Sara Persson

Sara Lisa Sofia Persson (born 23 September 1980) is a Swedish badminton player.^[1] Persson won the women's singles title at the Swedish National Championships in 2002 representing Täby Badmintonförening (now Göteborgs BK), and repeating it consecutively from 2005-2008.^[2] She competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but defeated in the first round to Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria with the score 10–21, 10–21.^[3] Her sister, Johanna Persson, is also an Olympian who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.^[4]

Achievements

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Cann	12–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Italian International	Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	16–21, 6–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Italian International	Template:Flagicon Ella Karachkova	21–12, 21–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Irish International	Template:Flagicon Susan Hughes	21–19, 21–16	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Anne Marie Pedersen	19–21, 21–18, 21–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	19–21, 13–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Iceland International	Template:Flagicon Julia Mann	13–11, 7–0 Retired	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Swedish International	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Cann	9–11, 2–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Template:Flagicon Ella Karachkova	11–7, 10–13, 3–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Dutch International	Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	8–11, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Czech International	Template:Flagicon Jill Pittard	11–2, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Dolores Marco	7–3, 7–2, 7–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Austrian International	Template:Flagicon Elena Sukhareva	7–5, 8–6, 7–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Welsh International	Template:Flagicon Brenda Beenhakker	5–7, 5–7, 0–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up