Airi Mikkelä

Airi Mikkelä
Airi Mikkelä
Personal information
Country	Finland
Born	5 April 1993 (age 31); Vantaa, Finland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	48 (22 June 2017)
	BWF profile

Airi Mikkelä (born 5 April 1993) is a Finnish badminton player. She started playing badminton at 8 years old, then in 2009, she joined Finnish national badminton team.^[1] In 2010, she participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. In 2014, she won Iceland International tournament in women's singles event. In 2015, she became the runner-up of Mauritius and Mexico international tournament. In 2016, she won Peru International Series and became the runner-up of Iceland International tournament.^[2]

She is married to YouTuber Roni Bäck. Their first child was born in January 2023.

Achievements[edit]

BWF Grand Prix[edit]

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

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Brasil Open	Beatriz Corrales	13–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[edit]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Iceland International	Akvilė Stapušaitytė	21–14, 18–21, 21–11	Winner
2015	Mauritius International	Nanna Vainio	16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	Internacional Mexicano	Telma Santos	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Iceland International	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	21–19, 15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2016	Peru International Series	Nanna Vainio	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2019	Mauritius International	Thet Htar Thuzar	10–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Carebaco International	Jordan Hart	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up