Akvilė Stapušaitytė (born 25 March 1986) is a Lithuanian

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. She was born in

Tauragė Tauragė (; see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County. In 2020, its population was 21,520. Tauragė is situated on the Jūra River, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast, and not far from th ...

, Lithuanian SSR.

Career

Stapušaitytė won the

Lithuanian National Badminton Championships The Lithuanian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Lithuania. They are held since 1963. Organised by Lithuanian Badminton Federation Lithuanian Badminton Federation ( lt, Lietuvos badmin ...

in 2006–2014. Lithuania Open title winner. She attended 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 ...

and lost to

Tine Rasmussen Tine Baun (née Rasmussen; born 21 July 1979) is a Danish former badminton player. Most notably, she won the All England Open Badminton Championships women's singles title three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013 – the last of these being her final ...

in the second round. She also represented Lithuania in

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

where she was eliminated after group stage.

Media

Stapušaitytė was nominated among most charming sportswomen of 2013 in Lithuania. In 2014, she was on the cover of SportIN magazine.Sporto leidinių badas baigėsi: dienos šviesą išvydo žurnalas „SportIN“
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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''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. ...

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

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people People from Tauragė Lithuanian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Lithuania Badminton players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Lithuania {{Lithuania-badminton-bio-stub