Telma Santos

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Telma Santos
Personal information
CountryPortugal
Born (1983-08-01) August 1, 1983 (age 40)
Peniche, Portugal[1]
ResidencePeniche, Portugal
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight[1]
CoachLuís Carvalho
Highest ranking62 (22 September 2011)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Portugal
Helvetia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Agros Mixed team
World Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Huelva Women's singles 35+
BWF profile

Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012[2] and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[4]

In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.

Achievements[edit]

World Senior Championships[edit]

Women's singles

Year Age Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 35+ Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Bulgaria Maya Dobreva 21–12, 21–7 Gold Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series[edit]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Syria International Portugal Filipa Lamy 21–16, 21–15 Winner
2007 Jordan Satellite Slovenia Maja Tvrdy 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2008 Iran Fajr International Italy Agnese Allegrini 10–21, 21–16, 19–21 Runner-up
2009 Portugal International England Jill Pittard 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2010 Portugal International England Helen Davies 21–17, 19–21, 21–12 Winner
2010 Santo Domingo Open Italy Agnese Allegrini 21–11, 23–21 Winner
2011 Uganda International Turkey Özge Bayrak 21–19, 19–21, 21–19 Winner
2011 Syria International Syria Sanaa Mahmoud 21–14, 21–10 Winner
2011 South Africa International Turkey Özge Bayrak 19–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2013 Hatzor International Russia Olga Golovanova 21–16, 21–19 Winner
2013 Morocco International Netherlands Gayle Mahulette 21–12, 21–10 Winner
2013 Botswana International South Africa Elme de Villiers 21–4, 21–11 Winner
2013 South Africa International Egypt Hadia Hosny 21–6, 21–10 Winner
2014 Colombia International Peru Daniela Macías 11–5, 11–6, 11–3 Winner
2014 Hatzor International Croatia Dorotea Sutara 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 Winner
2015 Guatemala International United States Rong Schafer 21–12, 11–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2015 Mexico International Finland Airi Mikkelä 21–15, 21–14 Winner
2015 Suriname International Brazil Lohaynny Vicente Walkover Winner
2015 South Africa International Hungary Laura Sárosi 22–20, 21–17 Winner
2016 Uganda International Mauritius Kate Foo Kune 21–10, 21–12 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Italian International Portugal Vânia Leça Austria Verena Fastenbauer
Austria Simone Prutsch
7–11, 3–11 Runner-up
2002 Spanish International Portugal Filipa Lamy Sweden Elin Bergblom
Sweden Johanna Persson
6–8, 0–7, 4–7 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2004 Cyprus International Portugal Nuno Santos Cyprus Nicolas Panayiotou
Poland Katarzyna Krasowska
12–15, 15–9, 15–4 Winner
  BWF International Series tournaments
  BWF Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Telma Santos Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  3. ^ Group, Global Media (2016-08-15). "Badminton - Telma Santos despede-se com terceira derrota". DN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  4. ^ "Fernando Silva e Telma Santos eleitos jogadores do ano". record.xl.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 March 2016.