Larisa Griga Explained

Larisa Griga
Larysa Hryha
Birth Name:Larisa Valeriïvna Griga
Country:Ukraine
Birth Date:1984 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence:Uppsala, Sweden
Height:1.70 m
Weight:65 kg
Handedness:Right
Coach:Semenuta V
PG Jonsson
Makhnovskiy Gennadiy
Event:Women's singles & doubles
Highest Ranking:29 (WS 11 August 2011)
330 (WD 14 March 2013)
Bwf Id:8AC55945-CB21-4C78-8718-F6894B591BBC

Larisa Valeriïvna Griga (Ukrainian: Лариса Валеріївна Грига Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine.[1] [2] She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event.[3] She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.[4]

Career

She played at the 2005 IBF World Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round (lost to 2nd seed Xie Xingfang of China).[5]

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Griga reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyama and Eric Pang the final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Since the autumn of 2008, Griga is playing for the club Fyrisfjädern in Uppsala, Sweden.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2007Dutch International Kati Tolmoff21–12, 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2007Victorian International Ragna Ingólfsdóttir21–11, 21–10 Winner
2007North Shore City International Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung21–19, 21–14 Winner
2007Belgian International Elizabeth Cann21–15, 16–21, 21–18 Winner
2007Norwegian International Juliane Schenk12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2008Dutch International Yu Wakita21–19, 21–19 Winner
2008Norwegian International Zhang Xi18–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2008Italian International Juliane Schenk21–15, 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2010Kharkiv International Marija Ulitina21–14, 17–21, 21–13 Winner
2010Norwegian International Olga Konon17–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2011Polish Open Yuka Kusunose21–15, 21–16 Winner
2011Belgian International Olga Konon12–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Larisa Griga . bwfbadminton.com . . 23 October 2016.
  2. Web site: Larysa Hryha . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hr/larysa-hryha-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . www.sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . 23 October 2016.
  3. Web site: European Junior Championships, Individuals . badmintoneurope.com . . 26 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Larisa Griga . www.olympic.org . . 23 October 2016.
  5. News: Chinese top seeds Lin and Zhang advance . www.dawn.com . DAWN . 23 October 2016.