Ella Diehl

Ella Diehl
Элла Диль
Personal information
Birth nameElla Aleksandrovna Karachkova
CountryRussia
Born (1978-08-05) 5 August 1978
Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking9 (2 December 2010)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Russia
European Championships
2010 Manchester Women's singles
European Mixed Team Championships
2011 Amsterdam Mixed team
2013 Moscow Mixed team
European Women's Team Championships
2010 Warsaw Women's team
2014 Basel Women's team
European Junior Championships
1995 Nitra Girls' doubles
1997 Nymburk Mixed team
1997 Nymburk Girls' singles
1997 Nymburk Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Ella Aleksandrovna Diehl (Russian: Элла Александровна Диль; born 5 August 1978; née Karachkova; Russian: Карачкова) is a badminton player from Russia.[1]

Career

Diehl was selected to join the national team in 1995.[2] She had won girls' doubles silver medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships, and also one silver and two bronze in 1997 in team, girls' singles and doubles respectively.[3]

In her home country Russia, Diehl has won 14 national titles as of 2009. In 2000 and 2008, she competed at the Summer Olympics.[2]

Diehl played at the 2005 World Championships in Anaheim, United States. In the women's singles event she reached the second round before losing to Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand.

In October 2005, Diehl won the women's doubles event at the Scottish International Open in Glasgow, and two weeks later followed this up by winning the women's singles event at the Irish International in Lisburn. The next year she won the Irish International again.

In 2010, Diehl won the bronze medal at the European Individual Championships in Manchester,[2] and in June 2010, claimed the European Tour circuit finals title, beating Susan Egelstaff in the final in three sets. 2010 also saw Diehl beat current world champion Lu Lan of China to reach the semi-final of Swiss Open.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Tine Rasmussen 14–21, 16–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1997 Nymburk, Czech Republic Judith Meulendijks 7–11, 4–11 Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 Športová hala Olympia, Nitra, Slovakia Natalia Djachkova Donna Kellogg
Joanne Wright
7–15, 13–18 Silver
1997 Nymburk, Czech Republic Zhanna Chornenjkaja Britta Andersen
Jane Jacoby
6–15, 12–15 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2005 Russian Open Nina Vislova 4–11, 11–5, 4–11 Runner-up
2006 U.S. Open Lee Joo-hyun 11-6 Retired Winner
2006 Bulgaria Open Petya Nedelcheva 21–19, 19–21, 16-21 Runner-up
2008 Russian Open Larisa Griga 21–10, 17–21, 21–12 Winner
2009 Russian Open Tatjana Bibik 21–17, 16–21, 21–11 Winner
2010 Russian Open Ayane Kurihara 19–21, 19-21 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 U.S. Open Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 White Nights Olga Konon 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2013 Portugal International Ksenia Polikarpova 16–21, 21–16, 21–19 Winner
2010 European Circuit Finals Susan Egelstaff 20–22, 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2009 Scottish International Susan Egelstaff 18–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2009 White Nights Elena Prus 21–10, 21–10 Winner
2009 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Jill Pittard 21–8, 21–13 Winner
2008 Czech International Judith Meulendijks 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2006 Italian International Sara Persson 12–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2006 Scotland International Petya Nedelcheva 21–18, 7–21, 21–18 Winner
2006 Belgian International Petra Overzier 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2006 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Ekaterina Ananina 23–21, 21–16 Winner
2005 Irish International Juliane Schenk 11–3, 11–8 Winner
2005 Scottish International Judith Meulendijks 11–6, 11–8 Winner
2005 Spanish International Nanna Brosolat Jensen 11–4, 11–1 Winner
2005 Polish International Petya Nedelcheva 9–11, 7–11 Runner-up
2004 Russian International Tatjana Bibik 11–5, 11–6 Winner
2004 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Sara Persson 7–11, 13–10, 11–3 Winner
2004 Portugal International Tracey Hallam 11–7, 4–11, 9–11 Runner-up
2003 Welsh International Susan Hughes 11–6, 11–5 Winner
2000 Russian International Elena Nozdran 11–8, 11–8 Winner
2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Maja Pohar 11–4, 11–2 Winner
1999 Welsh International Marina Yakusheva 3–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1999 Portugal International Sonya McGinn 11–5, 13–10 Winner
1999 Austrian International Ginny Severien 11–4, 11–4 Winner
1998 Slovak International Markéta Koudelková 11–2, 11–3 Winner
1998 Czech International Sandra Dimbour 11–9, 11–7 Winner
1998 Portugal International Tanya Woodward 11–4, 1–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Italian International Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina
Nina Vislova
15–2, 8–15, 5–15 Runner-up
2003 Welsh International Anastasia Russkikh Laura Choinet
Perrine Lebuhanic
15–1, 15–4 Winner
2001 Austrian International Anastasia Russkikh Britta Andersen
Lene Mørk
12–15, 15–7, 17–16 Winner
2000 Russian International Anastasia Russkikh Irina Ruslyakova
Marina Yakusheva
8–15, 10–15 Runner-up
1996 Amor International Nadezhda Chervyakova Elena Sukhareva
Marina Yakusheva
7–15, 5–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Spanish International Jean-Michel Lefort Andrew Bowman
Kirsteen McEwan
15–3, 15–9 Winner
2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds International Pavel Uvarov Andrej Pohar
Maja Pohar
15–8, 15–5 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Personal life

On 23 June 2007, in Germany, Karachkova married the Swiss junior badminton team coach, Rainer Diehl of Germany, whom she met in 2000. She lives with her husband in Yverdon, Switzerland. There is a child from the first marriage.[4] On 11 October 2011, the duo had a daughter, Lea.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Players: Ella Diehl". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Диль (Карачкова) Элла Александровна" (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ "European Junior Championships, Individuals". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Элла Карачкова вышла замуж" (in Russian). National Badminton Federation of Russia. 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ Sachetat, Raphaël (11 October 2011). "People – Welcome to Lea Diehl". Badzine. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.