Birth name Okuhara Nozomi Country Japan Name Nozomi Okuhara | Handedness Right Height 1.55 m Career record 160-52 Highest ranking 3 | |
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Born March 13, 1995 (age 29) Nagano Prefecture, Japan ( 1995-03-13 ) Similar People Akane Yamaguchi, Aya Ohori, Sayaka Takahashi, Carolina Marin, Ratchanok Intanon | ||
Current ranking 12 (24 August 2017) | ||
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Nozomi Okuhara (奥原 希望, Okuhara Nozomi, born 13 March 1995) is a Japanese badminton player who is a singles specialist, well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She became the world champion In 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland after winning in a hard-fought 110- minute match against India's PV Sindhu, winning by 21-19, 20-22, 22-20.
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- Yonex sunrise hong kong open 2015 badminton sf m1 ws nozomi okuhara vs ratchanok intanon
- F WS Nozomi OKUHARA JPN 8 vs Carolina MARIN ESP 6 BWF 2018
- Career
- Olympic Games
- BWF World Championships
- World Junior Championships
- Asia Junior Championships
- BWF Superseries
- BWF Grand Prix
- BWF International ChallengeSeries
- References
F | WS | Nozomi OKUHARA (JPN) [8] vs Carolina MARIN (ESP) [6] | BWF 2018
Career
In 2011, the then 16-year-old Nozomi Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the All Japan Badminton Championships, which are the Japanese National Badminton Championships. She won a BWF World junior title in the girls singles event at the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships after reaching the semi-finals, having won bronze one year earlier at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships.
She was a runner-up at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. Also in 2012, she won her first Grand Prix title at the 2012 Canada Open Grand Prix. In 2013, she was mainly absent from the court due to knee injury. She won her first BWF Super Series title at the 2015 Japan Super Series.
In 2016, she won the prestigious All England Open and thereby became the first Japanese women's singles player to lift this title in the past 39 years. She also won the bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She lost to P.V. Sindhu in the semi-finals, but won the bronze medal against Li Xuerui of China in a walkover.
Olympic Games
Women's singles
BWF World Championships
Women's singles
World Junior Championships
Girls' singles
Asia Junior Championships
Girls' singles
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's singles
BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournamentBWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Women's singles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournamentBWF International Challenge/Series
Women's singles
BWF International Challenge tournament