About Elena Nozdran
Born 1975. Elena Nozdran is a Ukrainian and Luxembourgish badminton player, badminton coach and olympic competitor.
Elena Ivanivna Nozdran (; born 20 July 1975) is a Ukrainian-born badminton player who has represented both Ukraine and Luxembourg. She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim, California.
In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Pi Hongyan of France. Nozdran also played in the German leagues before moving to Luxembourg and working as a badminton coach. In Luxembourg, she returned to the court as a player again and won the women's doubles national championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2017; and also in the mixed doubles in 2011 and 2017.
Achievements
World Senior Championships Women’s singles Year Venue Event Opponent Score Result 2019 Spodek, Katowice, Poland Women's singles 40+ Claudia Vogelgsang 21–18, 10–21, 25–27 Bronze Bronze
IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women’s singles Year Event Opponent Score Result 1995 Bulgarian Open Vlada Chernyavskaya 11–8, 11–2 Winner 1999 Polish Open Ling Wan Ting 11–9, 13–11 Winner 2000 Polish Open Takako Ida 8–11, 3–11 Runner-up 2001 German Open Pi Hongyan 1–7, 5–7, 2–7 Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1994 Russian Open Victoria Evtoushenko Svetlana Alferova Marina Yakusheva 1–15, 7–15 Runner-up 1999 Polish Open Victoria Evtoushenko Ang Li Peng Chor Hooi Yee 15–2, 13–15, 10–15 Runner-up
BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1993 Slovenian International Andrea Harsági 11–7, 10–12, 8–11 Runner-up 1993 Romanian International Winner 1994 Slovak International Elena Denisova 11–6, 11–5 Winner 1994 Hungarian International Anne Søndergaard 10–12, 3–11 Runner-up 1995 Slovak International Natalja Esipenko 11–4, 11–2 Winner 1997 Hungarian International Lonneke Janssen 9–5, 9–2, 9–5 Winner 1997 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Natalia Golovkina 11–3, 11–3 Winner 1998 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Joanne Muggeridge 11–9, 11–2 Winner 1999 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Johanna Holgersson 11–8, 11–1 Winner 1999 Bulgarian International Anu Weckström 11–6, 11–8 Winner 1999 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Marina Andrievskaya 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up 2000 Portugal International Katarzyna Krasowska 11–1, 11–4 Winner 2000 Russian International Ella Karachkova 8–11, 8–11 Runner-up 2000 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Xu Huaiwen 4–11, 11–8, 4–11 Runner-up 2004 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Louise Thastrup 11–0, 11–1 Winner 2006 Polish International Atu Rosalina 17–21, 13–21 Winner 2006 Latvia International Elena Shimko Winner
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1993 Slovenian International Irina Koloskova Natalja Esipenko Santi Wibowo 15–7, 15–2 Winner 1993 Romanian International Irina Koloskova Winner 1994 Slovak International Victoria Evtoushenko Svetlana Alferova Elena Denisova 15–1, 15–3 Winner 1994 Bulgarian International Victoria Evtoushenko Markéta Koudelková Eva Lacinová 15–11, 15–7 Winner 1995 Slovak International Victoria Evtoushenko Ludmila Okuneva Olesia Sholar 15–2, 17–15 Winner 1997 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Victoria Evtoushenko Armelle Cassen Tatiana Vattier 15–3, 15–7 Winner 1998 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Victoria Evtoushenko Judith Baumeyer Santi Wibowo 15–4, 12–15, 15–6 Winner 2001 BMW International Neli Boteva Lonneke Janssen Lotte Jonathans 7–5, 7–5, 4–7, 7–4 Winner 2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Larisa Griga Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 10–15, 2–15 Runner-up 2004 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Hariati Dimitriika Dimitrova Janni Kjær2–15, 6–15 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1993 Slovenian International Valeriy Streltsov Lawrence Chew Si Hock Santi Wibowo 15–4, 18–15 Winner 1993 Hungarian International Valeriy Streltsov Kai Mitteldorf Nicol Pitro 15–10, 12–15, 17–14 Winner 1993 Romanian International Valeriy Streltsov Winner 1997 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Valeriy Streltsov Konstantin Tatranov Victoria Evtoushenko 8–15, 15–9, 3–6 retired Winner 2001 BMW International Vladislav Druzchenko Chris Bruil Lotte Jonathans 3–7, 7–5, 7–2, 0–7, 2–7 Runner-up 2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Vladislav Druzchenko Dmitry Miznikov Natalia Golovkina 15–6, 15–2 Winner 2004 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Valeriy Streltsov Dimitriika Dimitrova Janni Kjær 15–12, 15–7 Winner 2004 Polish Open Vladislav Druzchenko Pan Pan Sun Junjie 15–11, 15–7 Winner 2004 Finnish International Vladislav Druzchenko Andrei Konakh Olga Konon 15–9, 11–15, 15–17 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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Who is Elena Nozdran?
badminton player
When was Elena Nozdran born?
Elena Nozdran was born on 20 July 1975 in Dnipro.
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Elena Nozdran is a badminton player, badminton coach and olympic competitor.
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Elena Nozdran is Ukrainian and Luxembourgish.
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