Kaloyana Nalbantova

Kaloyana Nalbantova (; born 6 March 2006) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships in Belgrade. She also represented Bulgaria in women's singles at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career In 2022, Kaloyana participated in the 2022 European Junior Badminton Championships and beat Lisa Curtin in the women's singles final 14–21, 21–17, 21–16 to win gold. She then won the Hungarian International by defeating Frederikke Lund in the final. In 2023, Kaloyana reached the final of the Dutch International but lost to Huang Yu-hsun. She also won her second international title by defeating Milena Schnider at the Bulgarian International.

In 2024, Kaloyana qualified for the women's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Placed into Group A with number 1 seed An Se-young and host representative Qi Xuefei, she first lost to An Se-young 15–21, 11–21. In her second match, she defeated Qi Xuefei 21–18, 21–18 but did not advance to the knockout stage.

Achievements

European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Athletic Hall Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Lisa Curtin 14–21, 21–17, 21–16 Gold Gold 2024 Poliesportiu Sa Blanca Dona, Ibiza, Spain Ravza Bodur 21–16, 21–9 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2026 U.S. Open Super 300 Line Christophersen 16–21, 21–16, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2022 Hungarian International Frederikke Lund 16–21, 21–13, 21–19 Winner 2023 Dutch International Huang Yu-hsun 10–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2023 Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine Tung Ciou-tong 17–21, 21–17, 11–21 Runner-up 2023 Bulgarian International Milena Schnider 21–12, 15–21, 21–15 Winner 2025 Belgian International Peng Yu-wei 21–8, 13–21, 21–12 Winner 2025 Czech Open Amalie Schulz 21–14, 12–21, 21–16 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament