Larisa Griga

Larisa Valeriïvna Griga (, Larysa Valeriivna Hryha; born 31 May 1984) is a badminton player from Ukraine. She was the gold medalist at the 2003 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event. She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

Career She played at the 2005 IBF World Championships in Anaheim and reached the second round (lost to 2nd seed Xie Xingfang of China).

As a part of the BC Amersfoort team, Griga reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Dicky Palyama and Eric Pang the final was lost against the team of NL Primorje. In the semi-finals they were too strong for CB Rinconada. Since the autumn of 2008, Griga is playing for the club Fyrisfjädern in Uppsala, Sweden.

Achievements

European Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2003 Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark Nanna Brosolat Jensen 11–9, 11–9 File:Med 1.png Gold

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 Russian Open Ella Diehl 10–21, 21–17, 12–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2007 Dutch International Kati Tolmoff 21–12, 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2007 Victorian International Ragna Ingólfsdóttir 21–11, 21–10 Winner 2007 North Shore City International Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung 21–19, 21–14 Winner 2007 Belgian International Elizabeth Cann 21–15, 16–21, 21–18 Winner 2007 Norwegian International Juliane Schenk 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2008 Dutch International Yu Wakita 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2008 Norwegian International Zhang Xi 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2008 Italian International Juliane Schenk 21–15, 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2010 Kharkiv International Marija Ulitina 21–14, 17–21, 21–13 Winner 2010 Norwegian International Olga Konon 17–21, 7–21 Runner-up 2011 Polish Open Yuka Kusunose 21–15, 21–16 Winner 2011 Belgian International Olga Konon 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Elena Nozdran Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 10–15, 2–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament