Telma Santos (born 1 August 1983) is a Portuguese badminton player. She competed for Portugal at the 2012 and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Santos is the niece of Fernando Silva, a badminton player who also represented Portugal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
In 2021, Santos won a gold medal in the women's singles 35+ category at the 2021 BWF World Senior Championships in Huelva.
Achievements
World Senior Championships Women's singles Year Age Venue Opponent Score Result 2021 35+ Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Maya Dobreva 21–12, 21–7 Gold
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2007 Syria International Filipa Lamy 21–16, 21–15 Winner 2007 Jordan Satellite Maja Tvrdy 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2008 Iran Fajr International Agnese Allegrini 10–21, 21–16, 19–21 Runner-up 2009 Portugal International Jill Pittard 16–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2010 Portugal International Helen Davies 21–17, 19–21, 21–12 Winner 2010 Santo Domingo Open Agnese Allegrini 21–11, 23–21 Winner 2011 Uganda International Özge Bayrak 21–19, 19–21, 21–19 Winner 2011 Syria International Sanaa Mahmoud 21–14, 21–10 Winner 2011 South Africa International Özge Bayrak 19–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2013 Hatzor International Olga Golovanova 21–16, 21–19 Winner 2013 Morocco International Gayle Mahulette 21–12, 21–10 Winner 2013 Botswana International Elme de Villiers 21–4, 21–11 Winner 2013 South Africa International Hadia Hosny 21–6, 21–10 Winner 2014 Colombia International Daniela Macías 11–5, 11–6, 11–3 Winner 2014 Hatzor International Dorotea Sutara 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 Winner 2015 Guatemala International Rong Schafer 21–12, 11–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2015 Mexico International Airi Mikkelä 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2015 Suriname International Lohaynny Vicente Walkover Winner 2015 South Africa International Laura Sárosi 22–20, 21–17 Winner 2016 Uganda International Kate Foo Kune 21–10, 21–12 Winner
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2002Italian International Vânia Leça Verena Fastenbauer Simone Prutsch7–11, 3–11Runner-up2002Spanish International Filipa Lamy Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson6–8, 0–7, 4–7Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2004Cyprus International Nuno Santos Nicolas Panayiotou Katarzyna Krasowska12–15, 15–9, 15–4Winner BWF International Series tournaments BWF Future Series tournament
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