Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a
Swedish
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badminton
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player. Persson won the women's singles title at the
Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it consecutively from 2005-2008. She competed at the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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, but defeated in the first round to
Petya Nedelcheva
Petya Nedelcheva ( bg, Петя Неделчева; born 30 July 1983) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.
Career
A right-hand ...
of Bulgaria with the score 10–21, 10–21. Her sister,
Johanna Persson, is also an
Olympian who competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, Greece.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
References
External links
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Swedish female badminton players
Living people
1980 births
People from Danderyd Municipality
Sportspeople from Stockholm
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Sweden
21st-century Swedish women
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