Agnese Allegrini (born 3 July 1982 in

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) is a badminton player from

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Biography

Allegrini played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships and reached the second round, where she lost to Eriko Hirose of Japan. She played at the 2008 Olympic Games in

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, where she lost in the first round to the Ukrainian player Larisa Griga. She was the first ever Italian badminton player to compete in the

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women’s doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament

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* * * * Italian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Italy Sportspeople from Rome Living people 1982 births Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-badminton-bio-stub