Victoria Wright (born Victoria Hristova; 1 May 1974) is a former Bulgarian

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, and later represented France. She competed for

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at the first edition of the

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. In Bulgaria, she won nine times

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title, 4 in the women's singles and 5 in the women's doubles event. She competed for

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at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles event partnered with the former Bulgarian player Svetoslav Stoyanov. They lost to

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Champ ...

and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the round of 32. Wright won the French National Championships title, 2 times in the women's doubles event partnered with Tatiana Vattier, and 3 in the mixed doubles event with Stoyanov.

Achievements

IBF International

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

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* * * * (2004 Summer Olympics) * * (1992 Summer Olympics) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Victoria 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Pazardzhik French people of Bulgarian descent French female badminton players Olympic badminton players for France Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Bulgarian female badminton players Olympic badminton players for Bulgaria Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics