Polina Buhrova

Polina Buhrova
Buhrova in 2024
Personal information
CountryUkraine
Born (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004
Kharkiv, Ukraine
ResidenceItaly
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking44 (WS, 6 May 2025)
19 (WD with Yevheniia Kantemyr, 15 April 2025)
Current ranking44 (WS)
19 (WD with Yevheniia Kantemyr) (3 June 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Ukraine
European Junior Championships
2020 Lahti Girls' doubles
2022 Belgrade Mixed team
BWF profile

Polina Buhrova (Ukrainian: Поліна Бугрова; born 30 January 2004) is a badminton player from Ukraine and the 2021 and 2023 National Champion of Ukraine (both singles and women's doubles).

Career

First major senior tournament for Buhrova was the 2021 European Badminton Championships in Kyiv. Together with Mariia Stoliarenko, she received a wild card for women's doubles. They won against Irish Kate Frost and Moya Ryan but lost to Danish Alexandra Bøje and Mette Poulsen in the second round.

Buhrova has won several medals at the European junior championships, including bronze in girls' doubles in 2020. Though she was seeded 4th for the 2022 World Junior Championships in the singles' tournament, she lost in the third round. The same happened during the 2022 European Junior Championships when she lost both in singles and doubles in the third round despite being top seeded.

Buhrova competed in the 2023 European Games. In Tarnów, she finished second in her group (after losing to Danish Line Kjærsfeldt and winning against Hristomira Popovska from Bulgaria), but lost to Neslihan Yiğit from Turkey in the round of 16. At the 2023 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Buhrova lost to Putri Kusuma Wardani from Indonesia in the first round. She also competed for Ukraine at the 2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships where she played just one game which she won (against English Abigail Holden).

Through Olympic ratings, Buhrova qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Personal life

Buhrova studies at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.[2]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Pajulahti Sports Institute,
Lahti, Finland
Mariia Stoliarenko Leona Michalski
Thuc Phuong Nguyen
20–22, 10–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Hylo Open Super 300 Yevheniia Kantemyr Sung Shuo-yun
Yu Chien-hui
16–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2021 Latvia International Mariia Stoliarenko 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2021 Kharkiv International Dounia Pelupessy 21–17, 21–12 Winner
2021 Italian International Edith Urell 21–18, 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2024 Bangladesh International Lalinrat Chaiwan 21–19, 21–19 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Kazakhstan International Yevheniia Kantemyr Kaho Osawa
Mai Tanabe
walkover Runner-up
2024 Mexican International Yevheniia Kantemyr Romina Fregoso
Miriam Rodríguez
21–12, 21–16 Winner
2024 Turkey International Yevheniia Kantemyr Paula López
Lucía Rodríguez
walkover Runner-up
2024 Bangladesh International Yevheniia Kantemyr Kodchaporn Chaichana
Pannawee Polyiam
23–25, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Ukraine Junior International Anastasiya Prozorova 17–21, 21–15, 21–17 Winner
2020 Polish Junior International Anna Siess Ryberg 12–21, 24–26 Runner-up
2021 Ukraine Junior International Mariia Stoliarenko 21–13, 21–12 Winner

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Polish Junior International Mariia Stoliarenko Simona Pilgaard
Anna Siess Ryberg
13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2021 Ukraine Junior International Mariia Stoliarenko Polina Tkach
Olga Tykhorskaya
21–12, 21–13 Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

See also

References

  1. ^ ОФІЦІЙНО: Поліна Бугрова представить Україну у жіночій одиночній категорії з бадмінтону на Олімпійських Іграх у Парижі!, Badminton Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
  2. ^ Студентка ХПІ Поліна Бугрова стала дворазовою чемпіонкою України з бадмінтону, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, 27 November 2023 (in Ukrainian).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.