Neslihan Yiğit (born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish

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player. The tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. She won the women's singles title at the

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and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Yiğit also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the

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and

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The tournament began three days after the conclusion of the 2022 Comm ...

Career

Neslihan Yiğit became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles. She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011–2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Yiğit ranked 7th in the World Juniors list. She qualified as the first-ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics. She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the

held in Palembang, Indonesia. In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games. In 2021, Yiğit reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion

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. She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games. Yiğit was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21. She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5. Yiğit reached the quarterfinals of the

2021 Hylo Open The 2021 Hylo Open was a badminton tournament which took place at the Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, from 2 to 7 November 2021 with a total prize of US$320,000. In 2021, the tournament changed its name from SaarLorLux Open to Hylo Ope ...

. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and

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in the first two rounds, it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters. Yiğit made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed

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, and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.

Achievements

European Games

''Women's doubles''

European Championships

''Women's singles''

Islamic Solidarity Games

''Women's singles''

Mediterranean Games

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

European University Games

''Women's singles''

European University Championships

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (25 titles, 27 runners-up)

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

References

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