 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 pe ...

player from Germany, and is of Belarusian origin.

Career

Konon is known for her speed and attacking style of play. She is currently coached by Kim Ji Hyun and Per Henrik Croona. Konon won her first major international tournament in 2004, at the

Finnish International The Finnish Open (until 2013 known as ''Finnish International''), is an international open badminton tournament held in Finland since 1990. It was halted in 1994, 1995, and between 1997 and 2001. In 2013, it was held for the fourth time in the Ener ...

in the mixed event. She was only 14 at the time. In 2005, she traveled to the north east of England to take on then county champions, mixed doubles team Andrew Dodds and Cheryl Wigham. Konon and her partner were beaten 21–9, 21–14. In her next match she suffered a knee ligament injury at the Swedish International. After this injury, in 2007, she won a gold medal in girls' doubles and a bronze medal in girls' singles at the European Junior Championships. The following year she won

Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse is an international badminton open tournament held annually in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and ...

in women's singles, and qualified for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In October 2014, the UK launched the

National Badminton League The National Badminton League (NBL) was a professional team badminton league in England. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. Reaching seven franchise teams in its ...

. This consists of six national teams that play each other once during the season. Top national and European players were 'auctioned' off and bought by one of the six franchises, and Konon was picked to play for the University of Nottingham. In November 2014, she won her first match for the UON, beating Liz Cann 3–0.

Summer Olympics

At the

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, Konon lost in the round of sixteen to top seeded Xie Xinfang (who later won the silver medal) 21–16, 21–15. En route to the round of sixteen, she defeated Singapore's

Xing Aiying Xing Aiying (; born 2 August 1989) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life Xing was born in Jiangsu, China, and she is a former Nanjing city age-group champion in 1998. She c ...

, who is ranked 23 in the world, 21–19, 21–12. Later in the round of 32, she beat Slovenia's

Maja Tvrdy Maja Tvrdy (born 20 November 1983) is a Slovenian badminton player. She competed for Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

''Women's singles'' ''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. ...

/ European Circuit tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roj, Olga 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Brest, Belarus Naturalized citizens of Poland Naturalized citizens of Germany Belarusian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Belarus Polish female badminton players German female badminton players