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Neslihan Arın

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Neslihan Arın (née Yiğit; born February 26, 1994) is a Turkish badminton player. The 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall athlete plays right-handed and is coached by Çağatay Taşdemir at Egospor club of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.[1][2] She won the women's singles title at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2013, 2018 Mediterranean Games and the women's doubles title at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. Arın also won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and at the 2021 European Championships, 2022 European Championships and 2024 European Championships

Neslihan Arın
Neslihan Arın
Personal information
Birth nameNeslihan Yiğit
CountryTurkey
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30)
Bursa, Turkey
Height1.78 m (5.8 ft)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachÇağatay Taşdemir
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking27 (WS, 3 May 2022)
28 (WD with Özge Bayrak, 20 August 2015)
Current ranking37 (WS, 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Turkey
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Women's doubles
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madrid Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Saarbrücken Women's singles
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Palembang Women's team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Women's singles
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ankara Girls' singles
BWF profile
Arın played at the 2018 Kazan European Women's Team Championships.

Career edit

Neslihan Arın became silver medalist in singles and doubles at the U17 European Championship held 2009 in Medvode, Slovenia. At the 2011 Spanish Junior International, she reached to semi finals in singles, won the girls' doubles title, and became the runner-up in the mixed doubles.[1]

She competed at various international tournaments in singles and doubles with her partner Özge Bayrak, and won titles in the years 2011–2012. The latest success enabled her to rise up to 28th place in the women's doubles world ranking list as of 20 August 2015 with Özge Bayrak. In the singles event, she reached a career-high of world number 34th in the world list on 1 October 2019. Arın ranked 7th in the World Juniors list.[3]

She qualified as the first-ever Turkish badminton player for the Olympics.[4]

She won the gold medal in the singles event and the bronze medal with the national team at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.[5] In June 2013, she won double gold medals in the women's singles and doubles event at the Mersin Mediterranean Games.[6]

In 2021, Arın reached the quarter-finals of the Toyota Thailand Open,losing out to the eventual champion Carolina Marín.[7] She won the bronze medal at the European Championships, defeated by the defending champion Marín in the semi-finals in straight games.[8]

Arın was drawn in group A along with top seed and eventual champion Chen Yufei at the Tokyo Olympics, against whom she lost 14–21, 9–21.[9] She won her other group game against Doha Hany 21–5, 21–5.[10]

Arın reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 Hylo Open. After beating Aakarshi Kashyap and Kristin Kuuba in the first two rounds,[11] it was the eventual champion Busanan Ongbamrungphan who stopped her in the quarters.

Arın made it to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Indonesia Masters She defeated 6th seed Michelle Li,[12] and Marija Ulitina in straight games on the way. In the quarter-finals, She was stopped by P. V. Sindhu.[13]

Achievements edit

European Games edit

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan   Özge Bayrak   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		14–21, 9–21   Bronze

European Championships edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine   Carolina Marín 18–21, 9–21   Bronze
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain   Carolina Marín 14–21, 13–21   Bronze
2024 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany   Kirsty Gilmour 18–21, 13–21   Bronze

Islamic Solidarity Games edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Dempo Sports Hall, Palembang, Indonesia   Lim Yin Fun 21–13, 21–19   Gold

Mediterranean Games edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey   Özge Bayrak 21–16, 21–13   Gold
2018 El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain   Beatriz Corrales 21–19, 23–21   Gold
2022 Multipurpose Omnisports Hall, Oued Tlélat, Algeria   Beatriz Corrales 21–14, 21–11   Gold

Women's doubles

Year Venue Match Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Mersin University Hall, Mersin, Turkey 1   Özge Bayrak   Karin Maran
  Xandra Stelling 		21–9, 21–11   Gold
2   Nika Končut
  Maja Tvrdy 		21–13, 21–16
3   Audrey Fontaine
  Émilie Lefel 		21–13, 21–11

European University Games edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Rotterdam, Netherlands   Anastasia Chervyakova 21–9, 23–25, 21–19   Gold

European University Championships edit

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Warsaw, Poland   Özge Bayrak 18–21, 21–19, 18–21   Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Warsaw, Poland   Özge Bayrak   Delphine Delrue
  Lauranne Rosello 		21–15, 21–10   Gold

European Junior Championships edit

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 ASKI Sport Hall, Ankara, Turkey   Line Kjaersfeldt 14–21, 8–21   Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (28 titles, 30 runners-up) edit

