Linda Zetchiri

Linda Zetchiri
File:Linda Zechiri - 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.jpg Zetchiri at the 2018 Kazan European women's team championships
Personal information
Birth name	Linda Zetchiri
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking	21 (27 April 2017)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Bulgaria European Championships Bronze medal – third place 2012 Karlskrona Women's singles European Women's Team Championships Silver medal – second place 2016 Kazan Women's team Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Women's team European Junior Championships Bronze medal – third place 2005 Den Bosch Girls' singles
BWF profile

Linda Zetchiri (Bulgarian: Линда Зечири; born 27 July 1987) is a Bulgarian badminton player. She competed in the women's singles at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Zetchiri is one of the leading Bulgarian players in the sport. She was the bronze medallists at the 2005 European Junior and 2012 European Championships. She competed at the 2015 Baku and 2019 Minsk European Games.

Personal life

Zetchiri was born in Sofia (Bulgaria) and is of mixed ancestry, having Kosovo Albanian (through her grandfather) and Italian roots (on her grandmother's side). Her mother is Bulgarian. Her sister, Dzhema, serves as her sports manager.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Tine Baun	13–21, 14–21	Bronze Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Jeanine Cicognini	5–11, 5–11	Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (2 runners-up)

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	Dutch Open	Yao Jie	14–21, 13–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013	Bitburger Open	Nitchaon Jindapol	13–21, 13–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 13 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Slovenian International	Lianne Tan	21–15, 21–15	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009	Banuinvest International	Petya Nedelcheva	9–21, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2009	Bulgarian International	Petya Nedelcheva	14–21, 8–19 retired	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010	Turkey International	Judith Meulendijks	21–19, 18–21, 15–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011	Bulgarian International	Neslihan Yiğit	21–18, 21–14	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011	Norwegian International	Chloe Magee	21–19, 21–14	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012	Portugal International	Beatriz Corrales	15–21, 15–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012	Norwegian International	Sashina Vignes Waran	21–18, 11–21, 17–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013	Cyprus International	Carissa Turner	21–15, 21–19	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013	Hellas International	Nicole Schaller	21–14, 21–19	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013	Bulgaria Eurasia Open	Stefani Stoeva	16–21, 18–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014	Hellas International	Chloe Magee	21–13, 21–13	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014	Kharkiv International	Özge Bayrak	10–11, 11–5, 3–11, 11–8, 11–5	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014	Welsh International	Beatriz Corrales	21–10, 13–21, 13–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015	Iran Fajr International	Neslihan Yiğit	21–19, 21–14	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015	Austrian International	Cheung Ngan Yi	16–21, 8–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015	Hellas International	Fontaine Chapman	9–21, 6–14 retired	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015	Czech Open	Kirsty Gilmour	16–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019	Brazil International	Lianne Tan	21–17, 12–21, 4–13 retired	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020	Iran Fajr International	Crystal Pan	18–21, 14–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020	Jamaica International	Momoka Kimura	12–21, 12–21	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020	Bulgarian International	Marija Sudimac	21–7, 21–10	1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

See also

• Bulgarian National Badminton Championships

External links

• Linda Zetchiri at BWFBadminton.com
• Linda Zetchiri at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Linda Zetchiri at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)