Polina Buhrova ( ua, Поліна Бугрова; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).

Career

First major senior tournament for Buhrova was the

2021 European Badminton Championships The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. It was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 27 April to 2 May 2021. Tournament The 2021 European Badminton Championships was the 28th edition of ...

in Kyiv. Together with Mariia Stoliarenko, she received a wild card for women's doubles. They won against Irish Kate Frost and Moya Ryan but lost to Danish Alexandra Bøje and Mette Poulsen in the second round. Buhrova has won several medals at the European junior championships, including bronze in girls' doubles in 2022. Though she was seeded 4th for the 2022 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles, 2022 World Junior Championships in the singles' tournament, she lost in the third round. The same happened during the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships – Girls' singles, 2022 European Junior Championships when she lost both in singles and doubles in the third round despite being top seeded. Buhrova competed in the Badminton at the 2023 European Games – Women's singles, 2023 European Games. In Tarnów, she finished second in her group (after losing to Danish Line Kjærsfeldt and winning against Hristomira Popovska from Bulgaria), but lost to Neslihan Yiğit from Turkey in the round of 16. At the 2023 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Buhrova lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani from Indonesia in the 2023 BWF World Championships – Women's singles#Section 2, first round. She also competed for Ukraine at the 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships where she played just one game which she won (against English Abigail Holden). Through Olympic ratings, Buhrova qualified for the Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Girls' singles'' ''Girls' doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Personal life

Buhrova studies at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.Студентка ХПІ Поліна Бугрова стала дворазовою чемпіонкою України з бадмінтону
Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, 27 November 2023 (in Ukrainian).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buhrova, Polina 2004 births Living people Ukrainian female badminton players Sportspeople from Kharkiv Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute alumni Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Ukraine Badminton players at the 2023 European Games European Games competitors for Ukraine