Giuliana Póveda Explained

Carmen Póveda
Fullname:	Carmen Giuliana Póveda Flores
Sport:	Para-badminton
Coach:	Isaac Nunes
Birth Date:	27 July 2001
Birth Place:	Lima, Peru
Event:	Women's singles SS6 Women's doubles SH6 Mixed doubles SH6

Carmen Giuliana Póveda Flores (born 27 July 2001) is a Peruvian para-badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions. She is a double World champion, four-time Pan American champion and a Parapan American Games champion.^{[1] [2]}

Sporting career

Póveda Flores was brought up in a sporting family and introduced to sport aged six when she started playing football in a neighbourhood football club; her two sisters played football and volleyball while her father was a footballer and her mother, Lidia Flores, was an accomplished volleyball player. Carmen switched to badminton aged fourteen because of training schedule irregularities.^{[3] [4]}

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Rachel Choong	15–21, 7–21	Silver
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Rachel Choong	21–9, 21–19	Gold
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Rina Marlina	14–21, 14–21	Silver
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Lin Shuangbao	16–21, 13–21	Bronze

Women’s doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Randika Doling	Rebecca Bedford Rachel Choong	5–21, 8–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Katherine Valli	Rebecca Bedford Rachel Choong	25–27, 17–21	Silver
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Rubí Milagros Fernández Vargas	Daria Bujnicka Oliwia Szmigiel	21–13, 21–14	Gold
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Rubí Milagros Fernández Vargas	Li Fengmei Lin Shuangbao	7–21, 14–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Dongchun Gymnasium, Ulsan, South Korea	Niall McVeigh	Fabien Morat Rebecca Bedford	15–21, 18–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Nilton Quispe Ignacio	Subhan Rina Marlina	9–21, 15–21	Silver

Notes and References

1. Web site: 19 January 2024. Giuliana Poveda Flores (in Spanish). Badminton Peru.
2. Web site: 28 July 2023. Now they look at us with different eyes (in Spanish). El Comercio.
3. Web site: 7 August 2019. Sports upbringing gives edge to Poveda. BWF Badminton.
4. Web site: 17 August 2017. Giuliana Poveda: Born to be Great (in Spanish). www.gob.pe.