Maja Pohar

Maja Pohar Perme (born 8 April 1976) is a Slovenian former badminton player affiliated with Olimpija club. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her brother Andrej Pohar also a professional badminton player, and the duo played in the mixed doubles event. She won 33 times National Championships title, 10 in the women's singles, 9 in the women's doubles, and 14 in the mixed doubles event.

Pohar received her Master of Statistics and Ph.D. in University of Ljubljana. She is an associate professor of biostatistics at the Medical faculty of the University of Ljubljana and teaches both medical students as well as statistics students at masters and PhD level. As statistician, she is the co-editor of the Slovenian Medical Journal.

Achievements

IBF International Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1996 Slovenian International Sandra Dimbour 5–11, 9–12 Runner-up 1997 Czech International Anne Gibson 9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 0–9 Runner-up 1997 Slovenian International Joanne Muggeridge 1–11, 2–11 Runner-up 1997 Spanish International Li Li 11–7, 11–7 Winner 1998 Slovenian International Joanne Muggeridge 7–11, 6–11 Runner-up 1999 Croatian International Natalja Esipenko 11–5, 11–0 Winner 1999 Romanian International Neli Nedyalkova 11–8, 11–5 Winner 1999 Slovenian International Sandra Dimbour 11–8, 11–6 Winner 2000 Strasbourg International Winner 2000 Victorian International Miyo Akao 11–7, 7–11, 11–6 Winner 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Ella Karachkova 4–11, 2–11 Runner-up 2000 Hungarian International Yoana Martínez 11–5, 11–0 Winner 2001 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Natalja Esipenko 5–7, 7–2, 7–2, 7–5 Winner 2001 Slovenian International Petya Nedelcheva 2–7, 7–0, 8–6, 7–2 Winner 2001 Hungarian International Petya Nedelcheva 1–7, 7–5, 5–7 Runner-up 2003 Strasbourg International Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1998 Slovenian International Maja Tvrdy Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge 9–15, 7–15 Runner-up 1999 Croatian International Maja Tvrdy Natalja Esipenko Natalia Golovkina 4–15, 6–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1996 Slovak International Andrej Pohar Lars Paaske Sarah Jonsson 8–15, 18–16, 15–7 Winner 1996 Spanish International Andrej Pohar Manuel Dubrulle Sandrine Lefèvre 9–15, 12–15 Runner-up 1997 Slovak International Andrej Pohar Michael Lamp Rikke Broen 6–15, 2–15 Runner-up 1997 Hungarian International Andrej Pohar Norbert van Barneveld Lotte Jonathans 9–5, 4–9, 3–9, 5–9 Runner-up 1998 Slovenian International Andrej Pohar José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco 15–2, 11–15, 15–8 Winner 1999 Austrian International Andrej Pohar Kenny Middlemiss Kirsteen McEwan 12–15, 11–15 Runner-up 1999 Romanian International Andrej Pohar Alexandr Russkikh Anastasia Russkikh 15–7, 15–3 Winner 1999 Slovenian International Andrej Pohar Marcin Rynkiewicz Angelika Węgrzyn 15–7, 15–3 Winner 2000 Strasbourg International Andrej Pohar Winner 2000 Peru International Andrej Pohar Mike Beres Kara Solmundson 1–15, 10–15 Runner-up 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Andrej Pohar Pavel Uvarov Ella Karachkova 8–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2001 Spanish International Andrej Pohar Peter Jeffrey Suzanne Rayappan 13–15, 7–15 Runner-up 2001 Hungarian International Andrej Pohar Daniel Glaser Johanna Persson 7–5, 7–1, 7–1 Winner 2005 Croatian International Andrej Pohar Hendra Wijaya Frances Liu 11–15, 15–13, 7–15 Runner-up