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Olga Anatolyevna Konon (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; born 11 November 1989) is a badminton player from Germany, and is of Belarusian origin.

Career

Konon is known for her speed and attacking style of play. She is currently coached by Kim Ji Hyun and Per Henrik Croona. Konon won her first major international tournament in 2004, at the Finnish International in the mixed event. She was only 14 at the time.

In 2005, she traveled to the north east of England to take on then county champions, mixed doubles team Andrew Dodds and Cheryl Wigham. Konon and her partner were beaten 21–9, 21–14.

In her next match she suffered a knee ligament injury at the Swedish International. After this injury, in 2007, she won a gold medal in girls' doubles and a bronze medal in girls' singles at the European Junior Championships. The following year she won Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse in women's singles, and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In October 2014, the UK launched the National Badminton League. This consists of six national teams that play each other once during the season. Top national and European players were 'auctioned' off and bought by one of the six franchises, and Konon was picked to play for the University of Nottingham. In November 2014, she won her first match for the UON, beating Liz Cann 3–0.

Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Konon lost in the round of sixteen to top seeded Xie Xinfang (who later won the silver medal) 21–16, 21–15. En route to the round of sixteen, she defeated Singapore's Xing Aiying, who is ranked 23 in the world, 21–19, 21–12. Later in the round of 32, she beat Slovenia's Maja Tvrdy, 21–17, 21–14.

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Völklingen, Germany	Template:Flagicon Karina Jørgensen	14–21, 18–21	Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	De Maaspoort, Den Bosch, Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Kristína Ludíková	Template:Flagicon Olga Kozlova Template:Flagicon Nina Vislova	5–15, 12–15	Bronze Bronze
2007	Hermann-Neuberger-Halle, Völklingen, Germany	Template:Flagicon Kristína Ludíková	Template:Flagicon Joan Christiansen Template:Flagicon Line Damkjær Kruse	21–14, 21–17	Gold Gold

BWF World Tour

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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Template:Flagicon Peter Käsbauer	Template:Flagicon Niclas Nøhr Template:Flagicon Sara Thygesen	19–21, 9–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series/European Circuit

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	White Nights	Template:Flagicon Kanako Yonekura	11–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2008	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Susan Hughes	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2010	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Larisa Griga	21–17, 21–7	Winner
2010	Italian International	Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2011	Spanish Open	Template:Flagicon Carolina Marín	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Kharkiv International	Template:Flagicon Susan Egelstaff	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2011	Belgian International	Template:Flagicon Larisa Griga	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2013	French International	Template:Flagicon Beatriz Corrales	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2013	Denmark International	Template:Flagicon Mette Poulsen	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2013	White Nights	Template:Flagicon Ella Diehl	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2015	Kharkiv International	Template:Flagicon Pornpawee Chochuwong	21–16, 21–10	Winner
2015	Bulgarian International	Template:Flagicon Marija Ulitina	19–21, 21–16, 21–14	Winner
2015	Swiss International	Template:Flagicon Nitchaon Jindapol	21–16, 16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Irish Open	Template:Flagicon Natalia Koch Rohde	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2015	Italian International	Template:Flagicon Natalia Koch Rohde	18–21, 21–16, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Swedish Masters	Template:Flagicon Karin Schnaase	16–21, 22–20, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Austrian Open	Template:Flagicon Xu Wei	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Template:Flagicon Elin Bergblom Template:Flagicon Johanna Persson	5–11, 8–11	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Andrei Konakh	Template:Flagicon Mike Beres Template:Flagicon Jody Patrick	15–11, 9–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2004	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Andrei Konakh	Template:Flagicon Vladislav Druzchenko Template:Flagicon Elena Nozdran	9–15, 15–11, 17–15	Winner
2009	Polish International	Template:Flagicon Michał Łogosz	Template:Flagicon Adam Cwalina Template:Flagicon Malgorzata Kurdelska	23–25, 21–11, 21–7	Winner
2017	Turkey International	Template:Flagicon Peter Käsbauer	Template:Flagicon Valeriy Atrashchenkov Template:Flagicon Yelyzaveta Zharka	21–18, 22–20	Winner
2018	Estonian International	Template:Flagicon Peter Käsbauer	Template:Flagicon Gregory Mairs Template:Flagicon Jenny Moore	21–14, 21–12	Winner
2018	Portugal International	Template:Flagicon Peter Käsbauer	Template:Flagicon Lu Chen Template:Flagicon Li Zi-qing	21–8, 21–12	Winner
2018	KaBaL International	Template:Flagicon Peter Käsbauer	Template:Flagicon Paweł Śmiłowski Template:Flagicon Magdalena Świerczyńska	21–10, 21–11	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series/ European Circuit tournament

External links

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