Elena Nozdran

Elena Nozdran
Personal information
Birth nameОлена Іванівна Ноздрань (Olena Ivanovna Nozdran Olena)
CountryUkraine (until 2006)
Luxembourg (2006–present)
Born (1975-07-20) July 20, 1975
Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
ResidenceLuxembourg
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles and doubles
Career record344 wins, 175 losses
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Luxembourg
World Senior Championships
2019 Katowice Women's singles 40+
BWF profile

Elena Ivanivna Nozdran (Ukrainian: Олена Іванівна Ноздрань; born 20 July 1975) is a Ukrainian-born badminton player who has represented both Ukraine and Luxembourg. She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim, California.

In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Pi Hongyan of France. Nozdran also played in the German leagues before moving to Luxembourg and working as a badminton coach. In Luxembourg, she returned to the court as a player again and won the women's doubles national championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2017; and also in the mixed doubles in 2011 and 2017.

Achievements

World Senior Championships

Women’s singles

Year Venue Event Opponent Score Result
2019 Spodek, Katowice, Poland Women's singles 40+ Claudia Vogelgsang 21–18, 10–21, 25–27 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women’s singles

Year Event Opponent Score Result
1995 Bulgarian Open Vlada Chernyavskaya 11–8, 11–2 Winner
1999 Polish Open Ling Wan Ting 11–9, 13–11 Winner
2000 Polish Open Takako Ida 8–11, 3–11 Runner-up
2001 German Open Pi Hongyan 1–7, 5–7, 2–7 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Russian Open Victoria Evtoushenko Svetlana Alferova
Marina Yakusheva
1–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1999 Polish Open Victoria Evtoushenko Ang Li Peng
Chor Hooi Yee
15–2, 13–15, 10–15 Runner-up

BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1993 Slovenian International Andrea Harsági 11–7, 10–12, 8–11 Runner-up
1993 Romanian International Winner
1994 Slovak International Elena Denisova 11–6, 11–5 Winner
1994 Hungarian International Anne Søndergaard 10–12, 3–11 Runner-up
1995 Slovak International Natalja Esipenko 11–4, 11–2 Winner
1997 Hungarian International Lonneke Janssen 9–5, 9–2, 9–5 Winner
1997 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Natalia Golovkina 11–3, 11–3 Winner
1998 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Joanne Muggeridge 11–9, 11–2 Winner
1999 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Johanna Holgersson 11–8, 11–1 Winner
1999 Bulgarian International Anu Weckström 11–6, 11–8 Winner
1999 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Marina Andrievskaya 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2000 Portugal International Katarzyna Krasowska 11–1, 11–4 Winner
2000 Russian International Ella Karachkova 8–11, 8–11 Runner-up
2000 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Xu Huaiwen 4–11, 11–8, 4–11 Runner-up
2004 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Louise Thastrup 11–0, 11–1 Winner
2006 Polish International Atu Rosalina 17–21, 13–21 Winner
2006 Latvia International Elena Shimko Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1993 Slovenian International Irina Koloskova Natalja Esipenko
Santi Wibowo
15–7, 15–2 Winner
1993 Romanian International Irina Koloskova
Winner
1994 Slovak International Victoria Evtoushenko Svetlana Alferova
Elena Denisova
15–1, 15–3 Winner
1994 Bulgarian International Victoria Evtoushenko Markéta Koudelková
Eva Lacinová
15–11, 15–7 Winner
1995 Slovak International Victoria Evtoushenko Ludmila Okuneva
Olesia Sholar
15–2, 17–15 Winner
1997 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Victoria Evtoushenko Armelle Cassen
Tatiana Vattier
15–3, 15–7 Winner
1998 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Victoria Evtoushenko Judith Baumeyer
Santi Wibowo
15–4, 12–15, 15–6 Winner
2001 BMW International Neli Boteva Lonneke Janssen
Lotte Jonathans
7–5, 7–5, 4–7, 7–4 Winner
2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Larisa Griga Kamila Augustyn
Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
10–15, 2–15 Runner-up
2004 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Hariati Dimitriika Dimitrova
Janni Kjær
2–15, 6–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1993 Slovenian International Valeriy Streltsov Lawrence Chew Si Hock
Santi Wibowo
15–4, 18–15 Winner
1993 Hungarian International Valeriy Streltsov Kai Mitteldorf
Nicol Pitro
15–10, 12–15, 17–14 Winner
1993 Romanian International Valeriy Streltsov
Winner
1997 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Valeriy Streltsov Konstantin Tatranov
Victoria Evtoushenko
8–15, 15–9, 3–6 retired Winner
2001 BMW International Vladislav Druzchenko Chris Bruil
Lotte Jonathans
3–7, 7–5, 7–2, 0–7, 2–7 Runner-up
2003 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Vladislav Druzchenko Dmitry Miznikov
Natalia Golovkina
15–6, 15–2 Winner
2004 Luxembourge Memorial Thierry Theis Valeriy Streltsov Dimitriika Dimitrova
Janni Kjær
15–12, 15–7 Winner
2004 Polish Open Vladislav Druzchenko Pan Pan
Sun Junjie
15–11, 15–7 Winner
2004 Finnish International Vladislav Druzchenko Andrei Konakh
Olga Konon
15–9, 11–15, 15–17 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  • European results
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olena Nozdran". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23.
  • TuS Wiebelskirchen zieht sich nach 36 Jahren aus der Bundesliga zurück
  • Luxembourg
  • Luxemburgischer Erfolg durch Nozdran
  • Elena NOZDRAN at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)