Mia Blichfeldt

Mia Blichfeldt
Personal information
Country	Denmark
Born	(1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27) Solrød Strand, Denmark
Residence	Solrød Strand, Denmark
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2013
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	257 wins, 138 losses
Highest ranking	11 (3 September 2019)
Current ranking	35 (27 August 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Denmark European Games 2019 Minsk Women's singles 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Women's singles European Championships 2018 Huelva Women's singles 2022 Madrid Women's singles European Mixed Team Championships 2015 Leuven Mixed team 2017 Lubin Mixed team 2019 Copenhagen Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team European Women's Team Championships 2014 Basel Women's team 2016 Kazan Women's team 2018 Kazan Women's team 2020 Liévin Women's team 2024 Łódź Women's team European Junior Championships 2015 Lubin Girls' singles 2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Mia Blichfeldt (born 19 August 1997) is a Danish badminton player.^[1][2] She won the gold medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event,^[3] and later at the 2019 Minsk European Games in the women's singles event.^[4]

Career summary

Blichfeldt at the 2018 Dutch Open

Blichfeldt started to play badminton at the Solrød Strand badminton club at the age of nine, and began playing competitively at the age of eleven. She made her international debut in 2013, representing her country at the 2013, 2014, 2015 World Junior Championships, and 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the girls' singles event, also helping her team take the bronze.^[5]

At the age of sixteen, she claimed her first international title at the 2013 Norwegian International, beating top seed Olga Golovanova of Russia in the final.^[6] In 2014, she won the Danish National Championships.

In 2017, she reached the final of the Scottish Open, but lost in the final to host player Kirsty Gilmour with a score of 21–23, 12–21.

In 2018, Blichfeldt reached the semi-finals of the European Championships, but was stopped by the host player and 2016 Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marín, thus having to settle for a bronze medal. At the same year, she won her first Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, when she defeated Qi Xuefei with a score of 21–16, 21–18.

In 2019, Blichfeldt won the Spain Masters, a Super 300 tournament, by beating compatriot Line Kjærsfeldt with a score of 21–14, 21–14 in the final. She clinched the gold at the 2019 Minsk European Games, defeating Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour with a score of 21–16, 21–17. At the 2019 BWF World Championships, she made her first-ever World Championship quarterfinal by beating eighth seed Saina Nehwal in the Round of 16.^[7] However, she lost in the quarterfinals to the Chinese fourth seed and eventual bronze medallist Chen Yufei.^[8]

In 2020, Blichfeldt along with the Denmark team won the 2020 European Women's Team Championships.^[9]

In 2021, Blichfeldt competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was seeded thirteenth. She topped her group in the Group Stage, beating Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri and Australia's Chen Hsuan-yu, to make the Round of 16. However, she lost in the Round of 16 to the then reigning World Champion and eventual bronze medallist P. V. Sindhu of India.^[10]

Achievements

European Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Falcon Club, Minsk, Belarus	Kirsty Gilmour	21–16, 21–17	Gold
2023	Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland	Carolina Marín	15–21, 14–21	Silver

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Carolina Marín	17–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain	Kirsty Gilmour	19–21, 21–19, 10–21	Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	21–14, 21–10	Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[12]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Shiori Sato	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Spain Masters	Super 300	Minatsu Mitani	21–9, 21–23, 8–21	Runner-up
2018	Dutch Open	Super 100	Qi Xuefei	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Line Kjærsfeldt	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2023	Swiss Open	Super 300	Pornpawee Chochuwong	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2024	German Open	Super 300	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	21–11, 21–9	Winner
2024	Hylo Open	Super 300	Malvika Bansod	21–10, 21–15	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played from 2007 to 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Scottish Open	Kirsty Gilmour	21–23, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Norwegian International	Olga Golovanova	19–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2014	Norwegian International	Akvile Stapusaityte	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2015	Slovenia International	Marija Ulitina	21–17, 17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Portugal International	Chloe Birch	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2017	Swedish International	Sofie Holmboe Dahl	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2017	Spanish International	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2019	Denmark International	Natsuki Oie	21–18, 21–18	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Career overview

Singles Played Wins Losses Balance Total 284 193 91 +102 Current year (2020) 3 3 0 +3

Doubles Played Wins Losses Balance Total 2 1 1 0 Current year (2020) 0 0 0 0

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 November 2022.^[13]

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 1 0 1 –1 Chen Yufei 8 1 7 –6 He Bingjiao 4 0 4 –4 Tai Tzu-ying 3 0 3 –3 Yip Pui Yin 2 2 0 +2 Saina Nehwal 2 2 1 +1 P. V. Sindhu 7 1 6 –5

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Minatsu Mitani 2 0 2 –2 Nozomi Okuhara 3 0 3 –3 Akane Yamaguchi 6 0 6 –6 An Se-young 3 0 3 –3 Sung Ji-hyun 2 0 2 –2 Carolina Marín 5 1 4 –3 Ratchanok Intanon 6 0 6 –6

References

1. "Players: Mia Blichfeldt". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
2. "Mia Blichfeldt Full Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
3. "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
4. "Blichfeldt vinder tredje danske guld ved European Games" (in Danish). TV 2 Sport. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
5. Arndal, Peter (15 June 2017). "Badmintonspiller Mia Blichfeldt har Girlpower" (in Danish). Kvindesport.dk. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. Røsler, Manuel (18 November 2013). "Marathon man Kasper Lehikoinen". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
7. "BWF World Championships: Saina Nehwal misses 9th successive quarters berth after defeat to Mia Blichfeldt". India Today. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
8. "China's Chen Yufei reaches women's semifinals at badminton worlds". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
9. Rasmussen, Claus (16 February 2020). "Dansk EM-guld nummer 13 og 14" (in Danish). Sjællandske Medier. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
10. "PV Sindhu beats Mia Blichfeldt to move into Tokyo Olympics badminton quarter-finals". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
11. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
12. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
13. "Mia Blichfeldt Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

External links

• Mia Blichfeldt at BWFBadminton.com
• Mia Blichfeldt at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Mia Blichfeldt at Olympedia (archive)
• Mia Blichfeldt at Olympics.com
• Mia Blichfeldt at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics