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]
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.
Girls' singles
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
Women's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | |
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2007 | Dutch International | Kati Tolmoff | 21–12, 15–21, 20–22 | Runner-up | |
2007 | Victorian International | Ragna Ingólfsdóttir | 21–11, 21–10 | Winner | |
2007 | North Shore City International | Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung | 21–19, 21–14 | Winner | |
2007 | Belgian International | Elizabeth Cann | 21–15, 16–21, 21–18 | Winner | |
2007 | Norwegian International | Juliane Schenk | 12–21, 17–21 | Runner-up | |
2008 | Dutch International | Yu Wakita | 21–19, 21–19 | Winner | |
2008 | Norwegian International | Zhang Xi | 18–21, 15–21 | Runner-up | |
2008 | Italian International | Juliane Schenk | 21–15, 13–21, 17–21 | Runner-up | |
2010 | Kharkiv International | Marija Ulitina | 21–14, 17–21, 21–13 | Winner | |
2010 | Norwegian International | Olga Konon | 17–21, 7–21 | Runner-up | |
2011 | Polish Open | Yuka Kusunose | 21–15, 21–16 | Winner | |
2011 | Belgian International | Olga Konon | 12–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament