Polina Buhrova

Polina Buhrova (; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).

Career First major senior tournament for Buhrova was the 2021 European Badminton Championships in Kyiv. Together with Mariia Stoliarenko, she received a wild card for women's doubles. They won against Irish Kate Frost and Moya Ryan but lost to Danish Alexandra Bøje and Mette Poulsen in the second round.

Buhrova has won several medals at the European junior championships, including bronze in girls' doubles in 2020. Though she was seeded 4th for the 2022 World Junior Championships in the singles' tournament, she lost in the third round. The same happened during the 2022 European Junior Championships when she lost both in singles and doubles in the third round despite being top seeded.

Buhrova competed in the 2023 European Games. In Tarnów, she finished second in her group (after losing to Danish Line Kjærsfeldt and winning against Hristomira Popovska from Bulgaria), but lost to Neslihan Yiğit from Turkey in the round of 16. At the 2023 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Buhrova lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani from Indonesia in the first round. She also competed for Ukraine at the 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships where she played just one game which she won (against English Abigail Holden).

Through Olympic ratings, Buhrova qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Personal life Buhrova studies at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.

Achievements European Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Pajulahti Sports Institute, Lahti, Finland Mariia Stoliarenko Leona Michalski Thuc Phuong Nguyen 20–22, 10–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2026 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Yevheniia Kantemyr Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 12–21, 3–21 Bronze Bronze

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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Yevheniia Kantemyr Sung Shuo-yun Yu Chien-hui 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 6 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2021 Latvia International Mariia Stoliarenko 21–13, 21–16 Winner 2021 Kharkiv International Dounia Pelupessy 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2021 Italian International Edith Urell 21–18, 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 Bangladesh International Lalinrat Chaiwan 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2025 Astana International Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan 7–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2026 Polish Open Unnati Hooda 21–10, 15–21, 8–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Kazakhstan International Yevheniia Kantemyr Kaho Osawa Mai Tanabe walkover Runner-up 2024 Mexican International Yevheniia Kantemyr Romina Fregoso Miriam Rodríguez 21–12, 21–16 Winner 2024 Turkey International Yevheniia Kantemyr Paula López Lucía Rodríguez walkover Runner-up 2024 Bangladesh International Yevheniia Kantemyr Kodchaporn Chaichana Pannawee Polyiam 23–25, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up 2025 Astana International Yevheniia Kantemyr Lanny Tria Mayasari Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi 21–12, 11–21, 21–13 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 2 runners-up) Girls' singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2019 Ukraine Junior International Anastasiya Prozorova 17–21, 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2020 Polish Junior International Anna Siess Ryberg 12–21, 24–26 Runner-up 2021 Ukraine Junior International Mariia Stoliarenko 21–13, 21–12 Winner

Girls' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Polish Junior International Mariia Stoliarenko Simona Pilgaard Anna Siess Ryberg 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2021 Ukraine Junior International Mariia Stoliarenko Polina Tkach Olga Tykhorskaya 21–12, 21–13 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament