Elena Michailovna Shimko (; born 22 April 1982) is a Russian badminton player.
Shimko won six junior titles and bronze at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Russia. In 2004, she became the Russian National Champion with her partner Marina Yakusheva. Outside her home country, she was successful at the Slovenian International, Slovak International, Belgian International, and the Scottish Open, among others.
Achievements European Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Spała Olympic Center, Spała, Poland Anastasia Russkikh Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 8–15, 1–15 Bronze
IBF/BWF International Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2003 Slovenian International Jill Pittard 11–3, 9–11, 6–11 Runner-up 2006 Latvia International Elena Nozdran Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Slovenian International Marina Yakusheva Fabienne Baumeyer Judith Baumeyer 7–0, 7–0, 7–0 Winner 2002 Austrian International Marina Yakusheva Helle Nielsen Lene Mørk 4–7, 0–7, 5–7 Runner-up 2002 Hungarian International Marina Yakusheva Elena Sukhareva Natalia Gorodnicheva 11–8, 11–9 Winner 2003 French International Marina Yakusheva Miyuki Tai Yoshiko Iwata 1–11, 11–7, 9–11 Runner-up 2003 Slovak International Marina Yakusheva Ekaterina Ananina Irina Ruslyakova 15–7, 15–13 Winner 2003 Slovenian International Marina Yakusheva Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Sara Jónsdóttir 15–6, 15–3 Winner 2003 Hungarian International Marina Yakusheva Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 16–17, 9–15 Runner-up 2004 Portugal International Marina Yakusheva Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk 6–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2006 Belgian International Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 21–13, 21–13 Winner 2006 Scottish International Marina Yakusheva Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova 22–20, 21–13 Winner 2007 Czech International Tatjana Bibik Christinna Pedersen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2007 Slovak International Tatjana Bibik Elena Chernyavskya Anastasia Prokopenko Walkover Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Finnish International Sergey Ivlev Konstantin Dobrev Petya Nedelcheva 7–3, 8–6, 0–7, 7–8, 4–7 Runner-up 2007 Slovak International Andrey Ashmarin Elena Chernyavskya Anton Nazarenko 11–21, 19–21 Runner-up
References
External links http://badminton.ru/arj_news.htm