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Bulgarian International   Linda Zetchiri 18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2011 Suriname International   Özge Bayrak 21–16, 23–21   Winner
2012 Iran Fajr International   Yu Wakita 21–16, 21–14   Winner
2012 Croatian International   Kana Ito 18–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2012 Polish Open   Ai Goto 9–21, 21–12, 7–21   Runner-up
2013 Iran Fajr International   Febby Angguni 21–15, 21–14   Winner
2013 Turkey International   Stefani Stoeva 21–14, 16–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2014 Bangladesh International   Yap Rui Chen 21–18, 21–12   Winner
2014 Turkey International   Özge Bayrak 13–21, 21–14, 21–16   Winner
2015 Iran Fajr International   Linda Zetchiri 19–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2015 Peru International   Rong Schafer 17–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2016 Brazil International   Chisato Hoshi 21–13, 21–15   Winner
2016 Polish Open   Delphine Lansac 19–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2016 Chile International   Özge Bayrak 18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2016 White Nights   Mako Urushizaki 21–16, 21–15   Winner
2017 White Nights   Evgeniya Kosetskaya 8–21, 21–15, 20–22   Runner-up
2017 Bulgarian Open   Luise Heim 21–17, 14–21, 21–17   Winner
2017 Hellas Open   Mariya Mitsova 21–14, 17–21, 21–15   Winner
2017 Czech Open   Kaho Funahashi 21–16, 14–21, 21–17   Winner
2017 Hungarian International   Aliye Demirbağ 21–11, 17–21, 21–18   Winner
2017 Turkey International   Özge Bayrak 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2018 Bulgarian Open   Özge Bayrak 21–19, 21–10   Winner
2018 Czech Open   Yvonne Li 17–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2018 Hungarian International   Mariya Mitsova 21–14, 21–8   Winner
2019 Lagos International   Özge Bayrak 21–16, 24–26, 21–13   Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open   Mariya Mitsova 21–9, 21–14   Winner
2019 Kharkiv International   Qi Xuefei 18–21, 21–19, 16–21   Runner-up
2019 Belgian International   Line Christophersen 21–23, 21–12, 11–21   Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International   Nguyễn Thùy Linh 21–16, 12–21, 21–18   Winner
2019 Turkey Open   Aliye Demirbağ 21–14, 22–20   Winner
2023 Uganda International   Letshanaa Karupathevan 11–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2023 Portugal International   Özge Bayrak 21–14, 21–12   Winner
2023 Polish Open   Yeo Jia Min 13–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2023 Slovenia Open   Huang Yu-hsun 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2023 Belgian International   Line Christophersen 21–11, 14–21, 21–17   Winner
2023 Scottish Open   Kristin Kuuba 25–23, 21–13   Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Syria International   Neslihan Kılıç   Cemre Fere
  Özge Bayrak 		18–21, 21–13, 20–22   Runner-up
2011 Kenya International   Özge Bayrak   Michelle Edwards
  Annari Viljoen 		21–15, 21–19   Winner
2011 Slovak Open   Özge Bayrak   Selena Piek
  Iris Tabeling 		7–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2011 Suriname International   Özge Bayrak   Crystal Leefmans
  Rugshaar Ishaak 		21–3, 21–7   Winner
2011 South Africa International   Özge Bayrak   Michelle Edwards
  Annari Viljoen 		21–10, 21–15   Winner
2012 Uganda International   Özge Bayrak   Michelle Edwards
  Annari Viljoen 		Walkover   Runner-up
2012 Kharkiv International   Özge Bayrak   Audrey Fontaine
  Émilie Lefel 		11–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2012 Bulgarian International   Özge Bayrak   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		9–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2012 Turkey International   Özge Bayrak   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		21–19, 14–21, 21–23   Runner-up
2013 Turkey International   Özge Bayrak   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		15–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2014 Iran Fajr International   Özge Bayrak   Amelia Alicia Anscelly
  Soong Fie Cho 		11–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2014 Hellas International   Özge Bayrak   Elena Komendrovskaja
  Viktoriia Vorobeva 		21–7, 21–14   Winner
2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open   Özge Bayrak   Petya Nedelcheva
  Dimitria Popstoikova 		11–5, 11–5, 8–11, 10–11, 11–7   Winner
2014 Bangladesh International   Özge Bayrak   Pradnya Gadre
  N. Siki Reddy 		10–21, 24–22, 16–21   Runner-up
2014 Turkey International   Özge Bayrak   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		11–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2015 Iran Fajr International   Özge Bayrak   Joyce Choong
  Yap Cheng Wen 		21–19, 21–18   Winner
2015 Mercosul International   Özge Bayrak   Laura Choinet
  Teshana Vignes Waran 		21–10, 21–11   Winner
2015 Peru International   Özge Bayrak   Delphine Lansac
  Émilie Lefel 		21–14, 14–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2015 White Nights   Özge Bayrak   Ekaterina Bolotova
  Evgeniya Kosetskaya 		22–20, 13–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2015 Lagos International   Özge Bayrak   Pradnya Gadre
  N. Sikki Reddy 		19–21, 23–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2015 Mersin Turkey International   Özge Bayrak   Gabriela Stoeva
  Stefani Stoeva 		19–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2016 Turkey International   Özge Bayrak   Kader İnal
  Fatma Nur Yavuz 		21–14, 21–16   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

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  2. ^ "Badminton Branşındaki Sporcularımız" (in Turkish). Egospor. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
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  7. ^ "Badminton: Spain's ex-No. 1 Marin breezes into s-finals of Thailand Open, to face upstart An". The Straits Times. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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  11. ^ Sukumar, Dev (5 November 2021). "Demirbag, Yigit march on". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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External links edit

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