Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a
Swedish
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badminton player. Persson won the women's singles title at the
Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it consecutively from 2005-2008. She competed at the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but defeated in the first round to
Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria with the score 10–21, 10–21. Her sister,
Johanna Persson
Johanna Sofia Elisabeth Persson (born 25 December 1978) is a former Swedish badminton player. Persson started her junior career in Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and won her first national junior title in 1993 in the U-14 girls' sin ...
, is also an
Olympian
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who competed at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens, Greece.
Achievements
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's singles''
:
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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tournament
:
BWF International Series
The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
tournament
References
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Swedish female badminton players
Living people
1980 births
People from Danderyd Municipality
Sportspeople from Stockholm
Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players of Sweden
21st-century Swedish women
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