Nguyễn Thùy Linh (born 20 November 1997) is a Vietnamese

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player. She started her career by leaving her hometown in

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, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country at the

2015 SEA Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, or the 28th SEA Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2015, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held by the city-state of Singapore from 5 to 16 June 201 ...

when she was 18 years old.

Career

2016

She won her first international title at the 2016 Nepal International, and at the same year, she entered the top 100 in the women's singles world ranking.

2022

She won a bronze medal in the

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mixed team event. She also competed in the 2022 BWF World Championships and made a huge upset when she won against

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in the first round. She lost the second round to eventual bronze medalist

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. On September, she won the

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tournament, defeating Hirari Mizui in the final. A month later, she won her first ever World Tour title at the home tournament Vietnam Open.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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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

References

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Nguyễn Thùy Linh
at the

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1997 births Living people People from Phú Thọ province 21st-century Vietnamese sportswomen Vietnamese female badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Vietnam Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Vietnam Competitors at the 2015 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in badminton {{Vietnam-badminton-bio-stub