Eugenia Tanaka (born 9 March 1987 in Kisaran, North Sumatra, Indonesia) is an Indonesian-born Australian badminton player. At the age of fourteen, Tanaka moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she started playing badminton. Tanaka is also a member of Badminton Academy of Victoria, and is coached and trained by Ricky Yu.
Tanaka qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Tanaka and her partner Tania Luiz lost the preliminary round match to Japanese pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, with a score of 4–21 and 8–21.
Achievements
Oceania Championships Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2012Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,Ballarat, Australia Ann-Louise Slee Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran16–21, 13–21 Silver2008Nouméa, New Caledonia Tania Luiz Michelle Chan Rachel Hindley10–21, 10–21 Bronze
Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult2012Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,Ballarat, Australia Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe Leanne Choo21–17, 21–19 Gold
BWF International Challenge/Series Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2008Miami Pan Am International Tania Luiz Cristina Aicardi Claudia Rivero21–13, 21–13 Winner2008Peru International Tania Luiz Erin Carroll Leisha Cooper21–23, 21–17, 21–13 Winner
Mixed doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2009Auckland International Chad Whitehead Glenn Warfe Renuga Veeran12–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links Profile – Australian Olympic Team NBC Olympics Profile