Sandra Marinello (born 29 May 1983) is a German
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. She was born in
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...
, and started to playing badminton in 1995. Marinello was part of the 1. BC Düren from 2008-2014, and previously plays for the SV Thomasstadt Kempen, BV RW Wesel, TV Remscheid, SCU Lüdinghausen, PSV Ludwigshafen, and BV Gifhorn. She won the women's doubles title at the
national championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
from 2009-2012 partnered with
Birgit Overzier. Together with the
German national women's team, she won the bronze medal at the
2006 Uber Cup
The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from 28 April to 7 May in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.
Sendai hosted all of the group stage and p ...
in
Japan. She also won the women's doubles bronze at the
2012 European Championships with Overzier.
Achievements
European Championships
''Women's doubles''
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels:
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
''Women's doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament
References
External links
Portrait*
1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Duisburg
German female badminton players
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